788  Year  Book  or  Abstract  Journal,  {^ecember1^1' 
organized,  efficiently  managed  and  adequately  financed,"  and  also, 
along  broad,  comprehensive  lines  and  in  close  cooperation  with  the 
State  Associations  (on  the  51  per  cent,  basis  plan  recently  adopted) 
and  the  War  Veteran's  Section. 
But  something  more  is  needed.  What  the  Association  needs  to- 
day, most  of  all,  it  seems  to  me,  is  an  entire  revision  of  its  system  of 
membership  so  that  the  dues  shall  be  graded  by  the  cost  of  the  serv- 
ice rendered  to  each  member. 
For  example,  I  do  not  believe  that  the  3,000  members  of  the 
Association  want  or  use  the  Year  Book ;  hence,  every  book  printed 
and  distributed  in  excess  of  those  needed  is  just  so  much  money 
needlessly  wasted.  Why  print  3,000  books  and  waste,  say  2,000? 
Wny  not  require  the  1,000  who  want  the  book  to  pay,  say  $2.50 
each  for  it?  By  so  doing,  the  book  would  cost  the  Association  noth- 
ing, and  the  Association  would  save  several  thousands  a  year. 
It  may  be  claimed  that  the  membership  can  be  increased  to  a 
point  where  the  present  dues  of  $5.00  would  pay  for  all  that  is  now 
given  for  that  amount,  because  with  increased  membership  the  rela- 
tive overhead  expense  would  be  "  cut "  and  more  net  revenue  ob- 
tained ;  but  the  difficulty  is  that  the  present  fixed  cost  of  each  mem- 
ber (and  this  is  constantly  rising)  is  so  high,  that  an  exceedingly 
large  number  of  new  members  would  have  to  be  gotten  to  yield 
the  revenue  desired,  and  this  is  improbable.  On  the  other  hand,  if 
the  annual  dues  are  increased  to  $7.50  for  all  members  for  all  pub- 
lications, as  proposed,  many  will  resign  and  fewer  new  members 
will  be  gotten  than  could  be  otherwise. 
The  logic  of  the  situation,  therefore,  suggests  that  the  Associa- 
tion establish  several  classes  of  members,  as  follows: 
1.  Members  or  Active  Members  who  will  pay  $5.00  dues  and 
receive  the  Journal  only. 
2.  Contributing  Members  who  will  pay  $7.50  dues  and  receive 
both  the  Journal  and  the  Year  Book. 
3.  Corporation  Members  who  will  pay  $25.00  dues  and  receive 
special  services  in  the  way  of  information,  reprints,  etc.  (similar  to 
that  offered  by  the  American  Chemical  Society). 
4.  Associate  Members  who  will  pay  $3.00  and  receive  no  pub- 
lications ;  this  could  include  drug  clerks,  soldier  and  sailor  pharma- 
cists, etc.,  who  wish  affiliation  for  prestige  only. 
Some  such  plan  as  this  would  be  modern  and  businesslike.  It 
would  mean  a  square  deal  both  for  the  membership  and  the  Associa- 
