602      National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  {AK^mbe£i8^ 
and  the  valuable  recommendations  contained  therein,  which  recom- 
mendations have  been  voted  upon  in  the  different  resolutions  that 
follow : 
Resolution  "  A."  Organization. 
Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  N.A.R.D.  is  instructed  to 
proceed  with  the  work  of  local  organization  throughout  the  country, 
subject  to  the  sanction  and  approval  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
as  rapidly  as  the  condition  of  the  finances  of  the  Association  and 
the  training  of  competent  organizers  will  justify. 
That  the  Secretary  is  authorized,  with  the  approval  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee,  to  employ  such  organizers  as  the  territory  to  be 
organized  may  seem  to  require. 
That  inasmuch  as  the  formation  of  local  associations  and  the 
adoption  of  schedules  is  calculated  to  bring  immediate  financial 
benefit  to  the  members  of  such  associations,  it  is  directed  that  organ- 
ization should  be  as  nearly  self-sustaining  as  possible,  and  the  Sec- 
retary is  authorized,  with  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
to  provide  for  the  collection  from  the  members  of  such  new  associa- 
tions of  an  organization  fee,  in  addition  to  the  annual  dues  to  the 
N.A.R.D.,  of  such  amount  as  may  be  essential  to  meet,  approxi- 
mately, the  cost  of  organizing  the  territory  as  thoroughly  as  it  can 
be  organized,  and  the  Secretary  shall  issue  to  all  organizations  that 
may  be  formed  a  certificate  of  membership  to  each  of  its  members, 
which  certificate  shall  also  show  the  affiliation  of  the  association 
with  the  N.A.R.D. 
That  the  organizers  shall  secure  the  adoption  of  a  uniform  schedule 
of  prices  by  all  organizations  formed  wherever  practicable. 
That  all  organization  work  conducted  in  a  State  in  which  the 
State  pharmaceutical  association  is  affiliated  with  this  body  shall  be 
done  with  the  advice,  knowledge  and  co-operation  of  the  State 
association. 
Resolution  "  B."    Reduction  of  Prices  on  Proprietaries. 
Resolved,  That  inasmuch  as  the  N.A.R.D.  has  been  largely  instru- 
mental in  securing  the  repeal  of  the  stamp  act  on  proprietary 
medicines,  the  Association  feels  strongly  its  right  to  expect  that 
manufacturers  who  have  advanced  their  prices  to  the  retail  trade  to 
cover  the  cost  of  this  tax  should  now  reduce  their  prices  to  conform 
to  those  in  existence  prior  to  the  imposition  of  the  tax. 
That  we  commend  the  action  of  those  proprietors  who  did  not 
