124 THE ALUMNI JOURNAL 



RECENT MEETING OF NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIA- 

 TION MAY BRING ABOUT HARMONIOUS ACTION 

 FOR A NEW PHARMACY BILL. 



One welcome outcome of the recent meeting of the New York 

 State Pharmaceutical Association at Richfield Springs is an evi- 

 dent clearing of the atmosphere surrounding certain legislative 

 matters, and those who before seemed to be working at cross 

 purposes realize the necessity for harmonious support of a phar- 

 macy bill that will at the same time meet the views of Governor 

 Hughes and conserve pharmaceutical interests. 



Speaking for the jobbers, Thos. P. Cook, of the Board of Trade, 

 is quoted as stating that the manufacturers and jobbers have no 

 desire to dictate the wording or provisions of the pharmacy bill 

 that may become the law of New York State, but have only a 

 desire to be on a consulting basis for the purpose of giving the 

 framers'of the bill the benefit of their knowledge and experience, 

 and to guard against provisions that might prove either hardships 

 to them or inconvenient or unjust to the retailer; that so far as 

 the composition of the Board of Pharmacy is concerned, they have 

 not the slightest concern. 



The Richfield Springs meeting was'a spirited one, but that the 

 association was not in symphaty with the attacks that had been made 

 on the legislative committee was apparent when a resolution was 

 passed unanimously denouncing as "unjust, disloyal and dishonest" 

 the action of the members who where responsible for the circulation 

 of statements protesting against the expenses of the legislative com- 

 mittee and reflecting on the members of this committee and certain 

 members of the Board of Pharmacy. 



As the claim had been made that various local associations were 

 not notified to take part in the conference with the legislative com- 

 mittee when the Brown pharmacy bill was being drafted, a resolu- 

 tion was passed requesting each local association to send the name 

 and address of its president and secretary to Secretary Edward S. 

 Dawson, of Syracuse. 



There had been some complaint about the delay in introducing 

 the Brown bill, and this was explained satisfactorily by Dr. H. L. 

 Taylor, of the State Department of Education, who stated that 

 the delay was due to the legislators being opposed to the intro- 



