AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  507 
Mr.  Ebert  agreed  with  Mr.  Brown's  view,  and  said  it  was  the 
custom  of  the  British  conference  to  elect  their  presidents  regard- 
less of  locality  and  solely  on  merit.  [So  far,  they  have  all  been 
taken  from  London. — Editor.] 
Dr.  Squibb  thought  members  had  overlooked  the  fact  that 
the  chief  reason  of  the  migratory  character  of  the  Association 
was  to  stimulate  pharmacy  at  the  places  of  meeting,  and  this 
could  not  be  done  if  the  number  of  pharmacists  there  was  small ; 
besides  it  was  now  usual  to  hold  exhibitions  for  the  same  object. 
He  approved  of  the  plan  of  not  accepting  expensive  entertain- 
ments, and  of  the  Association  paying  its  actual  expenses. 
Mr.  Haviland  said  at  the  season  proposed  the  hotels  at  Sara- 
toga would  be  but  thinly  occupied,  and  it  is  very  accessible,  and 
it  is  probable  that  board  would  be  lower. 
Mr.  Hambright,  of  Chicago,  advocated  going  south  and  trying 
the  experiment  of  paying  oar  way  there  and  gathering  our  old 
southern  members  and  others  into  the  Association. 
Mr.  Procter  would  be  much  pleased  if  the  members  could  be 
induced  to  go  to  Baltimore,  but  if  they  cannot,  it  would  be  doing 
pharmacy  in  the  South  a  great  good  if  we  were  to  agree  to  meet 
in  Richmond,  and  pay  our  way,  so  that  no  expense  would  accrue 
to  the  pharmaceutists  there. 
Mr.  Maisch  said  there  was  not  a  member  of  the  Association 
there  to  appoint  as  Local  Secretary,  Fredericksburg  and  Alex- 
andria being  the  nearest. 
After  various  opinions  pro  and  con  regarding  the  climate  etc. 
of  the  South  in  September,  Dr.  Squibb  suggested  that  the  meet- 
ing be  called  for  Washington,  D.  C,  in  May  next,  when  the 
Pharmacopoeia  Convention  and  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion meet. 
Mr.  Haviland  thought  it  a  good  suggestion,  and,  on  motion  of 
Mr.  Colcord  the  subject  was  postponed  until  Friday  morning. 
Dr.  Weller,  of  Chicago,  read  a  paper  on  weights  and  measures. 
A  motion  was  made  to  refer  it  to  the  Publishing  Committee. 
Prof.  Maisch  asked  if  the  paper  was  not  essentially  the  same 
in  principle  as  that  of  Mr.  Taylor,  read  to  and  published  by  the 
Association  in  1859. 
Mr.  Taylor.    They  are  exactly  the  same. 
