^ctobS"  1908™'}  ^wmVafl  Pharmaceutical  Association.  493 
One-half  this  number  could  do  the  work  better  than  it  is  done. 
Few  of  the  schools  have  received  endowments,  although  some 
received  a  part  of  the  state  appropriations  made  to  state  universities. 
Hence,  if  the  smaller  schools  would  combine,  their  facilities  for 
instruction  would  be  increased,  their  instructors  would  be  better 
paid  and  the  general  conditions  of  pharmaceutical  education  would 
be  distinctly  improved." 
The  Secretary  presented  a  report  which  contained  considerable 
statistical  information  in  regard  to  the  curricula  and  number  of 
students  of  the  colleges  and  schools  of  pharmacy,  the  work  of  the 
Boards  of  Pharmacy  and  the  reports  on  the  new  and  proposed  legis- 
lation in  the  various  states.  The  Chairman,  Jos.  W.  England  and 
the  Secretary,  C.  H.  La  Wall  were  re-elected  as  officers  of  the 
section  for  the  ensuing  year.  The  following  are  the  associates : 
Cornelius  Osseward.  Julius  A.  Koch  and  Leo  R.  A.  Suppan.  The 
following  are  the  abstracts  of  some  of  the  papers  which  were 
presented : 
Importations  of  Opium,  Coca  axd  their  Chief  Alkaloids. 
By  Henry  P.  Hynson. 
The  author  has  compiled  figures  on  the  amount  of  these  drugs 
which  has  been  imported  from  1903  to  1907  inclusive.  The  figures 
do  not  show  that  the  active  legislation  and  punitive  campaign  of 
the  last  five  years  would  cure  the  abuse  of  these  drugs.  There 
seems  to  be  great  need  for  the  adoption  of  other  means  than  those 
already  tried  to  prevent  and  counteract  the  growing  evil.  While 
the  reputable  importers  and  manufacturers  of  alkaloids  have  stated 
that  they  believe  the  sale  of  these  drugs  especially  cocaine  has 
decreased,  the  government  figures  flatly  deny  such  a  condition  and 
plainly  suggest  the  probability  of  the  existence  of  dishonorable  and 
'secretive  sources  of  supply,  not  known  to  honorable  members  of  our 
profession. 
Professor  Hallberg  offered  the  following  resolution  which  re- 
ceived the  approval  of  the  Association :  As  the  importation  of  coca 
and  its  alkaloids  can  be  controlled  only  through  the  custom's  service, 
every  importation  should  be  registered  at  the  Port  of  Entry  and  the 
Treasury  Department  or  other  department  of  the  Federal  govern- 
ment should  keep  an  account  of  the  sale  and  distribution  of  the  same 
and  report  where  it  goes. 
