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Editorial. 
(Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I     February,  1920. 
tion,  by  which  questions  of  importance  can  be  referred  to  a  committee 
selected  because  of  their  experience,  breadth  of  view  and  keen  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  pharmacy,  was  demonstrated.  The  various  prob- 
lems presented  were  discussed  in  this  round-table  conference  with 
intense  interest  and  viewed  from  many  angles  and  without  the  dis- 
turbing interferences  that  usually  occur  at  the  annual  conventions 
or  large  gatherings.  It  was  apparent  that  preconceived  ideas  gave 
way  to  logical  conclusions  arrived  at  by  careful  deliberation  to  de- 
termine what  were  to  the  best  interests  of  the  Association  and  to  the 
advancement  of  pharmacy. 
The  much  discussed  subject  as  to  the  financial  problems  of  the 
Association  and  the  changes  proposed  in  its  several  publications 
and  activities  having  been  referred  to  this  committee  was  considered 
very  carefully  and  every  phase  of  the  arguments  was  given  due 
consideration.  The  committee  concluded  that  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  could  not  curtail  its  activities  in  the  least, 
that  its  services  in  behalf  of  the  progress  of  pharmacy  called  for 
extension  rather  than  contraction  in  any  way.  On  the  other  hand 
it  was  very  apparent  that  the  cost  of  publication  and  the  management 
of  the  work  of  the  Association  had  very  materially  increased  and  that 
there  was  no  likelihood  of  any  early  decline  and  retrenchment. 
No  industry  could  expect  to  continue  successfully  for  any  length  of 
time  under  pre-war  prices  and  conditions.  The  A.  Ph.  A.  has  con- 
tinued for  upwards  of  fifty  years,  continually  extending  its  service 
in  the  interest  of  pharmacy,  without  any  advance  of  cost  to  its  mem- 
bership. The  existing  conditions  required  that  each  member  should 
bear  his  just  proportion  of  the  necessary  increased  cost  of  manage- 
ment and  the  consensus  of  opinion  was  that  the  membership  would 
cheerfully  accept  the  recommendation  of  the  committee  that  com- 
mencing with  1 92 1  the  dues  of  the  Association  should  be  made  $7.50, 
and  that  there  should  be  no  curtailment  in  the  efforts  and  services 
rendered  by  the  A.  Ph.  A.  Parenthetically,  it  might  be  said,  that 
the  ideas  advanced  by  the  committee  at  this  conference,  if  adopted, 
will  materially  broaden  the  scope  of  its  activities.  Unless  the  signs 
fail,  pharmaceutical  and  drug  trade  circles  will  in  the  future  hear 
much  more  of  these  suggestions. 
The  several  propositions  for  minor  changes  in  the  Journal  of  the 
A.  Ph.  A.  were  taken  up  and  it  was  found  that  some  of  these  had 
already  been  adopted  and  others  were  in  process  for  acceptance 
with  such  modifications  as  had  to  be  made.    The  Committee  on 
