The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-16
Finish Comes With an Enjoy
able Banquet at the Com
merciaI Club.
w. L. EDDY OF BRIGHAM
is THE NEW PRESIDENT
Logan Easily Captures the Con
yention to Be Held i'm
1910.


demonstrated at the annual banquet of
the association at the Commercial club
Thursday evening following the final
session of the ninth annual convention.
Joy II. Johnson. former president of
the association, presided as POSTMASTER
of the occasion.
The events of the evening bordered
considerably on what might be termed
hilarity. The Joy of the occasion in
dicated that even kings, sometimes un-
bend and there was often n gay twinkle
of the eye that indicated that merri-
ment was rampant If there was any
doubt of this, a glance at the pro
gramme carried out wouldlat once have
given the shorter and ug]ier word to
the croker In Short the banquet was
what might have been termed ga bangS
up dinner, with A good deal of jollity,
not only on the side. but perhaps, on
both sides and behind and before.
The proceedings were opened by the
reading of telegram by f, c.
Schramm, chairman of the committee
on 1.-The Time and the Place. ad-
dressed to the association from Z, p,
Bacon, president of tho Commercial
club Of Logan as followsi "The Com
nlcrcial Boosters club extends cor
dial invitation to State Druggists asso-
In Logan for 19l0.' When the matter
OF holding the next annual convention
of the association In Logan was put to
n vote, il was carried without a dis
senting voice.
Fully 100 prominent druggists of the
state We're present. The strains of an
excellent orchestra stationed IN An ad-
joining room gave the start to the
spirit Of merriment and gaiety reigned
supreme from the moment that the
guests took their seats until the call
was issued for the last car. w. l..
Eddy. OF Brigham City, the newly
elected president of the association set
the ball rolling in short address, urg
ing greater attention to the political
movement on account of the benefit
derived from proper legislation to pro.
tect the drug men and to bring about
the proper application of the pure food
laws OF the state.
Evenings Programme.
The following programme was then
carried ont:
''Drugs VS.. Groceries, by John H.
Bishop of Ogden.
viii the Association Be Invited to
Lay the Cornerstone of the New Capitol
Building at Ogden?'' by John Cullev
of Ogden.
What Makes the Chalk in Chalk
Creek by John l.. Boydcu of Coal
Vile.
''What Effect Does the Smclter
Fumes Have on a Drug Stock in
Tooelein by Archibald Beran of
Tooelc
'fLaws and Liquors. or Why Shall
Leave Utah County January l, 1910,
by J, W, \. Whitecotton.
Addresses were also made by T, \.
Druehl. ]. f. Bradley, F. G. Schramm.
II. r. Brownield, c. G. Daily, Fred
ScharfT Of Chicago, Rev S II. Goodwin,
chaplain of the association; G. H.
Kitchen Frank Whitworth and others.
Not all the addresses were serious.
In fact, it was druggists day and
they took advantage of the opportunity
TO show what they could do Ill the line
OF entertainment.
The third session Of the convention
opened at the Commercial club Thurs
day morning with an address by George
r, McCabe of Washington, ID. C., So
icitor for the Department OF Agricul
lure, or the operation OF the pure
food and drugs act of June 30, 1906,
Both on account of the position of Mr..
McCabe as q representative OF the gov
ernment and on account of the I'M
portance of the subject, the address
was the feature OF the convention. Mr..
MeCabc said III part:
Mr.. McCabe's Speech.
feel honored that there should come to
me- this opportunity TO address the Utah
Pharmaceutical association. not only
because OF q great interest In the ma
tional law which is the snn5ect Of my
and standing OF this association and
Of the individuals who compose It., Upon
The good sense, honesty. ability and pub
lie spirit of the druggist and the pharlna
cist. much depends in the enforcement Of
tho law
Passing over the history Of pharmacy
as practiced through the ages, Mr., Nc
Cabe told Of tho steps taken by the
secretary OF agriculture to protect the
drug supply Of the country, which he
said came mostly from foreign coun
tries.
The law says, continued Mr., McCabe
that no drug shall come into this country
III II Is adultcrated or misbranded. or may
10 dangerous 70 the health OF the people
~ the United States. Accordingly, sam
pics are taken OF drugs offered for en-
are adutcrated or dangerous to the
health OF our people. their entry Is not
sbpDed ou Of y te tr OF tSe .nsn
Beiore the national law was enacted. the
pharmacist and the people had no such
The pure food law has been ~ oper-
alton now for about two years and q half,
and while the law was passed primarily
Tor the protection OF the consumer, II has
been in many Instances OF service 10 the
Wholesale as well as the retail druggist,
III = moral, AS wei ls pTacLlCtl way te-
fore the act was passed there was no
restraint on the kind Of drugs and chem
icals placed on the market. Because OF
competition with interruptions dealers.
the man who wished to carry on his
business with clean hands was either
forced to adopt the tactics. Of the un-
scrupuous go 10 the wall. Now the
honesty OF the druggist, both whole
sale and retail il protected by law. and
lac may carry on his business in decent.
reputable fashion.
Instances Cited.
Mr.. McCabc cited number Of in
stances in which violators of the law
had been apprehe ended and punished.
showing the efficiency OF the branch of
the service having TO do with the eu-
forcement OF the provisions of the law.
Mr.. McCabe said in conclusion:
In purchasing drugs from the whole
saler manufactured. or any other source,
YOU should require the person firm
from whom you make the purchase to
give you guaranty. In this connection
lou should bear In mind that guaran-
~ is OF no protection 10 you unless given
10 sou by the person from whom you
purchase. The law requires every pack