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MARKET REVIEW.

Small Orders Have Been the Rule in the jobbing drug line since our last issue, but the past ten days have shown a marked improvement, and while sales are not altogether satisfactory, and are not up to volume that was enjoyed during the same period last year, still at this writing the trade seem more disposed to buy in larger quantities. Reports indicate a great division of opinion on the outlook for business during the spring and summer months.

This difference of opinion may be ascribed to local conditions. The pessimistic views come from manufacturing centers. We rather lean to the opinion that the outlook is much better than it was thirty days ago, and we base this on the underlying healthy condition of the country generally. The depression was sudden and while the recovery is gradual, still it will return with greater rapidity than was the case in previous panics.

The level of prices is lower than it has been for many months. There has been a downward tendency but a reaction toward a firmer market is not unlikely and highly probable.

We append below a list of items that fluctuated since our last issue, together with current local values thereon:

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Quinine. There has been a fairly good demand and it is reported that stocks are low. We see no reason for lower prices but rather look for a change to a higher level. Quotations ruling in this market, P. & W., on the basis of 100-oz. cans, 17c; M. B., 164c; 25-oz. cans, 19c; 5-oz. cans, 23c; 1-oz. vials, 28c.

Opium.-Quotably lower and no indication of higher prices. Gum quotable at $4.70 to $4.75; powd. or gran., M. B., $5.60 to $5.80; powd., P. & W., $6.85.

Morphine.-Manufacturers announced a decline on the 28th ult. Quotable in -oz. vials in 24 oz. boxes, $3.20; oz. vials, 20c per oz. less.

Alcohol, Grain.-Quotably lower; bbls., $2.75; bbls., $2.78; 10-gal. cans, $2.91; 5-gal. cans, $2.99, containers inclusive, with the usual allowance of 10c per gallon for cash in ten days.

Denatured.-Unchanged; quotable in bbls., 40c; ♣ bbls., 44c; 43 gal. cans, 62c, containers inclusive. Wood.-95% unchanged; bbls., 42c; bbls., 47c; 10gal. cans, 57c; 5-gal. cans, 62c.

Acid, Pyrogallic.-Advanced; U. S. P. quotable at $2.25. This price may be shaded, dependent upon quantity.

Citric.-Declined materially. Quotable in kegs 37 to 43 to 46c in a small way.

Iron Citrate, in sympathy with the decline on Citric Acid this item is quotably lower, 57c. Iron and Ammonium Citrate, 57c. Iron Phosphate, 57c.

Iron Pyrophosphate, 57c, Potassium Citrate, 48c. Sodium Citrate, 49c.

Antimony Sulphide, Pure.-Declined; quotable in 200-lb. cases; 94 to 16 to 18c as wanted. Balsam Peru.-Quotably lower, $2.20 to $2.40. Berries, Prickly Ash.-Advanced to 40c. Bismuth Salts.-Declined practically 15%. nitrate is quotable at $1.90; 5-lb. boxes $1.91; 1-lb boxes $1.92. Subsalicylate 1-lb. ctns. $2.37.

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Blue Vitriol.-Advanced; bbls. 6 to 9 to 10c in a small way.

Camphor. Declined; 67 to 75c as to quantity. Cocoa Butter.-Quotably lower; M. B. -lb. cakes 12-lb. boxes, 45c; fingers, ozs. 12-lb. boxes, 65c. Cocaine. Declined; ounce vials, $2.25; s, $2.50. Copaiba.-Advanced; U. S. P., 70 to 80c, Para, $1.25. Cumarin, M. B.-Declined to $4.10 to $4.35 as to quantity.

Guarana.-Advanced to $3.25.

Gum, Catechu.-Quotably lower; bales, 8 to 12 to 13c as wanted.

Copal. Declined to 35c.

Chicle.-Advanced; bags, 59 to 72 to 75c in a small

way.

Damar. Quotably lower, 33 to 36c.

Iodine. Re-sublimed, declined, $3.10. All iodides are correspondingly lower. The reduction in prices amounts to about 5%. Iodoform is quotable at $3.60. Potassium Iodide, $2.25; 5-lb. boxes, $2.26; 1-lb. boxes,

$2.27.

Lithium Carbonate.-Declined; bulk quotable at 65 to 80c as to quantity. Other salts are much lower. Manganese Oxide, Black.-Declined; 2 to 4 to 8c, in a small way.

Menthol. Quotably lower, $2.35 to $2.75. Oil, Anise.- Declined to $1.60 to $1.75. Bergamot.-Materially lower; Reina M. B. quotable at $3.75 to $4.00; Sanderson's, $4.00 to $4.25. Castor. Declined; quotable in bbls., $1.00; 5-gal. cases, $1.06.

Cocoanut.-Declined to 124 to 20c, as to quantity. Lemon.-Materially lower; Reina M. B. 1-1b. coppers, $1.45; Sanderson's, $2.05.

Mirbane.-Advanced to 11 to 22c, as to quantity.
Orange.-Sweet, Reina, quotably lower, $2.90 to

$3.10.

Pennyroyal.-Materially lower, $3.00 to $3.25.
Peppermint.-Hotchkiss, declined, $3.30 to $3.65.
Spearmint.-Advanced, $6.85 to $7.00.

Potash.-Crude, declined; bbls., 6 to 10 to 14c in a small way.

Quince.-Advanced to $1.85.

Shellac.-Materially lower; V. S. O. cases, 51 to 62c; T. N. cases, 25 to 34c; bleached, bbls., 31 to 45c; ground, bone dry, bbls., 37 to 65c.

Sodium Benzoate.-Advanced; powd., bbls., 38 to 53c, as wanted; granular, lc higher.

Tartar Emetic.-Declined to 32 to 41c, as to quantity Vanillin. Declined to 38 to 55c, as to quantity. Glassware. Quotable discounts unchanged; Pearl Ovals, case lots, 75%; 5-case lots, 75%; larger quantities, 75 and 5%; Baltimore Ovals, brandy finish, 75

Rosin.-Advanced; E. grade quotable at $4.80 per and 10%; 5-case lots, 75, 10 and 5%; larger quantities, bbl. of 280 lbs.

Sal Glauber.-Advanced; bbls., 1 to 3 to 5c, as wanted.

80%; Comet Ovals, 80 and 15%; 25-case lots, 85%; 50case lots, 85 and 5%.

Window Glass.-Unchanged; local quotations, all

Sal Nitre.-Advanced; granular, bbls. 6 to 8 to 9c single, 90 and 30%; all double, 90 and 40%. in a small way.

Turpentine.-Fluctuated feverishly with a net adSeed, Flax.-Advanced; bbls., 24 to 41 to 5c; ground, vance since our last issue of 44c; bbls., 63c; 10-gal. 100-lb. bags, 3c. cans, 74c; 5-gal. cans, 80c, packages inclusive.

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The Texas Board of Pharmacy recently organized, and now doing efficient work, is represented in the above photograph. The parties are, reading from left to right: Seated-W. F. Robertson, Gonzales; W. H. Robert, Jr., Denison; R. H. Walker, secretary, Gonzales. Standing-Bruce Vredenburgh, Beaumont; Tom J. Snell, Cooper; John A. Weeks, Ballinger.

COLLEGE NEWS.

University of Illinois School of Pharmacy.

The Commencement.-The forty-eighth commencement of the University of Illinois School of Pharmacy will be held in the auditorium of the Young Men's Christian Association Building, 151 LaSalle Street, on Thursday afternoon, April 23, at two o'clock. Dr. Wm. A. Evans, city health commissioner, will make the principal address. President Edmund J. James will confer the degrees.

In the evening a banquet will be tendered the graduating class by the Alumni Association.

Class Notes.

The junior class has organized and elected officers as follows:

President, W. J. Johnson; Vice-president, J. H. Wendt; Secretary, Leo Elliott; Treasurer, Robert E. Ford.

It was voted that the class be represented in the Illio and an assessment to cover the necessary expense was announced.

Beta Chapter of the Phi Gamma Sigma Fraternity has elected officers for the coming year and completed arrangements for the annual banquet which will be held at the Sherman House, Monday evening April 6, The officers-elect are:

D. T. Dunning, Grand Master; Clemence Zimmerman, Scribe; G. A. Anderson, Worthy Master; J. H. Wendt, Treasurer.

Not less than fifty of the students took the recent examination of the State Board of Pharmacy and are now anxiously awaiting the results.

Alumni Notes.

J. K. Rigg, '03, has purchased Enlow's drug store at Melrose Park.

F. E. Bucklin, '07, succeeds Bellack Bros. at Melrose and Robey Streets. He had been in charge of this pharmacy since it was established several months ago.

Chas. Herbold, '99, passed the Indiana State examination recently. He expects to engage in the drug business at Gary, Ind.

P. O. Martin, '07, is a member of the firm of Martin & Fithian and conducts a prosperous pharmacy at Newton, Ill.

Don G. Machenheimer, '06, has recently established himself in business at Shawnee, Okla.

Geo. R. Baker, '84, died suddenly March 6, aged fifty-three years. He had recently moved his drug store from Wabash Avenue and Eighteenth Street to Englewood. Mr. Baker was at one time among the most prominent druggists of Chicago, being proprietor of the well-known pharmacy in the Ashland Block. He was for several years a trustee of the Chicago College of Pharmacy.

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W. W. KERR, FULLERTON, CAL.

DR. C. S. N. HALLBERG, CHICAGO, ILL. Two Staunch Friends of the Arkansas Association of Pharmacists.-Mr. Kerr helped organize the association and is often spoken of as its "father." Prof. Hallberg was a guest at the 1907 meeting and took an active part in securing the A. Ph. A. meeting for Hot Springs, September 7, 1908.

Meyer Brothers Druggist

VOL. XXIX.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ENTIRE DRUG TRADE.

ST. LOUIS, MAY, 1908.

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

Meyer Brothers Druggist

PUBLISHED MONTHLY.

C. F. G. MEYER, PUBLISHER.

No. 5.

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Dan Liddy, president of the Missouri Pharmaceutical Travelers' Association, was represented on the cover of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST for April.

A Complete Price List of about ninety pages will be found by consulting the April and May issues of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST. Keep these two numbers convenient for consultation.

Satisfactory Trade Conditions are predicted by the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter in reviewing the expressions of its numerous correspondents, representing the manufacturers of pharmaceutical preparations, wholesale druggists, chemical manufacturers, fertilizing materials and heavy oils.

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Bulletin for Buyers, Page 13.
Want Advertisements, Page 9.
Index to Advertisements, Page 10.

Price List, Drugs, Page 77; Wines and Liquors, Page 94; Glassware, Page 96; Oils, Paints and Varnishes, Page 98; Sundries, Page 104.

Editorial

The Time for Pharmacists to Assert Themselves is at Hand.-The prohibition movement may not be as old as the granite mountains, but it probably dates back well along the line of historical record made by intoxicating liquors. Chapter after chapter has been written and the volume is still incomplete. The conditions, however, have reached a point which interests pharmacists in general to a far greater extent than ever before. There never was a time in this country when pharmacists were not more or less interested in the temperance question. This is particularly true of the days since the adoption of our present policy of internal revenue from the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. Perhaps the pharmacist in the ordinary saloon town is the least concerned about the liquor traffic. He is troubled only with the parties who are anxious to avoid the name of visiting saloons, but feel that they must have alcohol in some form as a beverage. They find many excuses for obtaining it from the drug store and in some such localities we find what might be termed saloon drug stores. Conditions as far as the pharmacist is concerned are about the same in a high-license town as they are in places which invite rather a low grade of saloons, but it is in the local option town where the pharmacist finds himself face to face with the problem of being a pharmacist, pure and simple, or a dram-shop keeper doing business under the guise of pharmacy. In such places we find stores run by proprietors who are saloon-keepers when the "wets" win and become pharmacists when the "dries" have their inning. It is needless at this juncture to explain how such parties become registered as pharmacists or hire certificates from some one who is registered, for most of our readers have seen for themselves what the knowing ones in some communities can do in the way of registration or how they can manage to do business in violation of the pharmacy law. The druggist in a local option place who goes along quietly attending to his business and profession as a pharmacist is likely to be chargrined by the success of those who are less qualified as pharmacists and less conscientious as business men.

It is for this reason that we claim that the time is ripe for pharmacists to assert themselves as pharmacists and demand the confidence, esteem, respect and patronage which is due a competent and conscientious pharmacist. The public is slow to distinguish between the competent and the incompetent pharmacist, but we are now well up on the crest of a wave of public sentiment which denounces commercial and professional short-comings of all kinds. We are living in an age when the search-light of public inspection is focused upon all who serve the public, either as officials, as members of corporations or in an individual

capacity. We continually hear the cry of persecution from the prosecuted who claim that their acts are in keeping with the customs of the past, but the recent liquor legislation and the force of public sentiment indicate that a change must take place and that the wrong-doing of the past can be no more of an excuse than ignorance of the law in the eyes of the judge, the jury or the public press. This very condition gives a setting in which the man of character stands out to a good advantage. It enables the pharmacist worthy of the name to receive attention provided he properly demands it. We have no sympathy with those protesting under a false modesty which asserts that it is the business of the public to seek out the competent pharmacist who should not announce his own qualifications.

We do not propose that pharmacists shall adopt blatant advertising methods or make extravagant claims for their personal ability or the character of their stores. What we suggest is that the pharmacist, first of all, run his place of business as a pharmacy. Popular opinion is rapidly forcing legislation which not only casts dishonor but will ultimately force out of business the whiskey dram-shop and the cocaine dispensing shop. The revelations which are being made through the daily papers and a certain class of periodicals is having its effect upon the public and the far-sighted pharmacist will see to it that he is on the right side of the fence when the question is forced to a final issue. It is all right to believe that present conditions are the result of a wave which will gradually recede, but the argument of those back of our reforms are wonderfully forceful and are continually gaining new adherents. The movement is certainly up-lifting in character and cannot be met by mere assertions, ridicule or threats. We are confident that the present generation will be well advanced in age before the wave, if wave it is, of reform recedes. When the mind of man is given freedom of action, there is no limit to its enthusiasm and continuity of purpose. It is, then, difficult to predict either the form which will be assumed or the extent which may be attained before such reform movements begin to subside. Meantime, it behooves every person in the pharmaceutical calling to not only adopt the motto but live up to the resolution of being a pharmacist first, last and all of the time.

The Sale of Opium in San Francisco and other California cities and towns for the use of the Chinese in smoking is so general that it is not likely that the board of pharmacy of the state will be able to make any very deep inroads upon the custom. This condition has not discouraged the board in making an attempt and a vigorous campaign is now in progress. The police department works hand in hand with the board, and where a party is prosecuted for the sale of opium or its preparations and the police can gain sufficient evidence, they prosecute for the keeping of an opium den. That contingent of the retail drug trade which caters to narcotic fiends is also receiving careful attention and

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