The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-05-28

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Members Of the committee inquired
about Corwin's official activities while
he was connected with the State
boards, and Senator Simpson wanted
to know If the Medical Board had
communicated its suspicious of Cor
win to the Attorney General. He
was informed by Dr. MacAlister that
no such action had yet been taken.
DR.. Forsyth testified that after Cor
win had been dropped, Warren T..
Bonner, of Trenton, was appointed in
his stead and that subsequently sew
eral violations of the dental law have
been uncovered which the deposed
inspector had failed to report.
No "Dentai Trust" Exists
Senator Bright questioned DR.. For
syth about the severity of the dental
examinations and the witness admit
ted that candidates have been back
for tests as often as IL or IL times.
In answer to a question as to whether
or not there was dental trust" in
New Jersey, Dr. Forsyth declared
there was not.
Members Of the State Board OF
Pharmacy, when called before the
committee as witnesses, denied just
as vehemently as other State licensing
bodies that restrictions put upon
prospective members, and prosecu-
lions against alleged violators OF the
particular acts relating to pharma-
cists, had anything to do with the
fostering of a trust" on behalf OF
druggists already established.
Edgar r. Sparks, Of Burlington.
secretary, and Will; m H. Mcneil, of
Paterson, treasurer of the board, the
two members examined, were sub
jected to the most searching question
ing of any of the witnesses sum-
moned. The investigating committee
was particularly interested in circum-
stances surrounding raids by the
boards underlings on so-called
"patent medicine stores" which COM
pete with druggists in certain articles
of merchandise.
Witnesses, however, denied there
was any preconcerted plan to kill COM
petition through driving these stores
out of business or through restricting
the number of candidates licensed
through examinations. 1t was brought
out that all State Board members be-
long to the State Pharmaceutical
Association and that in certain in
stances officers of the State Board
also hold official positions in the asso
citation.
Board Is Own Court
Sometimes, it was admitted, the
board does not trouble to have alleged
violators tried before a court. AS
Senator Woodruff put it, these men
are hailed before the Pharmacy Board
and confronted with alleged evidence
secured against them and told that ut
is better to pay than have the Attor-
ney General get after them" Mem
bers OF the committee at this dis
closure remarked that the board sits
in judgment on its own competitors.
At this point it was remarked by
committee members that every applt-
cant for pharmacists license was a
prospective competitor of the board
and the State Association and that
every patent medicine store driven
from the field was the elimination of a
competitor.
The committee was also interested
in revelations having to do with the
treatment accorded ex-service men
who desire licenses. Formerly, ex-
service men could secure licenses
simply by studying four years with a
pharmacist. That act was repealed
recently at the behest of the associa-
ton, and after July of this year
former soldiers will be treated exactly
like any other applicant They must
have a four years high school educa-
ton and must have three years
course in college OF pharmacy.
Explaining this, Mrs. Mcneil de-
clared the Armistice was signed seven
years ago, and asked the committee
whether they did not think that was
enough time for ex-soldiers to take
advantage of the lowered require
ments. Senator Simpson responded to
this by declaring the committee was
functioning to ask questions, not to
answer them.
1t was developed at the hearing that
last year, out of 6S1 candidates taking
the pharmacy examination. only IT'S
passed. Senator Bright, chairman Of
the investigators. declared that the
figures were appalling, and intimated
that they savored rather strongly of
an attempt to make the practice OF
pharmacy trust" for the members
already in the business.
Nurses Board Probed
When the committee late in the
afternoon got around to giving the
State Board of Examiners OF Nurses
a chance to explain the reason for its
existence situation even more strfk
Ing presented itself. 1t was Mrs.
Elizabeth ] Higbid. OF Paterson, presi.
dent Of the board, who was spokes-
man for the board
Apparently the boards sole excuse
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