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for  the  comfort  and  entertainment  of  the  members  and  delegates 
who  attend  this  gathering  of  retail  druggists.  The  numerous  in- 
dustries, of  more  than  local  fame,  located  in  Rochester  that  will 
invite  the  visitors  to  inspect  their  plants,  the  beauty  of  the  many 
city  parks,  the  display  and  exhibition,  all  the  booths  of  which  have 
been  taken  by  exhibitors,  the  entertainments  provided,  are  promises 
of  enjoyment.  In  addition  many  questions  of  vital  importance  to 
the  drug  interests  must  be  considered  at  this  convention.  Among 
these  may  be  mentioned,  the  dispensing  of  liquors  as  medicines,  the 
traffic  in  narcotics  and  its  elimination,  price  maintenance,  etc. 
Philadelphia-Made  Goods  Exhibition. — An  exhibition  of  the 
industries  of  Philadelphia  will  be  held  in  the  First  Regiment 
Armory,  Broad  and  Callowhill  Streets,  during  the  week  of  Sep- 
tember 8-13.  No  other  city  can  boast  of  such  a  wide  range  of 
manufactures,  and  these  have  earned  for  the  City  of  Brotherly  Love 
the  title  of  the  "  Workshop  of  the  World."  It  will  be  no  small 
task  to  gather  under  one  roof  in  such  an  exhibition  the  thousands 
of  products  manufactured  in  the  industrial  plants  of  the  city.  The 
purpose  of  the  exposition  is  to  demonstrate  the  commanding  posi- 
tion of  Philadelphia  as  the  "  Market  Place  of  America." 
The  National  Tuberculosis  Association. — In  a  circular 
issued  by  this  national  organization  it  is  stated  that  tuberculosis 
annually  causes  150,000  deaths  in  the  United  States.  To  the  best 
of  present-day  scientific  knowledge,  the  disease  is  not  inherited. 
Infection,  it  is  now  believed,  generally  takes  place  during  childhood. 
Examination  of  men  for  the  National  Army  revealed  that  tuber- 
culosis is  far  more  prevalent  in.  this  country  than  even  the  best 
informed  authorities  were  aware.  The  official  records  show  that 
almost  100,000  men  were  rejected  because  they  were  suffering  from 
unsuspected  implantation  of  the  germ. 
Tuberculosis  has  increased  enormously  in  Europe.  As  the 
food  supply  fell  off  tuberculosis  increased. 
The  seriousness  of  the  situation  calls  for  redoubled  efforts  and 
a  nation-wide  educational  campaign.  Plans  are  being  formulated 
for  the  carrying  on  of  such  an  energetic  campaign  during  the  months 
of  October,  November  and  December.  This  association  depends 
to  a  large  extent  for  its  support  upon  the  sale  of  the  Red  Cross 
