242  Correspondence.  { Am  j^jJSf*1- 
The  process  whereby  the  water  in  the  founts  is  charged  with  the 
gas  is  too  familiar  to  the  druggist  to  be  of  interest  here,  so  this 
article  will  be  concluded  with  the  advice  to  the  druggist  to  discard 
his  old  style  marble-dust  generators  as  soon  as  he  can  and  use  the 
cleaner,  surer  and  more  economical  liquid  carbon  dioxide  and  get 
the  most  sparkling  pungent  soda  water  through  his  draught  tubes. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
PROCTER  MEMORIAL.1 
In  response  to  a  letter  from  the  editor  of  this  Journal  concerning 
the  feasibility  of  establishing  a  research  laboratory  as  a  memorial 
to  the  life  and  work  of  Professor  William  Procter,  Jr.,  by  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  semi-centennial  in  1902,  the 
following  are  some  of  the  replies  which  have  been  received  : 
Dear  Sir  : — I  am  very  glad  to  see  that  the  proposed  establish- 
ment of  a  research  laboratory  upon  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the 
A. Ph. A.  is  finding  more  and  more  favor.  When  I  wrote  you  some 
months  ago  I  should  not  have  had  the  courage  to  advocate  so  much 
of  an  undertaking,  but  now  I  should  like  to  have  a  good  effort 
made  for  it. 
Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  A.  B.  Prescott. 
Dear  Sir  : — I  earnestly  favor  the  establishing  of  a  research  labora- 
tory by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  No  better  step 
could  possibly  be  taken.  There  can  be  but  very  little  progress  for 
pharmacy  except  through  the  laboratory,  and  for  the  representative 
pharmaceutical  association  of  the  United  States  to  recognize  this 
fact  and  act  accordingly  would  be  to  the  profit  and  honor  of  the 
association  and  the  profession  of  pharmacy.  I  hope  the  matter 
will  be  brought  forward  in  a  practical  shape  at  St.  Louis  and  wisely 
passed  on. 
Indianapolis,  Ind.  J.  N.  Hurty. 
Dear  Sir: — I  am  just  in  receipt  of  yours  of  the  1st  ult.,  in  ref- 
erence to  the  establishment  of  a  research  laboratory.  I  do  not 
know  that  I  can  add  anything  in  regard  to  this  matter  beyond  what 
xFor  editorials  and  other  correspondence  on  this  subject,  see  this  Journal, 
November,  1900,  and  February,  March  and  April,  1901. 
