The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-28
OPPOSE ALCOHOLIC GOODS.
AND SUCH ARE DECLAR-
ED CONTRARY TO THE SPIR-
IT OF THE ASSOCIA-
TTON
Medicines Costing MOrc-Dcalcr States
That Advance i'm Some Lines is Ter
rifle Because of the War.

A Speclal meeting or the South car
Olina Pharmaceutical Association was
called at Sumter for the purpose of
adopting measures to curtail the in
discriminate sale of alcoholic prepa-
rations so-called tOnics, etc, which
is becoming so prevalent throughout
the state. This latest edict which has
gone forth against John Barleycorn is
that he can no longer conceal him
self in the camOuflage of so-called
patent medicines apd adds to sever
al previous bnes druggists in other
sections have passed. In every part Of
the United States the alcoholic med
icines that have held sway en- the
market since the whislxey fight has
been making headway have been los
ing out, ard now what was supposed
to have been one of their few friends
has turned it's back on them. The
druggists have decided that they will
no longer sell medicines that are sold
for alcoholic value alone.
The resolutions adopted at this
meeting follow:
Whereas, the South Carolina Phar-
maceutical Association, in special
meeting assembled at Sumter, s. G..
on the 2lst day of November, 1917.
does not favor the sale or use of in.
toxicating beverages: Therefore, be il
Resolved, That this association de-
cries the sale of extracts, medicinal
preparations and proprietary articles
which may be used for beverage pur-
poses: Therefore, be it
Further resolved, That the presi
dent OF the South Caolina Pharma-
cutical Association appoint n com
mittee of seven retail druggists, one
from each congressional district and
three wholesale druggists. to meet a
Columbia. s. c., on December 6, to
discuss and prepare proper and neces-
sary legislation for passage at it's nexr
session, and that the chairman Of the
committee on medical affairs in tn,
senate and house be asked to meet
with this committee in order to assist
and advise in discussing, preparing
and passing such legislation"
Not alone are the medicines not
sold for the reason that they should
not be taken for the alcohol alone,
but the fact that the alcohol must be
saved and used for more acceptable
purposes, was also taken into consider
alton. Alcohol today is selling a good
deal higher than it has sold in a good
many days. In this alone, though, al
cohol is not by any means the only
medicine that is selling high.
A short list of medicines, what they
retailed at in 1914 and what they
were selling March 1 of this year, fol-
lows:
March /,
1914. 1917
Cod liver oil, bbI. .s16.75 s135.Oo
Potassium permanga-
nate. per lb. :. :. 90 4.45
Antipyrene, per III 1.95 $3.50
MenthOl, per lb. :. 2.95 425
Zinc sulphate. per lb. .O2 1-2 IA
Salicylate sodium. per
lb...... :. :. :. .2S 1-2 1.25
| CarbOlic acid per lb. OF 1-2 20
Calomel, per lb. 60 2.14
Iodine. per lb :. :. $50 $50
Chloroform, per lb 20 .S3
Glycerin. per lb.. 20 so
Saltpctre, per III. .05 1-2 SO
Since March / these prices have
gone approximately 33 per cent. high
er. When asked for the cause Of this
one OF the local druggists stated that
there were numerous causes assigned
for the high prices. and among them.
chiefly was the fact that drugs this
country had been getting from Europe
suddenly stopped and with this great
supply cut Off, there were high prices,
which will stay for some time to
come.
One druggist stated that medicine
also costs more because twine paper.
shoppers and everything else are high.
er today. The delay. even if the drugs
can be ordered, the high labor, high
freight and every conceivable obstruc-
tion have taken place TO force the rise
in drugs
With the supply from Europe cut
Off by the war. America has looked
TO her own land for the first time to
see what could be done to supply the
drug market with homemade and
grown QruOS aud oanSidoi.i.,or