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assume,  in  addition  to  the  ordinary  burdens  of  citizenship,  the  extra 
load  which  his  intellectual  equipment  and  his  special  knowledge  fit 
him  to  carry.  He  cannot  conscientiously  sidestep  it  nor  impose  it 
upon  another. 
If,  therefore,  you  will  shoulder  your  burdens  like  men  and, 
like  men,  discharge  your  obligations  to  your  trade  and  your  country, 
you  will  earn  the  right,  whenever  your  acts  are  called  in  question  or 
whenever  you  find  yourselves  facing  a  difficult  situation,  to  come  to 
Washington  and,  in  the  tones  in  which  real  men  speak,  demand  a 
square  deal  at  the  hands  not  only  of  the  executive  departments  but, 
if  necessary,  of  that  august  body  the  Congress  of  the  United  States 
itself. 
MISSOURI  PHARMACISTS  WORK  AND  PLAY. 
The  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  Travelers'  Or- 
ganization, the  Ladies'  Auxiliary,  the  Veteran  Druggists  and  the 
Missouri  Board  of  Pharmacy  were  all  in  convention  at  the  Elms 
Hotel,  Excelsior  Springs,  June  8-1 1. 
The  total  attendance  was  over  four  hundred.  About  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  members  of  the  Mo.  Ph.  A.,  over  one  hundred  were 
salesmen  and  the  rest  families  of  members  and  salesmen,  to- 
gether with  fifty  candidates  for  registration. 
This  meeting  in  a  greater  degree  than  any  previous  meeting, 
was  decidedly  a  commercial  affair.  Addresses,  discussions  and 
demonstrations  reflected  the  problems  of  the  average  drug  store  of 
the  day. 
Ex-Senator  J.  Ham  Lewis,  of  Illinois,  discussed  economic  con- 
ditions of  the  world.  The  Missouri  prohibition  enforcement 
officer  told  the  retailers  what  must  be  done  in  order  to  comply  with 
the  law.  M.  J.  Ulber,  manager  of  the  Union  Depot  Store,  at  Kansas 
City,  explained  in  detail  the  plan  on  which  such  a  store  is  managed. 
Samuel  C.  Henry,  General  Secretary  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  outlined 
the  work  being  done  by  that  organization.  Delegates  from  the 
A.  Ph.  A.,  the  St.  Louis  R.  D.  A.  and  other  organizations  reported. 
E.  G.  Binz,  of  Los  Angeles,  ex-President  of  the  California  Ph.  A., 
reported  very  satisfactory  business  conditions  on  the  coast. 
Treasurer  William  Mittelbach  showed  a  balance  of  $857.48. 
Secretary  H.  M.  Whelpley  reported  772  members.  Secretary  H.  C. 
Tindall,  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  stated  that  Missouri  had  5241 
registered  and  255  assistant  pharmacists. 
