AmAu|ustSrm'}    Minnesota  Pharmaceutical  Association.  407 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  : 
President,  Alfred  De  Lang,  Cincinnati  ;  First  Vice-President,  Adam  Schmidt, 
Springfield  ;  Second  Vice-President,  H.  F.  Vortkamp,  Lima ;  Permanent  Sec- 
retary, L.  C.  Hopp,  Cleveland  ;  Permanent  Treasurer,  John  H.  Von  Stein, 
Upper  Sandusky  ;  Executive  Committee,  John  Byrne,  Columbus,  Chairman  ; 
A.  Hare,  Belleville,  and  J.  C.  Firmin,  Findlay. 
Hotel  Victory,  Put-in-Bay,  O.,  was  selected  as  the  meeting  place  for  1900. 
MINNESOTA  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The  Association  held  its  fifteenth  annual  meeting  at  the  pavilion  of  the  Lake 
Park  Hotel,  Lake  Minnetonka,  June  20  to  22,  1899. 
The  attendance,  though  smaller  than  in  previous  years,  was  good,  and  the 
meeting  was  marked  by  earnestness  and  enthusiasm. 
In  line  with  President  Heller's  suggestion,  the  Association  voted  that  the 
war  tax  ought  to  be  reduced  to  1  per  cent.,  and  that  it  should  be  extended  to 
all  proprietary  articles.  Copies  of  the  resolution  are  to  be  sent  to  Congress 
and  to  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists.  The  question  of  joining 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.  was  then  discussed,  and  it  was  decided  that  the  Minnesota 
Association  should  become  a  member  of  the  National  body.  The  incoming 
President  was  instructed  to  name  a  committee,  consisting  of  one  man  from 
each  judicial  district  through  the  State,  which  shall  consider  district  societies 
and  report  to  the  next  convention.  It  was  decided  to  send  one  delegate  to 
Washington  to  assist  in  the  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  and  to  elect  five 
men,  whose  names  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Governor  for  appointment  to  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy. 
D.  R.  Noyes,  of  St.  Paul,  made  a  brief  address,  in  which  he  took  a  very 
optimistic  view  of  present  trade  conditions.  He  thought  department  store 
competition  would  decrease  as  times  grew  better,  and  urged  the  necessity  of 
putting  the  very  best  appearance  possible  on  business  and  of  keeping  well  up 
to  date. 
A  very  interesting  talk  on  "Practical  Hints  in  Pharmacy  "  was  given  by 
Thomas  Voegeli,  of  Minneapolis.  He  contended  that  substitution  was  noth- 
ing but  honest  business  competition  so  long  as  you  frankly  sell  an  article  of 
your  own  in  place  of  the  patent  medicine  and  do  not  attempt  to  imitate  it. 
J.  C.  Bliel,  of  the  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  also  discussed  substitu- 
tion, claiming  that  the  business  was  his  who  got  it,  providing  that  he  got  it 
honestly.  He  endeavored  to  demonstrate  to  the  convention  that  if  each  drug- 
gist would  buy  the  raw  drugs  and  manufacture  his  own  compounds,  that  the 
golden  days  of  pharmacy  would  come  again.  Then  the  fight  between  the 
proprietary  men  and  the  retailers  would  cease,  as  there  would  no  longer  be  any 
demand  for  patent  medicines. 
The  elections  resulted  as  follows  :  President,  John  Nielson  ;  First  Vice- 
President,  B.  O.  Kyseth  ;  Second  Vice-President,  Miss  E.  Williams  ;  Third 
Vice-President,  C.  A.  Jack ;  Secretary,  E.  B.  Wilson  ;  Treasurer.  H.  W. 
Rietzke  (unanimously)  ;  Executive  Committee,  Messrs.  Danek,  Harrah  and 
Hall. 
