ADecemberPhi9riJ'  }  Regulations  for  Prohibition  Enforcement.  767 
jects  of  barbers'  supplies,  perfumes  and  toilet  articles  and  was  well 
attended  by  representatives  of  these  industries,  their  attorneys  and 
a  number  of  chemists  employed  therein. 
The  Commissioner  in  his  opening  address  gave  the  assurance 
that  it  was  not  the  intent  of  the  bureau  to  interfere  with  legitimate 
enterprises  nor  in  any  way  to  cripple  or  destroy  such,  but  wherever 
possible  to  render  assistance  to  all  manufacturers  who  had  occasion 
to  use  alcohol  and  whose  intent  was  to  obey  the  law.  He  read  the 
resolutions  adopted  by  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion and  commented  favorably  upon  the  attitude  of  helpfulness  to 
the  officials  shown  thereby  and  advocated  that  upon  each  member 
of  the  various  trade  organizations  there  be  impressed  his  duty  in 
this  respect. 
Dr.  A.  B.  Adams,  chemist  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau, 
spoke  of  the  necessity  for  eliminating  from  the  barbers'  supply 
trade  and  manufacture  of  perfumes  and  toilet  articles  certain  prod- 
ucts that  could  be  and  some  of  which  had  been  already  used  for 
beverage  purposes.  He  cited  as  examples  certain  hair  tonics  con- 
sisting mainly  of  alcohol  with  a  trace  of  quinine  or  cantharides.  He 
stated  that  the  Department  had  under  consideration  a  requirement 
that  bay  rum  and  toilet  waters  would  have  to  be  denatured  by  the 
addition  of  some  modifying  substance.  It  was  explained  that  tartar 
emetic  to  the  extent  of  one  fourth  grain  to  the  fluid  ounce  was  a 
suggestion  that  was  being  favorably  considered  by  the  department 
and  that  while  at  the  present  they  were  not  prepared  to  make  such 
statement  as  a  conclusion,  it  was  decided  that  some  modifying  sub- 
stance that  would  render  such  products  unfit  for  use  as  beverages 
would  have  to  be  added  before  sale  to  consumer. 
Mr.  W.  L.  Crounse,  attorney  for  the  National  Wholesale  Drug- 
gists' Association,  in  addition  to  the  resolutions  adopted  at  the  two 
last  conventions  of  that  organization,  which  had  been  referred  to 
in  the  remarks  of  Commissioner  Kramer,  gave  further  assurance  of 
the  support  of  the  laws  by  the  members  of  that  body  and  their  pur- 
pose to  cooperate  with  the  bureau  in  the  enforcement  of  the  law. 
He  also  presented  the  resolutions  recently  adopted  by  the  Manu- 
facturing Perfumers'  Association.  He  further  urged  that  in  the 
framing  of  regulations,  reasonable  provision  be  made  for  the  dis- 
posal of  the  stocks  on  hand  which  represented  a  very  large  invest- 
ment, the  loss  of  which  would  be  serious  to  the  holders  of  such 
merchandise. 
