The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-04

/, American jirlsprudencc Is there that
| did not receive yitalizing impulse
| from citizens of this state"
Greetings were then received from
the organizations affiliated with the as
sociation i, u. Ladish of chicago
spoke for tho National Association OF
Retail Druggists; Edgar d. Taylor. OF
Richmond, on behalf of the Nat'onal
Association Of Wholesale Druggists
voiced their greeting; NJ. l. Wilbert
Of Washington spoke for the Marine
Hospital service. DR.. Lyman r. keb-
Ter, of Washington. represented the
United States Department of Asricul-
ture.
Several letters and kilograms OF
greeting were read. that from the
Women's Pharmaceutical Association
being the first ever received from that
body.
4 number OF messages were ordered
sent by the association to promlnen'
members who were detained by una
voidable causes from coming one OF
these was to Emo Sanders, Of ST
Louis. honorary president, now eighty
eight years old.
When the presidents address had
been read, 1t was referred TO the ap
propriate committees. Then the meet
lIlS dulOuTHcu uutbI tlllS iAioihi'it1'
Two Sectional Meetings.
In the afternoon, there were ses-
sions of the sections on commercial in
terests and on scientific papers.
Chairman Wilbert began the section
on scientific papers with an address
calling for the conservation of human
energy by the prevention of commun-
icable disease. He felt that much re-
mains to be done by pharmacists In
the direction of scientific discovery
and service.
The Ebert prize for the best paper
relative to research in pharmaceutics
was then awarded by the committee
to DR.. Henry NJ. Gordin, of Chicago.
His paper was entitled, The Alkaloids
of Calycanthus Glaucus."
After the committee report of the
drug market had been received and
discussed, Charles Fl. laval and n. A
Bradshaw discussed Ash Standards
for Vegetable Drugs-Are They Neces-
on The so-called Latin Titles. Found
in the Pharmacopoeia.' C. S. n. Hall
berg followed with n paper on The
u. s. P. Nomenclature" j.
Nominations were. then made for
was nominated as chairman. and ". o.
Richtrnann. OF satsuma Heights, Fla,
was named as secretary.
Rnps Chain stores.
Chairman Bowman. of the section
on commercial interests. furnished
most of the fuel for discussion at the
meeting of that body. He denounced
advertising, and stigma
tized the chain store" problem and its
The discussion on that part of his
address brought in the names OF some
big drug firms and syndicates, and
there was some heated discussion,
paper on THE Chemical Labora-
tory as a Side Line" by G. Fl. P. Lich-
thardt. OF Sacramento. was read. VIII
helm Rodemann, OF Chicago. spoke on
THE Telephone Question" pointing
proper public phone system in drug
stores. He denounced what he called
telephone free lunch"-the free use
of telephones in drug stores by the
public. 1t Was brought ont in the dis
QUESTION of his paper that in one city
the drug stores By their commissions
from paw phones had made an annual
net profit of $4,000.
DR.. Lyman Kebler, chief of the drug
laboratory of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, read paper
on "a Practical Aspect of Standards"
The following officers were then
nominated for the section: Franklin NJ.
Appleton, chairman; B, r. Pritchard.
secretary; Sidney Youmans, C. NJ. Ford,
L. Berger. associates.
AT o'clock last night a reception
was rendered the association at the
JEFFERSON.
onds general session will take place.
The section on scientific papers WI
meet at 8 p. NJ. AT S p. NJ there Will
be meetings of the American Confer
ence of Pharmaceutical Faculties and
of the National Association of Boards
of