Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
Druggists of Nebraska Enjoy Reunions at Their State Conventions

- rTH the addition OF nearly 100
EVA new member to the associa-
w ton, a snug balance Of over
R= N,O0 in the treasury, and one
IkAyElrTh OF the most successful meetings
- in its entire history, the
tWenty-seventh annual meeting Of the Ne
braska State Pharmaceutical association.
closed in Omaha, Thursday evening. the
retail druggists Of the state have every
reason 20 congratulate themselves.
The meetings we're held AZ the Roma
motel, and from start 20 finish they were
fun Of interest, and the proceedings went
off with a snap and VIM, that reflects the
highest credit on Dan ]. Knlen, the retlr-
ing president, as a presiding officer. Pos
sibly it was through Mr.. Killen's experiences
as a legislator from Gage county at the
last session Of the Nebraska legislature
that matters moved along 80 smoothly.
Mr.. K'llcn is not only q good druggist. in
the thrifty town Of Adams, but he is a man
Of broad intellect, vigorous activity. and
a good legislator and prince OF parliament
tar.ane.
a druggists convention is not unlike A
doctors or a lawyers convention In the
ma ID. The floor naturally thinks that the
cHa man Is but a figurehead, but MI.
E'e en- showed that he was not merely a
IA Nhdt ne idu u nedu run OF
goo, healthy, vlrile brains. and he con-
IT I'D THAT body OF 800 men and women
most admirably, and didn't make an enemy
or . parliamentary mistake. In his address
TO he convention on Thursday morning, he
dc not mince matters In She slightest de-
gre. He arraiRned the bad features Of
the drug business unsparlngly. He be-
lievcd in fair and honest competition, de-
nouucCd the cut-throat business in the sale
of drugs; scored the policy Of substitution,
and warmed it up to the itinerant drug
and medicine vendors. He believed that
there should be a closer relation between
the physician and the druggist, and
that dispensing physicians should go out
Of Lusiness, and confine their work to their
legitimate functions of prescribing and
surgery, and keep their hands off the
pharmacy business.
That tie druggists are men Of human
sympa HES was Shown in the delicate com
plimcnt paid to Miss LIlu Reed Of Ne
bra Ike City, daughter Of the late James
Reed OF that tity, on the occasion Of her
marriage on Wednesday evening, when the
association, under the sympathetic impulse
OF the moment. raised $50 as a present to
her, IN attcstation Of their appreciation of
her fath'r, who had been a member of
the ass o~ciat'on since it's first organization.
III inc III NhHSl|n OF the NtDIdSha Dlaf-
macy law It was shown from abundant
authorities that il was the best pharmacy
law in the country and that It would be
dangerous to undertake to tr'fle with It.
A spirit Of enthusiastic loyalty prevailed
during the entire proceedings. There was
no wrangling. The chief discussion of the
entire convention was upon the better
qualifications to be required Of candidates
for cert ficates as pharmacists. 1t was ably
hello by man. of the speakers that the pro-
fesaion of pharmacy was a science not
second in importance to any of the learned
pro. sslons in that 1t not only embodied
a thorough knowledge of chemistry, the
pathol gical effects of drugs and chem
icals and the grave responsibility the phar-
macist was under to the community. 1t
was held during these discussions that
neither a theoretical nor a practical phar-
macist was a desirability, but that a man
possessing both of these qualifications to
the fullest possible degree was the chief
essential required. 1t was shown that appli-
'cants had passed the examinations of the
State Board Of Pharmacy at a very high
percentage, but he was a failure in actual
practice. The consensus OF opinion was