The Washington herald., 1910-05-11
RETAIL DRUGGISTS
DENIED ADMISSION
PharmacOpGia COnventiOnin
Stormy Session.
CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION
Surgeon Generals of Army and Navy
Allowed TO Appoint DeIegntes-Ah
Efforts TO Give Membership 10
Drug Store Men Fnil-Secretary
NageI Takes Rap at Trust.

At a stormy session Of the ninth de-
cennial Pharmacopoeia convention yes
terday afternoon at the Willard. attempts
to amend the constitution, giving the Ma
tionaI Retail Druggists Association mem
bership. were defeated by an overwhelm-
ing vote.
1t was openly avowed the retail drug
gists organization Is controlled by the
drug trust" and though the Wholesale
| Druggists Association was admitted in
an amendment every parliamentary
strategy failed in bringing drug store
men into the organization.
The constitution was finally amended
to allow not only the Surgeon General
Of both the army and navy to appoint
delegates 10 the conventions. but giving
! the same privilege 10 the Secretary OF
Agriculture. the Secretary OF Commerce
and Labor. the Association Of Official
/ Agricultural Chemists. the Association Of
State and National Food and Dairy De-
partments. the National Wholesale Drug
gists Association, and the National
Dental Association.
Retailers Fight Hard.
Vice President Otto A. Wall. NJ. D.,
OF St. Louis. who presided. had a taste
OF what Speaker Cannon has to contend
with during the discussion. Champions
Of the Retail Druggists Association
fought hard for the Introduction of their
amendment. but the word had gone out
that I'M view of the fact the chief
power in the drug trust" is president Of
the drug store men, the amendment must
be defeated
DR.. John Marshall, Of Philadelphia, in
troduced the additional clause TO the
amendment Chairman Wall declared he
was out Of order. because such a sug-
gestion should come up under the head
ing Of new business.
After a heated discussion. participated
in by a score Of physicians and drug
gists. a motion was made 10 table DR..
NarshalTs clause. The motion 10 table
was defeated by Isl to 1SS, and mo-
nieut later the convention voted almost
solidly 10 reject it entirely.
\ proposed amendment, providing that
only one delegate be allowed each organ
ization. instead Of three, which would
have brought the attendance Of the next
convention down 20 less than 80 dele
gates, was also defeated
Changes I'm Bylaws.
/ At the same time. the convention voted
/ TO Increase the committee on revision Of
/ the pharmacopoeia from twenty-five men,
/ bers 10 fifty. They also made minor
J. H. Hv.T HaTv ha
! dition Of business.
/ Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
! NageI took a rap at the drug trust IN
a stirring address at the opening session
/ yesterday morning. He condemned IN no
uncertain terms what ne called the at
tempts OF the large interests" to gain
control Of the pharmacopoeia, which, he
said. is a pure and scientific book OF
medical standards.
The remarks ELECTED tumultuOus APP
plause from every delegate not interested
in patent medicines. and il was used Wig
orously as campaign material 70 block
efforts 20 allow the retail druggists ad-
mission in the afternoon.
4 Secretary Nagel declared the Pharma-
copoeial are doing voluntarily what the
II government is trying TO do to regulate
the sale Of drugs.
Benefits by Cooperation.
IF the time. talent. and money" he
said, spent attempting TO block legisIa.
ton which was inevitable had been ex-
pended in cooperation. how much sooner
would the result have been brought
about, and how much greater would have
been the benefits TO all"
Chairman Wall called TO order yester.
day the first convention in ten years ant
the first since the passage Of the food
and drug act. There were more than 30
delegates and as many alternates in at
tendance. The sessions Will extend ovel
to-day, and perhaps tomorrow.
DIT. Horatio c. Wood president OF tn,
Pharmacopoeial, is critically i'll at hi.
home in Philadelphia, but he sent hi
address in printed form. and the pic
tu1esque farewell Of the retiring execu
tive was received with acclaim.
: 1T is a striking example" he wrote
/: of the payment which in this mad coun
. try. America, eminence requires Of III,
men who would gain IT. that of IN,
! board Of trustees, seven in number. three
! are permanently invalid and four ar
dead. None Of these men was old. O
the five officers elected in 1900, the frs
vice president and the treasurer are dea,
and the president Is as he is"
Advocates Old Standards.
1T is better TO let well enough alone.
he adds. counseling the Pharmacopoeia
to be careful of new experiments an,
stick to the old and tried standards o
| medicine.
Minister Calvo. of Costa RIGA. gave ;
graphic account of the translation o