The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-11


adjourned to meet at Grand Forks on
the first Tuesday Of July, 1911. Mat
tiers Of routine nature were attended
to during the afternoon session, in ad-
dition to extending a vote OF thanks
to the druggists Of the city Of Fargo
and their assistants, and to the people
in general.
The principal address of the entire
session was delivered by Prof Edwin
F. Ladd of the North Dakota Agricul-
tural college and 1t was an able paper
and he was highly complimented for 1t
at the close Of the session. The Ladies'
Auxiliary and the Travellers Auxiliary
also finished it's business. The entire
party left at 1880 this morning on the
N. P. road to spend the day beside and
| on the lake.
Professor Ladd's Address.
Professor Ladd said:
Mr.. Chairman and Members of the
State Pharmaceutical Association:
l am pleased to be able to meet with
you again and to wish you and your
associates abundant success. There is
not much that I have to say to you
and yet feel that there should be the
members and the department which
am called upon to administer. That
all would be UNNECESSARILY benefited by
a closer cooperation and understand
ing is self evident.
While it is the duty of the food and
drug department to protect the inter-
ests of the consuming public, this is
not at all antagonistic to the best in
terests of those who are striving to
make for a better and more efficient
pharmacy. We can aid you in deter
mining whether your products are pure
and of the proper strength, If you are
not prepared to undertake this work, or
do not have the necessary time for
such work. This alone should be of
great benefit to many of our druggists
for often products are tested which do
not come up to the required strength,
while, in other cases, the strength has
been fully one and a half times the of
fetal requirements. This has been true
in the examination of hydrastic, opium
products, camphor, spirits of nitrous
ether, etc Sometimes the opium itself
has been only 60 to 70 per cent Of the
official strength; and such products
must necessarily make a poor prepar-
alton. ... |
DR.. Rusby has pointed out that in his |
examinations he has found that many
of the imported samples of crude drugs |
have been seriously adulterated, and |
in not few instances the substitution |
of other products, at times, entirely |
worthless, have taken the place of the |
real drug. 1t Is no wonder then that
some of the preparations are far from
what was to be expected, and the drug
gist is not alone responsible for such
a condition. But I need not dwell on
this farther than just call your atten- !
ton to what you already know and add |
that when we can be of aid to you we |
shall be most happy to serve you.
Warnings Against Fakes.
There are still other ways whereby |
we may aid you, especially those of you
who are interested in the work which
we are doing at the college. Some of
this information may come in the way
of warnings against frauds, fakes and |
worthless preparations If you would
but take heed from the published re-
suits as given in our special monthly
bulletins. One matter which has been
considered is that of a class of rene
dies very generally sold throughout
the state by the Sioux Stock Remedy
Co. and the Western Remedy Co. APP
parently these two concerns are identi-
cal in their methods of doing business
and to some extent at least in the par
ties identified in handling the products
of the two concerns. The Sioux Stock
Remedy Co. at times hailing from
Sioux City, at other times from St
Paul, Mimi, Aberdeen, S. D., or Fargo
N. D., using, it is said, a government
serial number which has never been as
signed to them and, If we are to ac-
cept the statements of those with
whom they have been doing business,
we find that they have used deception
in inducing dealers to handle their
goods stating that the products are to
be assigned and sold on commission.
When their attention is called to a GER
tain clause in the contract or commits
sion which reads: second party agrees
to pay first party on demand" they
have been informed that it means to ;
pay every four or six weeks for what
they have sold when / come around
and check UP the goods"
Scores Fargo Man.
The Western Remedy Co. appear to
do business in the same manner, and
one F. F. Reynolds of Fargo, seems to
be the party handling the accounts for
many of these products. AS soon as
the goods are delivered an agent ap-
pears with the negotiable contract for
SIT and attempts to collect at once or
serve papers upon the parties to appear
at Fargo and stand trial. Now, in the
case OF the Western Remedy Co. this
same F. f. Reynolds Is the party who
has taken out the government serial
which they are handling. 1t will be for
the courts to determine whether this
Is legitimate for this particular pro-
duct
In other words then r. f. Reynolds
appears to be the responsible head or
slse he is the stool-pigeon OF someone
higher up in the manufacture and sale ]
IF these stock remedies with offices at
Moorhead, MINI. and Chicago, Ill. Now,
rs a matter of fact, a letter addressed :
% the Western Remedy Co. or r. r. :
Reynolds. Moorhead, Mimi. lis returned :
by the postmaster of that city for want :
u address. The only IT. #. Reynolds j
have been able to find is a Fargo :
painter who admits his connection with :
his concern. What knowledge OF med :
cine would such man be likely to j
possess to enable him to prepare pro- /
iucts which could be classed as RENEE :
lies or cures? Their method of doing :
business shows clearly that there is :
something wrong or 1t would not be .