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proper  names  or  synonyms  in  all  cases  where  said  preparations  are  not  already 
provided  with  proper  names  by  the  manufacturer  who  introduces  them. 
Prof.  Hallberg's  report  on  the  revision  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  was, 
upon  motion,  referred  to  Council,  to  be  taken  up  at  a  later  session. 
SECTION  ON  COMMERCIAL  INTERESTS. 
Chairman  Seabury  called  the  Section  to  order  on  Thursday,  August  15th, 
at  3.30  p.m.  He  then  read  a  letter  from  Mr.  J.  O.  Burge,  secretary  of  the 
Section,  in  which  the  latter  gentleman  expressed  regrets  for  his  absence. 
Clay  W.  Holmes  was  then  asked  to  act  as  secretary  pro  tempore.  The 
minutes  of  last  year's  session  of  the  Section  were  read  and  approved. 
The  chairman  then  delivered  his  address,  which  was  entitled  "  The 
Analysis  of  Our  Past  and  Present  Professional  and  Mercantile  Compli- 
cations.''' In  this  address  the  speaker  favored  the  "Tripartite"  plan  when 
the  relations  of  the  manufacturer,  jobber  and  retailer  were  under  considera- 
tion. He  recommended  free  alcohol  for  use  in  exported  products,  a  factor 
which  he  said  would  put  our  industries  on  an  equal  footing  with  foreign  com- 
petitors. The  speaker  called  attention  to  the  low  wages  usually  paid  drug 
clerks.  The  Universal  Trade  Association  was  given  some  not  very  favorable 
notice.  The  remedy  for  the  present  troubles,  according  to  the  chairman's  idea, 
was  to  be  had  through  the  thorough  organization  of  druggists  into  local, 
county,  city,  state  and  national  associations.  He  recommended  that  a  commit- 
tee of  nine  active  members  be  appointed  to  consider  the  present  situation,  the 
matter  of  sophistication,  substitution  and  other  pertinent  subjects.  Messrs. 
Hurty,  Alexander,  Patton,  Holmes,  Chalin,  Quandt,  Wooten,  Heckler  and 
Schuh  were  assigned  to  this  special  conference  committee. 
A  national  committee  on  trade  interests  and  local  organization  was  also  sug- 
gested by  the  chairman.  It  was  to  be  composed  of  three  members  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  these  to  be  appointed  by  the  President 
of  the  Association  from  among  the  members  of  the  Commercial  Section,  and 
associated  with  these  the  chairman  on  Trade  Interests  of  each  State  Associa- 
tion and  the  Associations  of  Canada.  The  Special  Conference  Committee,  as 
also  the  National  Committee,  were  recommended  to  report  annually  to  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  through  the  Section  on  Commercial 
Interests. 
The  afternoon  session  of  the  Section  on  Commercial  Interests  having  afforded 
insufficient  time  to  complete  the  transaction  of  the  business  of  the  Section,  a 
special  session  was  held  at  9  p.m.,  the  Scientific  Section,  which  was  programmed 
to  meet,  granting  the  privilege  of  the  evening.  Chairman  Seabury  called  the 
meeting  to  order,  after  which  Secretary  Holmes  read  the  minutes  of  the  after- 
noon session.  The  chairman's  address  was  approved,  and  the  resolutions  con- 
nected with  it  were  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee  on  Commercial  Inter- 
ests. In  a  paper  entitled  "The  Patent  Medicine  Evil  "  R.  N.  Girling  discussed 
methods  of  regulating  the  sale  of  patent  medicines,  and  the  means  of  reducing 
the  evil.  In  answer  to  a  subject  upon  which  the  chairman  of  the  Section  ot 
Commercial  Interests  wanted  information,  F.  E.  Stewart  and  Joseph  Helfmau 
presented  papers  on  •'  Non-secret  Medicines."  Clay  W.  Holmes  read  a  paper 
on  "A  Final  Remedy  for  the  Patent  Medicine  Evil."  On  motion  the  meeting 
adjourned. 
