466  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {A™cioberfi907.m' 
most  States  at  least,  present  the  ideal  conditions  that  should  prevail 
in  bodies  of  this  character.  There  should  be  at  least  one  pharma- 
cist, one  dental  and  one  veterinary  surgeon  on  each  and  every  one 
of  these  Boards^  State  institutions,  such  as  our  insane  asylums, 
should  have  registered  pharmacists  in  charge  of  their  dispensaries. 
I  recommend  that  proper  steps  be  taken  to  obtain  necessary  legisla- 
tion to  bring  about  such  improved  conditions  in  States  where  such 
do  not  now  exist." 
A  recommendation  was  made  to  refer  the  matter  relating  to  the 
labeling  of  preparations  under  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  to  "  the 
Committee  on  Legislation,  with  instruction  to  try  to  obtain  changes 
in  the  Act,  so  that  when  an  article  is  labeled  with  a  U.S.P.  or  N.F. 
title,  it  must  comply  with  their  standards  of  purity  and  strength. 
The  present  interpretation  of  this  clause  in  the  Act  is  clearly  wrong 
and  we  should  not  permit  it  to  stand." 
The  speaker's  remarks  on  the  sale  of  narcotic  drugs  and  cocaine 
concluded  as  follows  : 
"  A  majority  of  the  victims  of  drug  habits  may  be  laid  at  the 
door  of  a  certain  class  of  physicians.  The  laws,  as  they  are  now, 
only  cover  the  retail  drug  trade;  there  is  no  restrictive  legislation 
so  far  as  the  importer,  manufacturer,  jobber  or  physician  is  con- 
cerned, excepting  that  by  special  provision  they  are  always  exempted 
from  such  restriction.  It  is  desirable  to  check  the  indiscriminate 
use  of  drugs  of  this  class,  and  I  would  suggest  that  the  Committee 
on  Legislation  and  Education  take  this  matter  up  for  serious  con- 
sideration and  report  as  to  best  methods  for  obtaining  the  necessary 
legislation." 
On  the  subject  of  board  examinations  President  Eliel  said  : 
"  There  are  in  the  United  States,  approximately,  taking  population 
into  consideration,  eight  pharmacies  and  drug  stores  to  one  in  Con- 
tinental European  countries.  Despite  this  fact,  there  are  those  who 
deprecate  the  commercialization  of  the  drug  business  and  the  fact 
that  in  a  majority  of  these  stores  the  practice  of  pharmacy  has  be^ 
come  a  secondary  feature.  This  enormous  overcrowding  is  due  in 
part  to  laxity  in  our  laws,  not  being  strict  enough  in  educational 
and  other  requirements,  also  in  methods  of  examinations  in  vogue 
by  most  of  the  Boards  of  Pharmacy.  Under  present  laws,  in  most 
States,  examinations  are  limited  to  three  days.  This  is  entirely 
inadequate  to  determine  what  a  candidate  can  '  do.'    The  ordinary 
