New-York tribune., 1917-08-19
Bv SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS

Hack sabel who had an important eand with Commissioner
Bishop AT least he said important and immediate from
long experience the girl the desk judged him to be patent
medicine agent Many Of this species call the Commissioner
Thew always get prompt and polite hearing Upon being ad
id the plump persprer down. his satch down. opened
it and exploded.
"say What the heu" he demanded stre',ins the locality
is the with this town.
Well what is2 inquired DR.. Bishop gently Let hear
your side of it, t...
I'm here said the visitor selling line of medical prepara
TONS This radium ontmenhe set out small but ornate box
-and this radioactive pad The ointment the greatest dcov
cry made for
Whom are you selling them to?
Il amt selling EN- anybody. That's whats got going
I've forty (haracterze drug stores in this ('pecihed)
town. and can make (qualihed) sale
Possibly the druggists want be that your preparations
are all right before they stock them
"AlI right? How. all rghta The public eats EN- up
But what assn has the druggist that preparations
are harmless and will carry the cams-very interesting
claims added the Commissioner, with glance at the ointment
box-'made for hem?"
The agent regarded him with stupefed surprise What does
the druggist care9 he inquired He gets the don heP
But suppose he doesn't get money by selling an
article that is worthless or worse2
Are you telling that this line of mine is good9
How do know whether nota How does the druggist
know?"
What does he have to know3 How can he do bushes. if
he knows too much? He business for his health he3
He ism in business mper other peoples health by selling
them medicines which he knows nothng Cleveland kind
druggist That the why haven't made sale to the
trade.
What's the answera They told me to come and see you
What do have to do9''
You may leave samples if you wish and the city chemist will
analyze and report Then preparations what is
claimed for them and will do what claimed tor hem we will
issue a form you and you go ahead
And ifI don't do it9
Not drug store in the city will touch your stuff.
is that the herep asked the dazed
It's an agreement between the local retail druggists and the
Youy ehe a law.
, think.
Yes did, agreed the patent medicine Say I'll
have to get advces from the home office this
He departed leaving his samples communicate with his
principals When he returned to ask for his samples
Il got advices from the firm he said. They advise you
that they won't place goods here And they advise
get of this Especially dcgnated the next train
only thing been this trade for twenty of
and on and never heard Of anything like it
Nobody heard of anything like before this country.
1t experiment protecting the public against harmful or
fraudulent medicines For the enlightened and progressive local
retail druggists association largely responsible his body COM
posed of the druggists of the city has been working
hand glove with the health authorities campaign the
nhcance of which likely be felt nationally That the fraud
medicine people believe by the at various
times the movement got under way OF number OF the
leading medicine their counsel and of the legal
lights of the national patent medicine combine the Proprietary
Association Of America Such prominent opponents Of patent
medicine Lawyer W. NJ Hough of ST. Louis Lawyer
H. B. Thompson of Chicago, Proprietor KoPp OF KopPs Baby
Friend and the representatives Of Natures Creation Swamp Root
Tana and the Edwards Olive Tablets among Others have visited
Cleveland find what the local drug trade doing
tending do their business Further that sheet The
National Druggist mouhpee of quackery has taken
the fight and loudly calling upon all good and loyal frauds and
ouac to get together and quash the Cleveland uprising favor
decency and fair dealing the drug trade before its example
spreads to other localities.
Nothing could be simpler direct than the working Of
the plan The wholesale drug trade Cleveland declines handle
for local distribution and the retail drug trade refuses put
new medical preparation which has first submitted itself to the
Health be passed his not law 1t simply
agreement But back law and the local application thereof:
the Ohio statute against mbrandng and the embod Of that
statute in the of msbrandng order issued by the Cleveland
Health Bureau after consultation with special committee of the
drug trade No patent medicine be sold the city OF Ceve-
land against which such order has been issued In the of old
o.ms which the druggists already have their shelves due
time given to up the stock unless the medicine which
endanges the public health In the of preparations the