•^°juiy^^i9'2": }    Alcohol:  Its  Relation  to  Science,  Etc.  479 
know  if  an  order  for  any  of  the  articles  in  question  is  in  excess  of  the 
actual  needs  of  the  buyer  for  legitimate  purposes.  In  no  case 
should  an  order  be  filled  for  the  maximum  quantity  called  for  if 
the  jobber  is  in  doubt  as  fo  the  prupose  for  which  the  goods  will 
be  used. 
"For  their  own  protection,  members  of  the  Nation  ;  Wholesale 
Druggists'  Association  should  make  and  preserve  sucli  records  as 
will  clearly  show  their  intention  to  observe  the  spirit  as  well  as  the 
letter  of  the  law,  and  their  daily  practice  pursuant  thereto.  No 
intricate  system  need  be  adopted,  but  it  is  suggested  that  such 
records  should  be  kept  as  will  enable  jobbers  to  compare  incoming 
orders  for  the  alcoholic  preparations  in  question  with  those  previously 
received  from  the  same  customers  to  determine  whether  by  in- 
creasing quantities,  or  purchasing  more  frequently,  such  customers 
are  accumulating  unnecessarily  large  stocks.  A  record  should 
certainly  be  made  c  _tll  orders  the  quantities  of  which  jobbers  find 
it  necessary  to  reduce,  as  such  data  constitute  the  best  possible 
evidence  of  an  intention  to  cooperate  with  the  Government  in  the 
strict  enforcement  of  the  law.  It  will  also  be  well  to  preserve  in  the 
same  file,  copies  of  C(  rrespondence  relating  to  reductions  of  orders, 
together  with  copies  of  all  circulars  or  other  memoranda  that  may 
be  sent  out  to,  the  trade;  also  copies  of  instructions  to  salesmen, 
office  employes,  etc.,  etc. 
"It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  fact  that  an  article  is  made 
in  accordance  with  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  or  the  Na- 
tional Formulary  does  not  take  it  out  of  the  category  of  alcoholic 
preparations  which  may  be  improperly  diverted  to  beverage  pur- 
poses. Nor  does  the  high  alcoholic  content  of  a  preparation  neces- 
sarily include  it  within  the  suspected  category,  for  it  is  conceivable 
that  a  preparation  might  be  nearly  all  alcohol  and  yet  contain  a 
small  quantity  of  a  drug  so  powerful  as  to  render  it  impossible  to 
drink  it.  The  test  is  whether  the  goods  are  likely  to  be  used  as 
substitutes  for  intoxicating  beverages;  if  so,  everything  possible 
should  be  done  to  prevent  their  sale  in  quantities  exceeding  the 
demand  for  the  legitimate  purposes  for  which  they  are  intended." 
RKGUI.AT10NS  unde:r  volstkad  act. 
The  entire  drug  trade,  and  in  fact  all  users  of  alcohol  who  are 
thereby  subject  to  official  supervision,  are  to  be  heartily  congratu- 
lated upon  the  present  personnel  of  the  Prohibition  Unit  of  the 
