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Show DENES DRUGGISTS DPPOSEPROH!BiTIDN Johnson Says Pharmacists Favor 'Dry' Clauses in Hinckley Bill. Association Fighting Only Unjust Business Blow, Salt Laker States. :i.l v.vwrMu: t-'H U".'; ! It u-l'!:,i.s .:' tii': M;it; iiri'l tho 'It- Ihu ,.,..N"',,;1..'r.i u.t.: nliziitK t!m Ilin:k-! j,..- ,,,-.,!. il. Mlon hill bv .wUhlioUint; Die fn-'t I!,., I 'Inmi.-.IH wore (.i.ly ow-o.-l to l!"1' i't.;itur. of liirt bill rrliLtin; to lb; pro-,.rl--ui rv iIMim! IiuhIiiw. wre i;i1g ;it d puhlh: bf.u-in on tb.s nuMisiire lat nit,'bl I, . jaifH IE U'uli'e ui' tin; atatc prohibl-i prohibl-i ."n hui-Kiii. Air. Wulle nunln tiicne .-.Ciii-rii'-JilM, fl.-ypl'" roiotiicl tlt'L-Iuratlons. in ii.;vi.ip.T Inierviewii and at a public r:,rbi- li-M Tul:y by officers uf the ftiih J'h.-irma'::uli-ul mfooliilion that the ?lnifi:iiH linlor.s:il ;ni'l f u i 'purled the pro-h pro-h l h -I r i'-n I'r-muri-s "t thf bill. i Uru'-'iiM of ibo sliit'j Wi-SQ Diluted in ai-iicl." Jiiiparini; in Tho Tribune on Mun-,jUv Mun-,jUv .Mm,.l;rv ;m1 y.s in-day a.s Wliiff in 1 fiivur ui" a birKO portion oi' the t lim-kley hill mid ;ta h--in unly oppoMCd to tho :ni.L.-k tlu:v Hs.se rl it iniikes upon the. l"L'(mi;i I.: pat flit iiiitflli-iii trade Uhlcli runiiu'lSrS .Mj ptT mil f.f tllf-ir dlllfe' blliJI- ; xuv ..-spite .Mr. Wolfe's slutmncutH that tun iikiU'T hiid inn hi:en Kivcn publicity j in nrhp;ipt-r headlines, this indorse. m.'ii t , uf the (IniKHisLs up paired in the beadliiieH 1 ..if Thd Tribune on Sunday, Monday and! VeMenhiy niorniimM. Jn the opinion of the i tnalorltv of thu dniKKisus v ho attended! rli" he;irlim lst nk'ht. expressed after ad- juimimeiil. aAI r. Wolfe's attack upon the, ncwfcpaperrf of the citv uu.s an attempt to hIiow that tho druists bad ortfaniaod a propaganda to have the legislature lull, tho entile Hinckley bill. j Druggists Aid Prohibition. j lie prosrtithitf the slate association. .Toy II. j.hn;-oii uf Salt l.nke flatlv informed iho roiuniittee that the dni.iyts were for prohibition, hnd by Mr. Wolfe's own ad-inlsf-iiMi assisted the prohibition bureau i" its eiifori enieiit and heartily indorsed any U'Khikilion tliat would stop bootlegging. "We freely admit that we have eon-dueled eon-dueled a propauianda aainat tiie proprietary propri-etary niediciui; features of this bill, lie-cause lie-cause they aim a vicious and entirely un-v.an-anled blow at our business," Mr.v .lonnsori aid. "And we helio.ve we have a riirht. to eotun here to Salt Lake, hire an office um! make such efforts as we are ablo to protect our legitimate, business In-lereMs. In-lereMs. At the same time, we deny that wo maintain any permanent office or lobby hcie, or at tho eapitol, and we believe be-lieve we. h:ive been open ami above board in presenting our objections to this bill." Mr. Joimsun told tho committee that Thy drue'IsLs were willing, tf the eommit-Ire eommit-Ire so desired, to as re ft to have the state chemist pa.y upon the question of whether a i ned iclne wa a a beverage or a legitl-m;i legitl-m;i i o medicine tin fit for beverage purposes, pur-poses, providing a clause was inserted which stated that a medicine was not a beverage unless it could he generally used as such. Under the bill as drawn, Mr. Johnson said, if any pervert desired to misuse a medicine us a, beverage, the state chemist would bo obliged to rule it out Weuuse ft could be used as a beverage, although no sueji general use of the preparation was made. Says fcCause" Involved. Mr. Wolfe called attention of tho com-! miitoo to the. fact that the present law al- 1 ready provided that the state chemist : should pass on such ma I tcrs, but that 1 tin- amendment shop! vVprovided tha,t he should present such rulings to tho attorney attor-ney general, with a recommendation that sale of Illegitimate preparations be stepped. He declared that, in bis opinion, tho public .sentiment expressed against the proprietary medicine features of the bill was aitificlal. that 01) per cent of the people were not interested in the matter or' legislation against standard remedies. ."He pleaded that the druggists were onlv speaking for a business interest, while he whs speaking; for a cause. x 1 la support of his contention that cer- 1 tain preparations sold as medicines were! beverages. Mr. nfo offered as an -x- i hihit a bottle of "l.vko," recently ruled j out of the state as being an intoxicating! beverage. Ho asked iho eommitiee to ! sample it. llo did not. however, offer .-ample of other preparations which are .pee.ificnUv placed under ban by the provisions pro-visions of the Hinckley hill, including paregoric, Tanlac and several other drugs now on the market. Tanlac Is Approved. J. C. "M'-LHiffie. representing a hrge Lumber of the proprietary medicine mauu-1'actur mauu-1'actur ts of the country, aked Mr, "Wolfe why, if th present law gave the bureau mid the .state chemist the power to rule! out intoxicating beverages in the guiyc ! fit" medicines, h0 n;id not proeciuf-d pare- ! i.o;'ic. Tanlac and the other preparations j Mecificaby placed under ,y the bill. I Jle contended that if Tanlac caiiK' under j mo classification of beverages it was the iluiv of the bureau and the attorney pen- ' eral to put a stop to its t-ale, .iust as had i he' n done in the case of "l.yko." i i slid he Knew nothing about "hyko."' had never heard o'Vit until he came here, but; ihat bo did know that Tanlac had been1 antroed by the tntern;tl revenue depart- j uieul as containing alcohol only in such I inantith's as necessary to preserve its J medicinal ingredients, and that it wa a bona fide tmdicme unoer the regulations : of th federal uepartment. The prohibi- j lion buicaii, no said, seemed to he center- ; :ag 'ts tire on Tanlac. ! There must be something wromr, then, if Mr. "Wolfe is correct in his statement i that tlvt present law gives the bureau and ' tho slate chemist the power to stop sab si of medicines th.it are beveras. and yet' bo has taken no act ton acait.st Tanlac ini-id ini-id he in chides it in i!-is b:ll. Win- "nas not pros, cutod Tanlac and rulea it out lotig before this-, instep 0f Wait;nt; single it out in jl legislative measure? "nrt )k :: o re, t his is an : t.-mpt to e-- slate .-.-air.st a name. The Tanlac company com-pany ha never done it, but it eoi.nd . h:-ns;e lb--"1 name of llns pi-ep.u-a tinn over .gh t if it so d' r-'d. and t lie pi'o ;v-ion h) the bid mentioning it w ould bo a itead issue. Urges Merit Test. "What we are urgii g is that the .via re clu-tr ;-'t be g hen a fa i- and just standard upon which io base his decisions as to the me tat s of a pre para nun. And I bcb''o if ties comm i n c'.1 w ill call in the scue ehrmist h- will t-11 on that he v ould. hke It.' be .uivc;'. a staialai I 'o fol-hiw. fol-hiw. I dai the Male cii nns! an injustue ester'-1 a when 1 s! at ed. t ;a I he u on id "o mote be ah'c to litter.nine wp.-ther pi'cpn:':; t' ms il 1 Us- d as br i-a cs t!ian too sl'I.' j'H'iioi'. My attitude was 'iMMiU'bvrstood. What 1 tried to make th-.ir was teat in i):c absence of sonn siandard to mho- t!.- state eh iuit he wunM L"1 lompeJl-'d undM' the pro i si -us of the bid as wnitev. to r.'port to the ' torue' eiaral thai t-rav:t:.-aPy c'-t y prcpa ration now h.Miiir told in I" tab 'can be used as a W v.m u-. .' "in v;ew of ill's f(l.t said that ual.'s-I'll- provision "a-- a io-ih, d. qvivlion m'ghl .ai-l a-- '.-ll ;!'; to sane j.mtor he -ai.se pnpo-,-.; riinn aj.t i'"t l.ih iaio a.'eoi;-.( t h . p; n 1 s : , n;. i i; no wled H r t and sk P I of ti'v state eh'-M'iM. h wmdd 'oui:-'" him to nl- iaal a.c'. lr. na ra i.'o! i that had hi.-i, V-ed as a b. i au. 1 y an p. rve: t Willi a a a bi'oriiM I era vi i.-r lor a k.-'.-hol. It is for Ih.s r-a.-'.a tliat we pvopOS'O t lia t tia1 pa ?-a i: :-;;.! i I a ri' i'l-''i t-.i pro-ide pro-ide that the ch.jiiisl shall determine j whether prep. i-: ions ;;n- 'reasonably oa-I oa-I able' of nrO'iMrhig in ' ox Uion. hut fur-I fur-I tlier prri-;dm that t.ie sc.u- of pivp;,:a-i pivp;,:a-i lions that cannot pr.ietii -; dy be t aUt.-u' as a heverao.- sl-.all be allowed on the ket. Wc h. 'ieve that sudi a Q-uard a ga in st our ! iri: imtc drug business is no more t ha. n fai r or rt-aso:iabie." The .inui.'ia! y e-nvmit tee has ennpl'','en its public l-?trh;u;s i t! t.n iMi'i'kie-y h;M. and pr.ii : will ir.aio :l repiMt on the piifasi.'ie ;.m!:;v or tomorrow. T!ie autbor ; ppeareU h.-fo-- the ,-o :! :u 1 e- lo st;-.l.-v'.:.-' n-d" ro-corn was taat :he i. tie ! i-d! sii'fjld :..r he ;Nil!v.;. he.-au'-e h- -u--'ii,-iii(' u-.-h.-'i i'. o tiiihife.n ;''atar- s io j he.-omt- a 'rt-.. "t :.- eo: ..-ai.-rwi hie-!-- -nai sni-.c a n; s tr v: i -.-u 'ia r-1 ti:r- uv.z brsim-ss wi'i lc a.hl. d i,. -he Kill by the eom'oi 1 1 e. and I1-1 be r-j.-om- ."orm. |