Potassium Chlorate.-Advanced to 134 to 15c. Potassium lodide.-Declined; basis, $2.15. Root, Marshmallow.-Advanced to 30 to 38c. Golden Seal.-Declined to $2.40; powd., $2.60. Snake, Canada.-Declined to 30c; powd., 35c. Sal Glauber, Dried, Powder.-Declined; bbls., $1.25, to 5 to 6c, in a small way.

Seed, Cardamon.-Advanced; extra, 90c to $1.10, as to quantity; No. 1, to 80 to 95c.

Shellac.-Quotably lower; V. S. O., in cases, 45 to 56c; Octagon B., 40 to 51c; Double Triangle G., 34 to 45c; T. N. Tough, 28 to 39c; bright, 29 to 40c; bleached, bbls., 29 to 45c; ground, 35 to 50c.

Sodium Benzoate.--Declined; powd., 39 to 49c; granular, 38 to 48c.

Strychnine. Declined; Alkaloid, $1.10; Sulphate, $1.05; s 20c higher.

Glassware.-Bottle factories are now in full blast and there has been a recession in quotable figures; Pearl ovals, quotable in case lots, 75 and 5%; 5-case lots, 75 and 10%; 25-case lots, 75, 10 and 5%. Baltimore ovals, brandy finish, 75, 10 and 5%; 5-case lots, 80%; 25-case lots, 80 and 5%. Comet ovals, 80 and 20%; 25case lots, 85 and 10%; 50-case lots, 85 and 20%.

Window Glass.-Business is very satisfactory, though prices are unchanged; both single and double quotable at a discount of 90 and 20%.

Turpentine.-We note a net change of lc; bbls., 42c; 10-gal. cans, 54c; 5-gal. cans, 58c, packages inclusive.

ST. LOUIS LOCALS.

The North Missouri Pharmacists will have an opportunity of sending their apprentices to a board of pharmacy examination in their immediate vicinity, Monday, December 14, at 9 a. m. For further information, address the secretary, Charles Gietner, 203 South Broadway, St. Louis, Mo.

Ebert Anniversary.-On November 20, 1908, occurs the second anniversary of the death of Albert Ethelbert Ebert. This day will be quite generally observed by the colleges of pharmacy which received portraits of Ebert from the Board of Trustees of the U. S. P. convention. We understand that the anniversary will be made the occasion, in some schools at least, of giving the students a better idea of the character and extent of work by prominent pharmacists of the past and present day. The first anniversary of Ebert assumed a more personal character, but, if the custom is to be continued of observing November 20 as Ebert Day, it can very appropriately be made to assume a broader character and help to educate the rising generation of pharmacists in an appreciation of professional pharmacy in the widest sense of that term.

Are Cut Rate Prices Worn Out? The St. Louis R. D. A. held one of the most interesting meetings in its history during October. It was one in which prices were discussed in earnest and the prevailing sentiment seemed to be that the price list needs overhauling. Some argued that the public has long been familiar

with 19, 26, 29 and 42 cent prices, that it is best to revise the list and adopt as far as possible even figures, such as 15, 20, 25, 30, etc. The most vital point connected with this matter is a feeling on the part of many druggists that prices should be made lower instead of higher and it is within the range of possibilities that the new committee will report twenty-five cent Castoria. The committee in charge consists of V. D. Johnson, E. A. Wolff, Charles Judge, John R. Raboteau, A. G. Enderle, Charles W. J. Hahn, A. W. Pauley, Martin J. Noll, E. M. Pirner, E. A. Sennewald and Charles Renner.

Wilbur H. Cross, general western representative of

Missouri Pharmacists Ready For the State Legislature.-A conference was held at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in October, attended by the officers, faculty and trustees of that institution, the Missouri Board of Pharmacy and representatives of the committee on Legislation of the state association. The Kansas City College of Pharmacy appointed a delegate, who, unfortunately was not able to attend. This meeting appointed a special committee consisting of Charles L. Wright, Webb City (chairman), Prof. D. V. Whitney, of the Kansas City College of Pharmacy; A. Brandenberger, Jefferson City, and Prof. J. M. Good, of St. Louis, to prepare a pharmacy bill and submit it to the pharmacists of Missouri for comment before it reaches the legislature. The general feeling is to be conservative and to keep entirely away from the liquor question, leaving the control of that traffic entirely to the dram shop legislation. The St. Louis R. D. A., and the Cinchona Club of St. Louis, each voted $50.00 for the use of this committee.

KANSAS CITY DEPARTMENT.

T. E. Van Hoy has sold his store, Fifteenth and Prospect, to Sam Wilson.

J. H. Sims & Son have purchased the Brighton Pharmacy, Ninth and Brighton.

Smith &Chissell have purchased the store at 805 Independence Avenue, from Theo. Smith.

H. E. Wilhelm, recently from Braymer, Mo., has opened a new store at Twelfth and Brooklyn.

F. A. Higley has purchased the store at Twelfth and Penn, known as the A. S. Houck's Pharmacy.

A. A. Mathews recently purchased the store, corner Rochester and Montgall Avenues, from J. J. Huntington.

L. I. Rutter bought the store, 4718 East Twentyseventh Street, from G. H. Richardson. G. H. Richardson also owns a store at 2330 Elmwood.

Paul Anderson, clerk for Hess & McCann, Eighth and Walnut Streets, has bought the store, corner Twenty-fourth and Brighton, from Dr. Cary.

E. A. Williamson, colored, has opened an up-todate store at 1014 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, Kans., under the name of the Eureka Pharmacy.

The Dolan-Luce Drug Co. is the name on the windows of a spick and span new store at 423 East Eleventh Street, while another one called The Clary Pharmacy, has been opened at Fifteenth and Locust.

C. O. Cranston, of 348 North Tenth Street, Kansas City, Kans., has moved his stock and fixtures to Thirty-ninth and Woodland, Kansas City, Mo., and will open up a first-class pharmacy, complete in every detail.

Cooper & Crosby, Twelfth and Highland, have moved their stock and fixtures across the street from their old stand, into a large, well-lighted room, and have fitted it up handsomely. It is, undoubtedly, the neatest and best equipped residence neighborhood store in the city.

BIRTHS.

Johnson. At the home of R. M. Johnson, Page and Walton Avenues, arrived, September 10, a little girl. Scholle.-A. Scholle, prescription clerk with A. W. Pauley, Fourteenth and Madison Streets, is the proud

father of twins.

Winklemann.-Last month another pill roller arrived at the home of C. E. Winklemann, who is owner of the Red Cross Pharmacy. He now has seven boys enrolled. He is receiving congratulations and best wishes from his friends.

It is Never too late to mend; but a man cannot expect to have a button sewed on much after midnight. [Hebrew Standard.

NECROLOGY.

Dr. William F. Gray, aged eighty-five years, died September 16. The doctor was a senior member of the firm of Dr. W. F. Gray & Co., at Nashville, Tenn.

George Louis Muth, founder of the wholesale drug firm of Muth Brothers & Co., of Baltimore, Md., died October 10. He was senior member of the firm for many years and one of the most prominent figures in the wholesale drug trade of the country.

Dr. Engelbert Voerster died at his home in St. Louis, October 26, at the age of sixty-six years. He was at one time coroner of the city and has long been a prominent figure in local politics. Six sons and two daughters survive him. One of the sons is a practi

tioner of medicine.

Edmund Francis Lyndale Jenner died at his home at Higby, N. S., Canada, last September. He was a prominent pharmacist of that section of the country and exerted an influence for the betterment of his calling. He frequently contributed to medical as well as pharmaceutical journals.

John W. Mathis, of Granite City, Ill., died at his home in October, 1908. He was a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, a prominent pharmacist of his city and the funeral was the occasion of closing several places of business during the afternoon. Mr. Mathis was a member of the school board and his associates acted as pallbearers.

Dr. J. T. Matson died at his home in Louisiana, Mo., recently at the age of eighty-seven years. He was one of the three surviving members of the Missouri Constitutional Convention and lived in St. Louis from 1859 to 1864. He was a native of Pike Couniy, Mo., and the older citizens of St. Louis remember his activity in politics during war times.

MATRIMONIAL.

Moffatt-Litchen.-Henry Moffatt and Miss Emma Litchen were married at St. Joseph, Mo., September 26. Mr. Moffatt is a clerk at Schopflin's Pharmacy and the bride was connected with the Memorial Home. They will reside at 411 North Fifth Street, St. Joseph,

Mo.

Broedemann-Moss.-On October 21, J. H. Broedemann, the popular druggist of Twentieth and Penrose Streets, was married at Staunton, Ill., to Miss Ellen Moss, of that city. Immediately after the wedding, they left on an extensive wedding trip of three or four weeks, visiting Niagara Falls, Buffalo, etc.

Newell-Blake.-James S. Newell and Miss Nettie Blake were married at Ackley, O., in September. The groom is a member of the drug firm of S. D. Breuning & Co., and the bride is the daughter of a pioneer resident of the city. After an extended wedding tour Mr. and Mrs. Newell have returned to the city and are housekeeping.

VOL. XXIX.

Entered at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter in January, 1895.

Meyer Brothers Druggist

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C. F. G. MEYER, PUBLISHER.

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Compliments of the approaching holiday season to the readers of the Meyer Brothers Druggist. May 1909 bring prosperity in business and contentment of mind.

Frederick L. Carter, Boston, Mass., president of the National Wholesale Druggists' Association for 1908-9, greets the readers of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST from the frontispiece of the December issue.

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In the Pharmaceutical Eye is Harry B. Mason, Detroit, editor of the Bulletin of Pharmacy. His scholarly paper on the liquor problem as it confronts the pharmacists of the United States today, which he presented at the Hot Springs meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association, last September, is attracting the attention of pharmacists throughout the entire country. Mr. Mason has occupied various positions of prominence and responsibility in state and national pharmaceutical organizations.

HARRY B. MASON.

JOSEPH E. HUBER.

Joseph E. Huber, president of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association, was represented on the cover of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST for November.

Place Yourself in the Customer's Position.-When a customer is dissatisfied, try to place yourself in his position and see whether you would be dissatisfied

under similar conditions.

1909.-It will soon be time to practice writing this date in order to start out right on January 1 and not be obliged to erase the figure 8, in order to make 1908 look like 1909.

Price List, Drugs, Page 15. Bulletin for Buyers, Page 3. Want Advertisements, Page 1. Index to Advertisements, Page 2.

Editorial

Are You Ready For Prosperity? We believe that pharmacists as a class were fully as well prepared, if not better, than any other line of dealers for the recent business depression which the country has experienced. Very few retail pharmacists failed in business. The pharmacist is cautious and prudent. The very nature of his calling makes him prepare for accidents and renders him able to handle judiciously unexpected conditions. When business became slow, the pharmacists were ready to cut down expenses and to guard business in such a way that the income would meet the out-go.

Now that the election is over and those interested in

commercial industries are preparing to compete with each other for supremacy in trade with all of the vigor which was evidenced by contestants in the political campaign, we feel that pharmacists should be among the very first to respond to the touch of the spring which starts business on the high-road to prosperity. The country in general is in excellent condition, with good crops, seasonable weather, and the absence of destructive storms, devastating floods or scourging diseases. The political situation is satisfactory to the multitude as evidenced by the popular vote.

Now is the time for pharmacists to prepare for prosperity. They should not be reckless but simply enterprising. They should stock up judiciously with the best of goods and those that are salable. Pharmacists have in their ranks very few croakers and no attention should be paid to the small number of pessimists. It is not necessary to wait until every one is convinced that it is the time for prosperity. There is just as much danger of being ruined by prosperity coming unexpected as there is of bankruptcy from dull times when the pharmacist is not prepared for such conditions. In fact, prosperity will run over and leave behind the slow, old fogy merchant and bring plenty to those who are enterprising and ready to keep up with the race in business life.

Horace Greeley said that the way to resume specie payment is to resume. The way to revive business is to at once revive it and not wait for your neighbors to show you that you are behind the times.

The Panorama of Politics has passed an exciting scene in the shifting of the stage settings and the country again settles down for four years of routine life. The result of the recent election is generally satisfactory and we may expect a continuation of the improvement in business which follows a presidential election. It is gratifying to find that pharmacists and physicians have taken more interest in politics than ever before. We refer to an interest based on their calling and among the new officials will be found a fair representation from both medicine and pharmacy. This means that a due regard will be given the pres

ervation and care of human health and the interests which are common to physicians and pharmacists. If care is taken to put up for office only such physicians and pharmacists as are worthy as individuals and command the respect and esteem of the community, the voters will learn to look to these two callings for candidates on whom they can depend for good judgment and fair dealing. The time, no doubt, will come when the president's cabinet will contain a medical officer and if pharmacists prove themselves worthy, the cause of pharmacy will profit by having a friend at court. With the brief allotment of years which an individual is privileged to enjoy, changes of a national character seem to come slowly, but in national affairs we must not measure the progress of events from the personal point of view. The pharmacists of the United States are better organized to-day than ever before and they are urged to take advantage of the opportunity brought about by an increased number of local, state and government officials who are pharmacists to guard against unjust legislation and secure the enactment of laws which will benefit the public at large and secure the most satisfactory conditions possible for the calling of pharmacy.

Must Sell Merchandise. The professional side of pharmacy is developing and educational requirements are being advanced in order to place the calling upon a professional basis. Pharmacists watch with interest the progress made in the medical profession and by dentists. We must not forget, however, that pharmacy is a calling which can never become entirely professional. The sale of goods must be the source of a large proportion of the revenue of even the most ethical and professional drug stores. These goods must be sold at a profit and competition met in the same manner that it is in other lines of merchandising. The physician has his professional reputation and special skill as capital and is not called upon to merchandise. The same is true of the dentists and the veterinary surgeon. At one time, it looked as if pharmacy would be separated into two divisions, one occupied by persons exercising nothing but professional skill and selling only such merchandise as requires special training and integrity to handle, the other class doing a general drug merchandising busiIt is not necessary to look beyond the boundaries of any large city to see that this condition is out of the question, and the colleges of pharmacy are recognizing the inevitable, by teaching their students bow to buy and how to sell all lines of goods actually kept in a busy drug store. Now, that the season for lawmaking is at hand, it will be well for the committees on pharmaceutical legislation to bear in mind the actual condition of affairs, and not attempt legislation to control conditions that ought to be, rather than conditions that really exist. In other words, do not forget that the pharmacist is also a merchant.

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Greater Publicity For Pharmacopœial Affairs.— When the work of preparing a pharmacopoeia for the United States of America began in 1818 and 1819, only

a few persons were actively interested in the movement and the plan which gradually developed for revising the pharmacopoeia partook largely of the nature of a private enterprise. Pharmacopoeial revision committees have conducted their affairs with what seemed to many as secrecy. The members of the committee have been obligated to carefully guard correspondence and to especially avoid giving publicity to discussions among the members of the committee on revision. This was but a natural outgrowth of environments. With the passage of the Pure Food and Drugs Act, the influence of the Pharmacopoeia has been extended far beyond the dreams of its most ardent supporters and interests which were formerly indifferent as to the work of the pharmacopoeial revision committee are now keenly alive to every proposed change in pharmacopoeial standards. It will not long be possible, even if considered desirable, to conduct the work of revision along the same lines in the future as have characterized it from the beginning. We will not be surprised if the important changes in the next revised edition of the Pharmacopoeia become better known to the pharmacists and allied interests of this country before the book is off the press than were the changes

in the U. S. P. VIII. months after the book was placed on sale.

Low Grade Asafoetida has found its way into this country to an alarming extent since the passage of the Food and Drugs Act which in Section 7, provides that no drug shall be deemed adulterated within the meaning of the act even if below the prescribed standard if the standard of strength, quality or purity be plainly stated upon the label of the container. Asafoetida which is ruled out of the market in England and Germany finds its way to this country and exporters of this article look upon the United States as the legitimate dumping ground. The Treasury Department has determined to put a stop to this practice and through the Board of Food and Drug Inspection is ordering the return of low grade asafoetida. This action seems to be justified by Section 11, of the Food and Drugs Act which provides for the exclusion of any food or drug which is "dangerous to the health of the people of the United States or is of a kind that is forbidden entry into or forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in the country in which it is made or from which it is exported." While Section 11 seems to the ordinary person to exactly fit the case the importers who have been making money out of low grade asafoetida and some other drugs claim that the action of the Board of Food and Drug Inspection is nothing less than an outrage and it now looks as if the question will go to the Supreme Court of the United States for final decision.

Only Such Schools and Associations will be recognized at the U. S. P. convention of 1910 as are passed upon favorably by the committee on credentials or whose delegates are admitted by special vote of the convention. No school nor association not previously represented will be admitted to representation unless satisfactory evidence is given of having been incor

porated and in continuous existence for at least five years previous to 1910. The board of trustees in order to facilitate the work of the committee on credentials has requested each institution and association to send to the secretary of the board, Dr. Murray Galt Motter, Washington, D. C., the date of incorporation, the communication to bear the seal of the institution and to be properly signed. We are requested to state that a number of association and school officers have misunderstood the request and neglected to comply with all of the provisions. This misunderstanding testifies to the wisdom of the board of trustees in thus taking action early so that plenty of time remains in which to straighten out all of the credentials.

The Travelers' Auxiliary to a state pharmaceutical association enables the retailers' organization to restrict its membership to registered pharmacists, and at the same time enjoy the presence and profit by the counsel and work of the travelers who visit the retail trade in the state. The first organization of travelers was formed in Missouri seventeen years ago. The reconstruction of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Mo. Ph. A., at that time, limited the membership to

pharmacists registered in Missouri. Some hard feeling developed at the time between the travelers and the retailers, but thanks to the good judgment of the salesmen this soon vanished, and the Missouri Pharmaceutical Travelers' Association came into existence. It has flourished and set an example which has been followed by the travelers in many other states. In fact, a state without a Pharmaceutical Travelers' Auxiliary is decidedly behind the times.

Soda Fountain Drinks Harmless.-The health commissioner of a large city reports that no deleterious materials are being used as flavoring extracts or coloring matter in making up drinks at the soda fountains in that metropolis. The reputable manufacturers, dealers and retailers have always handled a good grade of flavors and colors. The jobber demands such goods from the manufacturer, the retailer insists upon the same quality when ordering from a wholesaler and patrons of first class establishments are pleased only with the best. We have, however, found on investigation, mixtures that are wonderfully and fearfully made, being dispensed to a class of customers who demand cheap goods. these mixtures are not harmful to the system, they are at least shocking to a taste which is accustomed to flavors true to their names.

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Thanksgiving Day was observed on the fourth Thursday in November, as it has been each year, throughout the United States, since the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. Pharmacists have much for which they can be thankful. They are particularly fortunate in passing through the recent financial depression with less inconvenience than has been experienced in other lines of trade. Pharmacists are thankful not only for the past year, but for the prospects of a happy and prosperous 1909.