766        Regulations  for  Prohibition  Enforcement.  { ASecemberPhi9™' 
An  insidious  form  of  temptation  is  now  being  exploited  in  the 
numerous  recipes  and  products  that  are  flooding  the  market  for  the 
production  of  home  made  liquors.  Special  efforts  are  being  made 
to  induce  the  drug  trade  to  become  the  medium  of  distribution  for 
such  and  the  main  argument  is  the  prospect  of  extraordinary  profits 
— as  one  circular  puts  it,  "  a  profit  that  is  more  than  satisfactory." 
While  some  of  these  may  not  violate  the  letter  of  the  law,  the  evi- 
dent purpose  is  to  nullify  its  value  in  many  ways.  It  is  incon- 
ceivable that  any  jobbing  druggist  who  is  in  harmony  with  the 
principles  announced  by  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists  Associa- 
tion or  who  is  on  the  ethical  plane  of  membership  in  that  organiza- 
tion should  engage  in  the  distribution  of  such  wares.  Still  more 
incomprehensible  and  even  reprehensable  would  be  the  selling  of 
these  by  pharmacists.  We  can  only  urge  that  in  deference  to  the 
honor  and  responsibility  of  their  profession  that  not  one  should 
belittle  alike  his  calling  and  himself  by  lending  his  efforts  to  such 
nefarious  traffic. 
The  situation  that  is  developing  in  this  country  may  have  a  very 
important  bearing  upon  the  professional  status  of  pharmacy.  Of 
one  thing  we  can  rest  assured,  namely,  the  extent  to  which  the 
pharmacists  under  this  added  responsibility  discharge  faithfully  their 
duties,  will  determine  their  future  right  to  the  respect  and  confi- 
dence, of  the  law  making  bodies  and  also  the  recognition  accorded 
by  other  professions. 
G.  M.  B. 
THE  WASHINGTON  HEARINGS  ON  PROPOSED  REGU- 
LATIONS FOR  PROHIBITION  ENFORCEMENT. 
During  the  first  week  in  December  a  series  of  hearings  or  con- 
ferences were  held  in  Washington  between  the  officials  of  the  new 
Division  of  the  Bureau  of  Internal  Revenue  charged  with  the  en- 
forcment  of  the  Eighteenth  Amendment  to  the  Constitution  and  the 
Volstead  Prohibition  Enforcement  Act  and  the  representatives  of 
the  several  professions  and  the  various  industries  that  are  com- 
pelled to  use  and  participate  in  the  distribution  of  non-beverage 
distilled  spirits  and  wines.  These  were  presided  over  by  the  re- 
cently appointed  Prohibition  Commissioner  John  F.  Kramer. 
The  hearing  on  Monday,  December  I,  was  devoted  to  the  sub- 
