284  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AmjuJ°eri9ioarm' 
Address  took  the  position  that  these  opinions  should  be  received 
by  the  Association  merely  as  "  personal  opinions  upon  questions 
and  policies  concerning  which  reasonable  men  may  justly  and 
honestly  differ." 
So  soon  as  convenient  after  the  adoption  of  the  Report  on  the 
President's  Address  Mr.  C.  M.  Ford  presented  the  following 
resolutions  which  it  was  moved  to  lay  upon  the  table,  but  the 
motion  being  lost,  were  adopted  by  the  Association  without 
any  discussion: 
Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation it  is  neither  wise  nor  expedient,  even  in  pursuit  of  schemes  which 
it  is  claimed  will  advance  the  material  welfare  of  dispensing  pharmacists, 
to  assail,  antagonize,  or  malign  any  class  inseparably  joined  to  us  by 
commercial  or  professional  ties. 
Further,  That  we  seriously  deprecate  the  hostile  attitude  toward  the 
medical  profession  and  the  jobbing  fraternity  of  various  drug  journals 
assuming  to  represent  pharmacists  in  general,  or  some  considerable  body 
of  pharmacists  in  particular. 
Further,  That  we  respectfully  urge  upon  the  officers  of  the  American 
Druggists'  Syndicate  a  more  careful  supervision  of  the  utterances  of 
their  so-called  "  Organ."  Its  harsh  language  is  hurtful  to  pharmacists  and 
embarrassing  to  them  in  their  relations  with  one  another  and  with 
physicians  and  jobbers. 
The  mercenary  schemes  of  a  few  overzealous  and  adventurous  individ- 
uals who,  being  frequently  without  any  training  in  pharmacy,  and  who 
entered  its  ranks  solely  for  gain  and  to  explain  their  peculiar  ideas  of 
high  finance,  can  have  no  sympathy  with  its  aims  or  traditions.  Such 
schemes  can  be  helpful  and  profitable  to  only  an  insignificant  few  and 
must  necessarily  bring  inevitable  disappointment  and  disaster  to  the  mul- 
titude who  follow  in  their  train. 
Be  it  further  resolved,  That  we  recommend  that  any  movement  for 
the  reform  of  medical  practice  be  allowed  to  originate  and  proceed  within 
the  medical  profession. 
Further,  That  we  are  opposed  to  any  attempt  upon  the  part  of  the 
pharmacal  press  to  dictate  or  compel  any  such  reform,  believing  as  we 
do  that  the  medical  profession  is  eminently  qualified  to  institute  and  carry 
out  its  own  necessary  reforms. 
The  report  of  the  Treasurer,  H.  M.  Whelpley,  showed  that 
the  total  invested  funds  of  the  Association,  i.e.,  those  on  which 
the  interest  or  only  part  of  the  interest  can  be  used  amounted 
to  $28,223.89,  being  an  increase  over  last  year  of  $4,680.54.  The 
general  secretary,  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  presented  a  report  on 
the  financial  accounts  in  his  hand,  which  related  to  the  receipts 
