Ii8  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association.  {^'"MarXmr"' 
acquaintance.  He  can  be  trusted  to  look  upon  any  matter  in  a 
broad,  unselfish  light,  as  he  is  animated  by  no  petty  thoughts  of 
personal  gain.  It  is  such  men  as  Dr.  Schieffelin  who  help  so  much 
to  make  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  a  broad 
power  in  the  afifairs  of  the  country  at  large,  and  an  association  which 
is  known  as  seeking  the  public  weal  rather  than  its  own  selfish  ends. 
Among  those  who  addressed  us  at  the  first  business  session  was 
Dr.  Kebler  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Washington.  He 
spoke  feelingly  against  the  traffic  in  cocaine,  morphine  and  opium, 
and  also  against  those  druggists  who  allow  themselves  to  become 
mere  "  booze  "  sellers,  stating  that,  in  his  opinion,  the  drug  business 
should  be  absolutely  divorced  from  the  liquor  business.  Dr.  Kebler 
made  the  statement  that  he  believed  over  80  per  cent,  of  the  morphine 
and  cocaine  sold  in  this  country  was  used  for  illegitimate  purposes, 
and  that  1  per  cent,  of  the  people  of  the  United  States  were  habitual 
users  of  these  drugs  in  one  form  or  another.  He  said  that  he  wanted 
to  commend  the  action  of  Philadelphia  druggists  in  refusing  to  sell 
certain  commodities  excepting  on  physicians'  prescriptions,  and  also 
the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  in  putting  themselves 
on  record  to  the  effect  that  they  would  use  every  possible  effort 
to  enact  legislation  which  would  tend  to  the  eradication  of  those 
products  that  are  sold  indiscriminately  to  the  public,  containing 
cocaine,  morphine,  opium,  etc. 
Prof.  Eberle,  President  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, made  a  very  interesting  address  before  the  Convention.  Among 
other  things,  he  said  that  he  believed  some  means  could  be  devised 
whereby  closer  association  could  be  established  between  the  A. Ph. A., 
N.A.R.D.,  and  N.W.D.A.,  if  in  no  other  way  than  by  having  a 
counsel  to  which  delegates  from  the  three  associations  could  be 
elected. 
Mr.  Plant,  in  replying  to  Professor  Eberle's  remarks,  paid  a  very 
high  tribute  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  to  the 
excellent  scientific  work  that  was  effected  by  the  Bulletin  of  this 
Association.  In  alluding  to  the  encouragement  which  should  be 
given  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  its  work,  Mr. 
Plaut  said  that  a  man  of  education  and  of  culture,  who  is  efficient 
and  proficient  in  his  profession,  is  a  better  customer,  pays  his  bills 
more  promptly,  is  a  more  pleasant  person  to  meet,  than  the  mere 
seller  of  ready-made  medicines.  Mr.  Plaut  also  stated  that  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  stood  very  high  in  Con- 
