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Some  Notes  on  Jalap. 
(  A.m.  Jour.  Pharm. 
1  November,  1900. 
"  In  order  to  create  a  permanent  social  feeling  between  the  whole- 
sale druggists  of  the  country;  to  obliterate  the  feeling  of  distrust 
and  jealousy  that  seems  to  exist ;  to  correct  excessive  and  unmer- 
cantile  competition ;  to  remove,  by  concert  of  action,  all  evils  and 
customs  that  are  against  good  policy  and  sound  business  principles; 
to  establish  rules  and  regulations,  that  all  differences  and  grievances 
may  be  fairly  and  equitably  adjusted — for  this  purpose  we,  the  un- 
dersigned, form  ourselves  into  an  association  to  be  known  as  the 
Western  Wholesale  Drug  Association." 
This  preamble  stands  for  mutual  aid  in  Association  work,  and  for 
the  elevation  of  business  standards  and  methods.  It  was  sought  at 
the  very  outstart  and  has  been  the  continuous  purpose  since  to  cor- 
rect 4<  unmercantile  competition,"  and  no  one  who  has  studied  the 
history  of  this  Association  will  for  a  moment  deny  that  it  has  in 
many  instances  during  the  years  of  its  existence  succeeded  in  accom- 
plishing this. 
It  has  extended  its  influence  and  directed  its  action  to  the  allevia- 
tion of  the  "  unmercantile  competition "  existing  amongst  the 
retailers  as  well,  whom  we  have  always  recognized  as  our  allies,  and 
in  whose  success  we  have  always  recognized  that  we  have  a  vital 
interest.  It  has  also  not  been  unmindful  of  the  interests  of  the 
manufacturer. 
It  has,  in  short,  been  largely  unselfish  as  an  organization  in  its 
work,  and  so  long  as  unselfishness  dominates  its  action  it  is  sure  to 
remain  a  permanent  organization  which  will  be  both  an  example 
and  an  inspiration  to  other  mercantile  bodies. 
Some  of  these,  it  will  be  admitted,  have  used  their  associations 
solely  for  the  purpose  of  furthering  their  own  selfish  interests,  and 
as  a  result  have  passed  into  oblivion. 
I  close  by  expressing  the  hope  that  our  membership  will  be  able 
to  permanently  display  its  motto,  adopted  at  the  time  the  wholesale 
druggists  of  the  West  first  founded  this  organization,  viz.,  that 
"  They  builded  better  than  they  knew." 
SOME  NOTES  ON  JALAP. 
By  Alfred  Heineberg. 
Owing  to  the  uncertainty  in  value  of  specimens  of  crude  and  pow- 
dered jalap,  the  author  undertook  a  series  of  investigations,  at  the 
