Show DRUG STORES ASSAIL PATENT I MEDICINE BIL BILL Oppose Measure Menacing Preparations With Half I Per Cent of Alcohol l cohol A measure the prohibition law is In iii the hands hans of the ju Judiciary committee of oC the House bl bill which was Introduced by bY Representative tive defines delnes the theard word vord ard I as used in the title tite of oC the prohibitorY I la law w. w Though the proposed law Ian law contains i provisions for tor the further curtailment I I and regulation of the sale of alcohol for manufacturing scientific and medicinal me tie- 11 purposes it contains a a clause which would materially Injure tho the drug trade of the state stale it is said Tho bi bills bill's provisions are arc such that all al patent medicines as well vell wel as all al preparations which contain more than one halt one hal per ncr percent cent celt of or alcohol would be barred from manufacture or sale ale should the state chemist when requested r iSy oy the at allor- allor orne or- or I ne toy ncy general lo to analyze such preparations ions lons find that the they might be bc used as asa asa S a beverage be Court Courts Were ere I Fair nir Say Stores staTes n The courts cOurts of the tho country have in interpreted interpreted interpreted in- in the laws governing bo the sale or use of alcohol in such uch manner as asto asto asto to prevent Its use as a beverage bc But there has be been n no no Intent upon their I I part to cripple legitimate business or orto orto I to ban medicinal preparations because a a few persons bad had misused them druggists drug- drug beleve believe The collector of oC internal revenue rc for I this district has barred baret from sale about preparations unless they are ae purchased purchased pur pur- chased from druggists or others holdIng holding hold hold- ing a federal liquor license although the prohibitory law of or tho the state auto- auto places a ban on their sale Druggists Of Salt Lake and Utah have h voluntarily discontinued the tie sale of oC certaIn certain tain Lain remedies and compounds cOmpounds the use of or which had ha been abused by th those se ad addicted addicted ad- ad to drugs Legitimate I Favored n I oC the state arc are Jn In hearty hearl I accord with wih that thal part of or Representative 1 I Hinckley's measure which will wi strengthen the prohibition law but the they are arc opposed to unfair discrimination I ion tion ton a against products that they consider meritorious This feature of the I Icy i Ie measure the they will ask the thc wil 1 turo t lC t lc tc so that that Lu sale ale l' l et r rany II an any preparation regardless of alcoholic alcohol alcohol- ic con content lent which Is intended for tor legit legit- mate use ma may be continued I It is ta PharmaceutIcally impossible to keep in solution the active principles of various arlous drugs without the use of or al alcohol alcohol al- al cohol druggists assert There is no substitute for It I Th The rhe federal government govern govern- government govern govern- ment has n. n n drastic law 13 regulating the manufacture and sale o of proprietary medicines and it Is I declared that dru druggists drug drug- of oC the state have not nat on their shelves an any which Is not I sufficiently medicated to prevent Its use as a beverage bc b by a normal person Is Medication Medicinal preparations compounds and flavoring extracts must under the federal law ia be sufficiently medicated Ho to o prevent their being used as leverages he er lever bever ages Otherwise the manufacturer and dealer must pa pay a heavy Y tax and secure a a liquor license to handle such prepa prepa- rations This law v provides 1 Alcohol The Th The preparation must contain no more alcohol than Is necessary necessary sary for the legitimate purpose of oC cx- cx traction solution or preservation 2 Medicaments As the Iho minimum do dosage lage each cach liquid ounce of oC the com corn preparation must carry in It approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately an au average dose for an adult of or some drug or drugs of oC recognized therapeutic value alue either singly or In compatible combination This feature Is covered b by r Mr r. r Hitch Hitch- l If y's ys g bi bill which prohibits the sale of or an any 1 mixture or compound com coin pound which is held b tHe commissioner hel of or internal by the office revenue of oC to be insufficiently medicated to render menden ren men der den It I unfit for or use Ute as a beverage beverage Utah druggists have o Ia no objection whatsoever to this clause On the other oth oth- er hand tho they feel as If IC this section 1 should houd Include the affirmative statement state state- ment that will wl permit the sale of or all preparations held b by the commissioner commission commission- al er en of or internal revenue to lo be be sufficient sufficient- ly h medicated to lo prevent pre their being used generally as beverages be Druggists of or the state stale however will m most emphatically protest against that part of or which prohibits tie the sale of Lyko Lka Blackberry Cordial Paregoric and like substances as ns almost all tho the medicinal al tonic Ionic prep- prep artons are arc made mado mad mador of or substances found In which Is a and be because all al of or them contain about tonic the same medicinal Ingredients I |