Salt Lake Herald | 1899-03-31 | Page 2 | Poison Bottle Monoply

POISON BOTLE MONOPL Clever Scheme to Mold Up the Drug Trd Albany N y March 30GIeror Roosevelt has ben asked to veto the bill now In his hands providing that no druggists can legi sell a medical I preparation containing poison unless i be containe in a box l or bottle octagonal octa-gonal in shape with rated edges I and having impressed on it the emblem of a skull and cross bones A viola ton of thc act is made a misdemeanor I The pas c of this bill has caused conSCation in the drug trade I is sid to be part of a scheme to require all the druggists in the t1tatc to buy a medicine bottle the dCgn of which has been patented by residents of this state This medicine bottle in design exactly fIts the language of the act No one else can make it s that the company possessing the latent will have a profitable prof-itable monppoly if the bill becomes a law lawI is understood that the drug trade is lighting similar bllS to be introduced in other leidsiatures 1