382       Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association.  {AlAugustjmm* 
organization  would  mean  that  he  has  a  voice  in  its  deliberations. 
His  influence  as  a  member  merely  will  do  much  good  ultimately  to 
his  profession,  as  his  attendance  at  the  meetings  would  do  him  good 
personally. 
It  might  be  well  at  this  time  to  call  attention  to  one  reason  why 
the  work  of  the  various  associations  is  not  a  source  of  more  fruitful 
results.  Dr.  Dohme,  in  his  address,  touches  upon  but  one  phase  of 
the  efficiency  of  the  work  of  organization.  While  it  is  true  that 
membership  is  a  potent  factor  in  legislation,  it  must  not  be  forgotten 
that  education  should  go  hand-in-hand  with  legislation.  If  the  sec- 
retaries of  all  the  State  pharmaceutical  associations  would,  like  the 
Secretaries  of  the  Missouri,  Ohio  and  South  Carolina,  and  possibly 
some  other  Pharmaceutical  Associations,  send  out  condensed 
reports  of  their  annual  meetings  to  all  the  different  pharma- 
ceutical journals,  the  influence  and  efforts  of  the  association  would 
be  felt  and  appreciated  by  a  large  number  of  pharmacists,  many  of 
whom  are  members  of  other  State  organizations,  and  also  by  those 
who  are  not  members  of  any  organization.  Such  steps  would  tend 
to  bring  every  State  association  into  prominence  and  enable  it  to 
wield  an  influence  for  good,  as  the  Missouri  Association  is  doing. 
(See  Review  of  Proceedings  of  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
this  Journal,  1899,  P-  293-)  It  must  also  be  said  that  some  such  ac- 
tion is  necessary  in  order  not  to  make  its  members,  and  particularly 
its  contributors,  ludicrous  in  the  eyes  of  the  readers  of  the  pharma- 
ceutical press.  The  names  of  members,  as  frequently  reported,  are 
incorrect,  the  titles  of  papers  are  not  infrequently  wrong,  and  the 
whole  proceedings  as  reported  are  made  to  appear,  therefore, 
more  or  less  ludicrous. 
PENNSYLVANIA  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
The  twenty-third  annual  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  was  held  at  Ebensburg,  Pa.,  from  June  26th  to 
29th.  After  the  usual  welcome,  the  President,  C.  N.  Boyd,  Butler, 
Pa.,  made  the  annual  address.  He  congratulated  the  Association  on 
the  improvement  of  trade  conditions.  In  some  places  the  volume 
of  business  has  increased;  in  others  former  prices  have  been  re- 
stored. The  druggists  of  the  country  begin  to  see  the  benefit  that 
can  be  brought  about  by  organization,  and  only  by  united  action 
can  their  business  be  improved. 
