The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-07
PAREGORICLOBBY
TRIES TO THROTTLE
~ANT|-COCA|NE BILL
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arisen throughout Essex County and the
State ove the attempt of the ''paregoriC
lobby to forestall the passage of the
~anti-cocaine measure. Every decent ele'
ment of citizenship today cried halt or
the tactics of the lobbyists.
As a protest against the drug trust
and It's "paregoric lobby" a strong del
egation, representing the best elements
In the citizenship, left Newark mt moor
today to confer with members of the
State Senate in Trenton and urge the
passage of the anti-cocajne bill.
The members of the party are Sheriff
Frank H. Sommer, who drafted the
original bill and devised its amend
ments; the Rev. DR.. Edward A. Was
son, of st. Stephens p. Z. Church; for
mer Senator Michael T. Barrett, DR..
Edward H. Ill, prominent member OF
the Essex County Medical Society;
Clement J. Driscoll, of New York,
author of the a~nti-cocaine bill of that
State, now a law; David Strauss, the
High street druggist, and William j.
McKiernan, member of the Newark
Playground Commission.
Clergy and Iaity, the mothers and all
reputable physicians and druggists
united today in scathingly cOndemning
the opposition hat has arisen in the
eleventh hour to the passage of the
measure.
Anger has been particularly aroused
among the workers for just and needed
legislation at the manner in which
secret influences have been set to work
to kill the bill after it has had the ap-
prevail of the New Jersey State Phar-
m~aceutical Association, composed of all
reputable druggists, licensed pharma-
cists and veterinarians.
Heading the lobby to prevent the
passage of the bill by the Senate are
Charles Holzhauer, druggist of this
city, and John c. Gallagher, a Jersey
City druggist.
Both men waited until after the open
hearings before the judiciary commit
tees of the House and the Senate.
They arrived in Trenton yesterday and
Immediately began to work aga the
measure with their lieutenants.
Their chief contention, in their des-
perate efforts to cast suspicion upon
the measure. was that the bill, as
amended and pronounced satisfactory
by the New Jersey State Pharmaceuti-
Cal ASSOCidliOiis ldllCu III PiONAdC pIp-
lection for the manufacturers of pare
goric.
Investigation today revealed the fact
hat the chief Interest among the
patent medicine manufacturers oppos-
ing the bill in the G.. G. Greene Com
pany, of woodbury., Gloucester County.
This firm has made millions in selling
throughout the State and country two
preparations called "Greene's August
Flower" and "Greene's German SYRUP
CatteII stood for Greene.
Complaint was made by As%semblyman
Cattell, of Gloucester, who vainly tried
to stop the triumphant passage of the
anti-cocaine bill through the House,
that the amended bill would work harm
to the G. G.. Greene Company by killing
its ~paregoric trade.
No sooner had the bill gone to the
Senate than the "~paregoric lobby" began
to make its sinister work evident.
every underground effort was made to
cast doubt upon the bill.
State Senator John Boyd Avis, of
Gloucester, today expressed himself as
definitely against the bill. Senator
AWE IdllS HUH NFoOdOol y WilCi0 'hN
G. G. Greene Company has its labra-
tories. He openly declared today that
the bill would put the G. G.. Greene
Company, which has made millions, out
of business,
sheriff Sommer's Statement.
Sheriff Sommer was indignant today
when he learned of the secret efforts
of the lobby to discredit the bill. He
said:
s"THE EVENING STARS anti-cOcaine
bill in its present amended shape was
approved at n conference attended by
the president and other members of the
New Jersey state Pharmaceutical As
ISOLATION, after the public hearing.
After these gentlemen examined the
amended bill 1t was pronounced salts
factory by them.
THE lobby now opposing the bill
knew that there would be public hear
ings on the measure, and yet failed to
appear at them.
zone of these men had stated objec-
tions to the bill publically but not to
the Legislature.
ssThe issue is now squarely this: II
the Senate. under the circumstances,
should defeat the measure, devised for
the protection of thousands of drug Vie
Tins and thousands more who may
come under the drug lure, then the con-
tinucd sale of the drugs and the destruc-
ton of the public welfare must be
charged to the Senate by the people.
"The widest publicity has been given
this bill. There is not the slightest eX-
cuse for any person or persons in the
pharmaceutical trade not to have made
objection before the eleventh-hour at
tempt to kill worthy and needed legis-
lation."
Make FIimsy Excuses.
The method in which the enemies Of
the bill attacked it was somewhat cir
ouitous. The bill was not complete
they said. There were drugs that were
not mentioned, When asked why il
was they had waited until the bill wa;
on third reading before making theil
objections they said that they had no
known of the public hearing given by
the judiciary committee of the HOUSE
The hearing was advertised in thu
newspapers of both Essex and Hudson
counties, but they could not explain
why it had escaped the attention o
the men most nearly affected.
Not Posted on Bill.
Mr.. Holzhauer and his partner wer,
persistent in seeing nothing but evil il
the bill. 1t would. hey declared, pro
hibit the sale of paregoric. They wer
informed that their cniections wera cor