46  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  {^JS^JSSS^ 
a  feature  of  the  present  program.  Those  who  spoke  in  reference  to 
them  were  George  M.  Beringer,  chairman  of  the  Historical  Com- 
mittee, Joseph  W.  England,  Curator,  and  Prof.  Charles  H.  LaWall, 
in  the  absence  of  Professor  Remington.  Space  does  not  permit 
the  mention  of  all  the  various  interesting  and  valuable  objects  which 
were  exhibited.  Reference  to  some  of  them  will  be  found  in  the 
catalogue  of  the  Historical  Exhibition  of  the  Semi-centennial  Anni- 
versary of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  in  Phila- 
delphia in  1902,  to  others  in  preceding  volumes  of  this  Journal,  and 
to  others  in  the  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  College. 
Clarence  M.  Kline  presented  a  brief  paper  on  certain  features  of 
the  work  of  the  recent  convention  of  the  National  Wholesale  Drug- 
gists' Association  held  at  Atlantic  City,  which  appeared  in  the 
November  number  of  the  Journal. 
After  reading  certain  extracts  from  the  paper  on  "  Crude  and 
Powdered  Drugs  at  the  Port  of  New  York  During  the  Year 
1907-08  "  by  Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby,  which  was  presented  at  the  recent 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Joseph  W. 
England  presented  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions  for  adop- 
tion by  the  members : 
Whereas,  The  United  States  Customs  Regulations  of  1849  and  later, 
governing  the  importation  of  medicinal  substances  into  the  United  States,  are 
legally  based  upon  "  An  Act  to  prevent  the  importation  of  adulterated  and 
spurious  drugs  and  medicines,  approved  June  26,  1848"  (Act  published  in  full 
in  the  Transactions  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  1848,  366,  and  also 
in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  for  October,  1848),  and 
Whereas,  This  Act  (Section  3)  provides  that  the  drugs  and  medicines 
examined  at  the  port  of  entry  shall  be  regarded  as  adulterated  or  deteriorated 
if  they  are  "  inferior  in  strength  and  purity  to  the  standard  established  by 
the  United  States,  Edinburgh,  London,  French  and  German  Pharmacopoeias 
and  Dispensatories,  and  thereby  improper,  unsafe  or  dangerous  to  be  used  for 
medicinal  purposes,"  and 
Whereas,  This  diversity  of  standards  (some  of  which  are  no  longer  in 
existence),  and  possibly  other  causes,  have  led  to  the  rejection  of  drugs  at 
certain  ports,  and  the  admission  of  the  same  drugs  at  other  ports.  Therefore, 
be  it 
Resolved,  That  we  earnestly  urge  the  United  States  Customs  authorities 
to  have  steps  taken  whereby,  (1)  the  law  of  June  26,  1848,  shall  be  repealed 
and  a  new  law  enacted,  (2)  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  shall  be  recognized  as 
the  legal  standard  for  medicinal  products  imported  into  the  United  States,  as 
is  the  same  authority  by  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30,  1906,  (3)  that 
the  new  law  shall  be  framed  in  harmony  with  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of 
June  30,  1906,  to  the  end  that  intra-state  commerce  shall  be  made  uniform 
