^?ptember,hiTO^' }  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  491 
publish  such  statistics  of  this  nature  as  they  might  have  along  with  this  list  in 
the  Proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
EXTRACTS  OF  COD  LIVER  OIL. 
By  F.  E.  Stewart. 
COD  LIVER  OILS. 
By  C.  C.  Sherrard. 
He  stated  that  he  knew  of  no  reason  why  the  fish  of  this  country  could  not  be 
used  for  the  production  of  as  good  an  oil  as  is  produced  in  Europe.  The  secre- 
tary then  read  by  title  a  paper  on  the 
ANALYSIS  OF  KOLA. 
By  J.  W.  Knox  and  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck. 
and  another  entitled 
LABORATORY  NOTES  ON  PEPSIN,  COCA  LEAVES  AND 
IPECAC  ROOT. 
By  Iy.  F.  Kebler. 
All  of  the  papers  of  the  session  were  referred  to  the  Publication  Committee. 
The  next  business  of  the  section  was  the  installation  of  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year.  These  were  Prof.  S.  P.  Sadtler,  chairman  ;  W.  C.  Alpers,  secre- 
tary.   The  section  then  adjourned. 
SECTION  ON  COMMERCIAL  INTERESTS. 
The  section  on  commercial  interests  held  a  session  at  9  a.m.,  on  Monday, 
August  19th,  in  order  to  complete  the  business  left  over  from  the  other  two 
sessions.    A  paper  was  presented  on 
AMERICAN  CHEMICAL  INDUSTRIES. 
By  N.  A.  Kuhn. 
The  author  thought  the  progress  that  has  been  made  in  chemical  industries 
in  Germany  should  be  an  impetus  to  American  chemists.  Mr.  Hayes,  of  the 
Universal  Trade  Association,  had  been  notified  that  the  privileges  of  the  floor 
would  be  extended  to  him  at  this  particular  session  ;  but  in  spite  of  this  fact  he 
was  not  present.  The  plan  of  the  organization  just  referred  to,  was  discussed 
by  several  of  the  members,  but  in  view  of  the  fact  that  some  of  the  largest 
patent  medicine  manufacturing  companies  had  refused  to  adopt  the  plan,  the 
case  seemed  hopeless  to  those  present.  The  section  decided  to  await  develop- 
ments. Leo  Eliel  outlined  a  policy  which  he  thought  would  provide  some- 
thing that  would  be  practically  valuable  ;  this,  like  the  plan  proposed  by  Clay 
W.  Holmes,  had  as  its  foundation  the  thorough  organization  of  the  pharmacists. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Tax-free  Alcohol  showed  that  the  committee 
had  carried  out  the  instructions  of  the  Association  as  given  at  Asheville,  and 
had  called  upon  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  do  the  Association's  bidding. 
The  results  of  this  visit  have  already  been  made  public.  The  report  was 
accepted  and  adopted.  Prof.  Fennel  moved  that  the  section  reaffirm  the  action 
taken  last  year  by  the  Association  on  the  subject  of  tax-free  alcohol.  This 
motion  was  opposed  by  Mr.  Heckler  and  Mr.  Snow.  Mr.  Ebert  urged  the 
adoption  of  the  motion,  stating  that  he  believed  tax  free  alcohol,  under  the 
existing  circumstances  of  to-day,  would  be  the  death  knell  of  pharmacy  in  the 
United  States.  He  argued  that  it  would  be  impossible  for  any  one  to  make 
any  preparations,  and  that  pharmacy  would  be  reduced  to  merchandising. 
