New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-08
WAR PUTS ILLNESS
In LUXURY LIST
Prices of Staple Drugs
Soar as Europe Con-
trolls Output.

Cheerful prospects of paying me
druggist twice his usual price for ORA,
nary prescriptions faces the United
States, according to an article when
will appear in the next issue OF ne
American Druggist and Pharmaceuu-
cal Record" Gathering and SHIPPING
operations in Europe were held up, IL
SAYS, at time when 10 per cent oil the
botanical drug crops was being mar
vested and Asiatic and African drug
crops were awaiting shipment through
the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean
In the first place, the druggists say
the "contraband of war" clause holds
up several ordinary kinds of supplies
Glycerine, potash, saltpetre and car
bolic acid cannot be shipped under any
circumstances. The prices OF these
and many other chemicals have been
so affected by the war that no quota
tions are made on them at all.
Most of the German synthetic prep
arations have advanced in price, 1T u
said. and what quotations there are
are made subject to change without
notice. No contracts of any sort tol
future delivery of chemicals, proprie'
taries or botanical drugs are being ac
cepted.
Although the United States is the
smallest drug producing country IN th'
world, it is the largest consumer u
the world. and so will suffer the most
the druggists predict.
The inability of the drug importers
as we'll, to ship what few supplies
they can buy has completed the tie-uI
Of the American drug market. Abou'
the only way drugs can reach TINS
country now is by the Pacific, and the
only drugs coming in by that route
are those produced in the Far East.
"Some conception" It goes on, "oi
the vast number of important drugs
which are now prevented from reach
ing the United States may be obtained
from the following list of the principal
drug products grown in the countries
which are most affected by the Euro
pean hostilities:
Germany - German Russian ergot
fennel seed, henbane leaves, belladonns
leaves, althea root, arnica flowers, ar
niea root. buckthorn bark, corn SILK
diCitalis, dandelion root, chamomlle
flowers, elder flowers, marjoram, Bur
gundy pitch, many essential oils, qui'
nine sulphate, hops, lupulin, gentiar
and calamus.
Austria Hungary - Buckthorn bark
horehound, stramonium leaves, chamo'
mile flowers, Dalmatian and other IN
sect repelling flowers, hops, licorice
gentian, ounce seed, juniper berries
and capsicum.
Russia-Russian ergot, Russian can
tharides, isinglass, anise seed, corlan'
der seed, henbane leaves, oil of pine
Russian turpentine, musk root, Rus
sian licorice, lycopodium, Russian
NORWOOD, juniper berries and ounce
seed.
France-Veratrum celery seed, Law
ender and cassa flowers, thyme, iva
ursi, larkspur seed, orris root, Bour
bon vanilla beans French colony
most of the essential oils and gentiar
saffron.
Bulgaria-Attar of rose, canary, mil
let and poppy seeds.
Servia, Albania, Montenegro and Ru
mania - Canary, millet and poppy
/ seeds.
Belgium-Roman chamomile flowers
burdock root and Belgian valeriar
/ root.
/ Great Britain-Irish moss, hyoscya
mus, digitalis and lavender flowers.
Unless some arrangement is speedily
made through Congressional enactment
| Tor the American registry Of foreign
owned ships, the article says, the drul
. l.. to ctanhctIll