Evening star., 1924-09-23

to separate the prohibition unit from
the Internal Revenue Bureau. You
also know that il has frequently been
necessary for US to appeal to the com
of internal revenue for re-
lief from unreasonable restrictions
that the prohibition commissioner has
attempted to place upon legitimate
business. The right of appeal has
frequently been the salvation of men
honorably engaged in the practice of
pharmacy. Your committee offers no
objection to the prohibition commits
sioner being clothed with absolute
power in the enforcement of the pro-
hibitive features of the national pro-
hibition act. We do, however, most
vigorously protest against the at
tempt to clothe that official with lik @
power in the enforcement of the per-
missive features of the act for the
simple reason that the methods en-
ployed in running down smugglers. i'll
licit distillers. bootleggers and other
lawless elements should not be ap-
piled to the supervision of a lawful
industry.
Your officers have consistently op-
posed the Cramton bill from the time
Of it's introduction in the House. Its
passage by the House was accom-
plished by means that brought forth
vigorous protest from the chairman
of the committee on Judiciary. 1t is
now on the Senate calendar by virtue
of the employment of similar tactics
We now demand that the bill be
taken from the Senate calendar and
referred back to the proper commit
tee for further consideration and a
fair hearing, in order that the pur-
pose Of the bill may he clearly estab-
lished and it's defects made known
and remedied
I'VE take it that you are all duly
thankful for the repeal of the soda
and jewelry taxes, more commonly
known as nuisance taxes While we
are ready to give credit to all who
assisted in the removal of these OBJ
noxious taxes, we nevertheless feel
that it was largely due to the good
work done by the n. A. r. D., backed
by the several State associations. that
these splendid results were accom-
plished.
1T is to be regretted that similar
results did not crown our efforts to
bring about the removal of the war
time tax on alcohol. Failure in this
instance is directly traceable to divi-
sion in the ranks OF the drug trade,
full details of which will be given
you by the legislative committee.
Secretary Makes Report.
Secretary Samuel c. Henry deliver
ed a lengthy report showing growing
progress of the organization. to the
success of which he gave great credit
to all and not to any one individual. He
went into detail as to the office work,
correspondence. the journal of the or
ganization and State and local as
sociations. He spoke Of business con-
ditions in the following vein:
at is perhaps unnecessary to re-
mind you that conditions in the field
of retail merchandising have been
far from ideal during the year just
closed though it may in all frankness
and candor be said that the drug
business has suffered less during this
period Of retrenchment than other
lines of retailing. Hence it would
seem that we still have much to be
thankful for
The report of the treasurer, pre-
sented by William A. Oren, gave de-
tails of the receipts and disburse-
ments from all sources. including the
dues by States.
After the reading Of reports greet
ings were received from the ex-
hibitors association and resolutions
to be considered during the conven-
ton were received without debate.
There will be a session this after
noon at which the chairmen Of the
various State organizations are an
nouncing their committeeman. Re-
ports also will be received from the
auditing, advertising. fraternal rela-
tions, public relations, form Of or
MI 1ox
imttees. John w. Gamble will de-
liver an address on The Merchant
of the Future Through the Eyes of
the Banker"
Tonight will be a stag night at
the City Club.
The convention was formally
opened last night with a meeting
at the Washington Hotel. 1t was
called to order by President John H.
Webster and the invocation was pro-
nounced by Rev. John c. Palmer.
Inst Nights Opening.
B. A. Browne, chief Of the Bureau
OF Chemistry of the Department Of
Agriculture, in an address. appealed
to the delegates to aid the bureau in
maintaining the standard of drugs
and driving quack nostrums from the
market.
Clarence A. Phillips took the dele
gates on a tour of Washington by
way of the stereopticon. The dele
gates were welcomed to Washing gton
by Robert N. Harper and Paul Pear
son, the latter president of the Dis
trict Druggists Association, and their
addresses We're responded to by
Charles N. HUM. Mrs. A. v. Burdine
president of the Capital chapter of
the women's order of the National
Association of Retail Druggists, well
coined the women, and was responded
to by Mrs. Alfred w. Pauley, presi-
dent OF the national auxiliary.