Show DECLARE DECLAIRE WAR 1 ON TARIFF TAX Retail Druggists Will Fight For Free Trade I g DEMAND CHEAPER MEDICINE I WILL WORK THROUGH CON CONGRESSMEN CONGRESSMEN GRESSMEN AND SENATORS 4 War on the tariff on proprietary med imported from abroad Is s being behs waged by National Association Aase atlon of i Retail Druggists The k l fitl branch of the association held a meeting in the Lne Commercial club a which this subject was waa generally dis Illa discussed cussed W B the man manager manager ager of the western district pr tnt was present at lag ing and took a prominent part in tha tb discussion The point brought out was that pa f fent eat ent medicines manufactured In Gee many and other foreign f reign countries and selling in those countries for fo 25 cents a package s sell H in the thO United States for 1 l This price is made possible by the monopoly created by the tariff It is argued and is un en unjust just to the public as well as a the drug druggists druggists In addition to this it is said that many of these foreign medicines aie ase made in this country and sold for the tho high price made possible by the The matter was up in congress at the thelast last hint session and was favorably ered It was also favored by Pre President l dent Roosevelt in his message Tie Te plan of the druggists now s to bring u to bear alt all the tho pressure possible on ott congressmen and senators to secure a modification of this item in the tari law The meeting yesterday was well attended and the members of the local organization entered into the spirit o othe oC the discussion This was Mr Cheathams first to Salt Lake and he was charmed with the cIty and its Ye worked d to today day he will devote to sightseeing Hi 11 has just completed a trip through Ore Oregon gnu gon Washington Washing ton Montana and ami He le will 50 go from here to his home borne in inin San in Francisco Talks of Drug Business Speaking of druggists in general Mr Cheatham said There hi is an erroneous Plea idea out that thur druggists d make enormous profits Can yew ou name three Who have become rich in the theL L business That should be the test Every drugstore is ft emergency stai ta and you could not get three to ax a petition to have any drug store removed from any neighborhood Did you ever think of that People go l j the druggist with all kinds of trouble troubie and they go at all times of the iley l y or night Druggists are imposed upon o on 11 sides and no other class clas of men need organization more They have been the last to organize hut but the theare they are organizing now new There are z tail druggists in our association now non Th The main headquarters are in Chicago and the western headquarters are ars ia San Francisco The retail druggists of toe flit United States Slates are itt vork to secure a reduction reduction tion of the Dingley tacil rates rated on im imported ported drugs chemicals and proprietary tary tany medicines |