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Show I paregoric habit meets DRUGGISTS' CONDEMNATION 0 J ; v The retail drug business, from prac-1 prac-1 tlcally every angle, and its rclatlon-I rclatlon-I ship to other establishments, and the I effect of bills passed by recent legis D latures on retail drug stores, were I subjects discussed in open forum at the closing session of the Utah Pharmaceutical Phar-maceutical convention held at the Hi r- mitage in Ogden canyon The busi-1 busi-1 ness ended with the election of officers offi-cers and directors for the year ami with the selection of Salt Lake ;ts the place for the convention nexl yeai The following ofticeis were elected: r J. Folland. Salt Lake, president; c. E. Driver, Ogden, first vice presl-i presl-i dent, D. C. Watson, St George, second sec-ond vice president: E. L. Wade, Salt Lake, secretary; George Hlrscher, Murray treasurer. Three men were named as the executive committee, ihese being P. J. Folland, George llus-her llus-her and Hugo Piuehl, the killer of I Salt Lake. Other members of the board of directors chosen were Henry Davis, Tremonton; E. .1 Elklngton, H Tooele. Frank Plrick Morgan; J J. Wadsworth, Santaquin, n. H Peter son, Ed Johnston. Mount Pleasant. P. G. Schramm invited the association to hold its nexl convention in Sail Lake and this invitation was immediately immedi-ately accepted. Five addresses of vital interest 10 the druggists were given yesterday. H these being by Rev. Godfrey Mat thews of Ogden. President Bovden of roalville. John Culley 01 Ogden, Secretary Sec-retary Wade of Salt Pali.-, and J. L. : Franken of Salt Lake. Ever since 1 I the program for the event was announced, an-nounced, then- has been keen interest in the latter's topic: The Evils of Parpfrnric " The nrominent Salt Lake ! ! business man handled his topic in a most thorough manner declaring that paregoric with Its high alcoholic and opium content has deteriorated from I its position as a family remedy I ihrough the fact lhat it is now belli -sought by people as a substitute for j alcohol, banned by the prohibition ' law. That one out of every thirty ' people were addicts of drugs and this new move was making more addicts 1 instead of less wae one of his declara-, tions. Lemon extract was mentioned j in the same category, and the speaker; urged that every effort be made by ' druggists to limit the use of these, as far as possible, even suggesting that licenses and bonds be required where I they were sold. Regarding the breaking of prohibi-1 tory laws as regard alcoholic liquors, 1 Franken said: 'When the legislative bod of the state enacted the prohibition prohibi-tion law, no difference what view we may take of it. and so far as I am ! concerned, I am a firm believer in the j doctrine, we created an army of enmi- j nals and law breakers. It was rebel-lion rebel-lion at what they believed was an en- ; croachment upon their individual rights. And they rebelled. It v.a., perhaps, not so much the love for li- j quor upon the pari of many as it was ; the desire to show animosity to what they classed as an attack on personal liberty, as also to show their contempt of the law. What has been the result? re-sult? 'What at first was regarded as a ' harmless disregard of the law, became a habit, and the violator, as the pine for stimulant which he now craves, advanced ad-vanced and its scarcity became great-; er, necessitated something else to keep up the artificial stimulation which his' disregard for abeyance of the law has brought about. Therefore, what? "The narcotic. And ne appealed to you. Law-breaker himself, he sought to make you one also. Our duties are ; to administer to the welfare of society, soci-ety, to dispense drugs in the effort to iaid humanityw to save life. But, the addict sought to divert us into another channel and in some instances has succeeded. suc-ceeded. Failing in his effort to make all of us law breakers he sought another an-other field and in this he was more successful., for he found physicians, not many, it is true, but physicians who for the mere pelt that was in the business, were willing to write a prescription pre-scription for some kind of a narcotic and this illicit traffic has grown to large proportions. Use of Paregoric. "Of all the narcotics, with the exception ex-ception of tobacco, the use of paregt;-ic paregt;-ic has grown so rapidly that this, what has heretofore been regarded as a household remedy has become a real menace to the country. This anodyne and antispasmotic can be purchased everywhere by anybody, but under the Harrison law, a federal enactment the sale must be registered Regard less, however, it is astonishing how many persons there are who every day have an attack of stomach ache or a coughing spell that nothing will alleviate al-leviate like a swallow of paregoric In fact, it is appalling. The number of people who are victims (?) of insomnia insom-nia has likewise grown to alarming proportions which nothing but paregoric pare-goric will relieve if the victim is to be believed, so the number of 'paregoric jags' is increasing at such a rate that the use of this camphorated tincture of opium has come to be a real nuisance." nuis-ance." Legislative Members Secretary Wade in his address diseased dis-eased the "Foibles of Legislators," urging the druggists and others to take an active part in the selection of senators and representatives, with view of sending to the legislature . 1 men better versed In business and j with few hobbies and "reform" ideas J Rev. Godfrey Matthews, speaking at the morning session, told the druggists that they, and other business men, Should take more diversified interest in life, that they should reach out Into 1 Ivlc affairs and into outdoor life He also touched on the league of nations, na-tions, on idealism and the utilisation of the margin of life, giving plenty) of time for play. 1 Jchn Culley. president of the National Na-tional Association of Boards of Phar- j ma.cy. gave a very interesting review Of that organization's development and 1 work, which he said hat1 done much for the protection of both the publie1 and the druggist by getting uniform, co-ordinated regulations throughout the country. President Boyden in delivering his address yesterday morning reviewed the national and state affairs of thej past year as affecting the drug busi-1 ness, particularly dwelling on lessons learned as a result of the war and also on the needs of greater co-ordination' between the retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers as to assure protection against "freak law.- While there were only these foul! formal addresses there were many talks oi very distinctive nature along; various lines, extemporaneous discussions discus-sions that were led by men from all 1 parts of the state One of these was! a discussion regarding "The Wholesal - ' er." led by Charles Empey, which showed the relationship between the1 retailer and the public, the wholesaler wholesal-er and the retailer and then the man ufacturer and the wholesaler. That! this chain is essential, is a money ' saver and an ai 1 to proper service was' stated m this paper. Favor Advertising A R Mclntyre led in the discussion of 'Advertising," commending newspaper news-paper advertising, as did also Joy II Jbhhson of Schramm Joh.ison. Salt Lake. Others entered into this discussion dis-cussion and both billboards and win dow displays were commented upon by different speakers. W. L. Eddy of Brigham, spoke on "Getting Ready for the Customer," a question of store management Jo) II Johnson urged, in . talk on "The Druggist and Civic Work." the attention of the druggist the civic side of life, the acquain-tance acquain-tance with local affairs both politK.n and civic and the development of ac quaintance that would widen their sphere of usefulness in community as well as drug affairs. Harry Coombs took up the question of 'The Druggist and Outdoor Life " urging vacation and outing periods for the druggists ' The Prescription" was considered by L 1! Peterson of Richfield and C. E. Driver of Ogden spoke in favor of : 'Sunday and Holiday Closing." Reports of a number of committees were presented and adooted and the association went on record as favoring' the National Drug and Chemical Al-i liance, 10 fight ill advised legislation' that would be detrimental to legiti- j mate drug business Dr Swingle of the University of Utah's department of pharmacy gae an interesting review- of the plans of the department, a new feature in university iff. whicb he said ought to be encouraged by the druggists. I Cotillion Banquet The final number on the program of the convention was reached last night when the delegates met at the Herm: ge fcr a cotillion banquet. Een the menu was different, for it w as prepared in such Latin as only j the druggists could interpret, excepting' with the aid of certain pictures which Chairman John Culley of the menu committee had arranged to have printed print-ed along with this "descriptive' list of good things to eat. About. 150 people peo-ple were at the banquet tables, arranged ar-ranged in such form thai cabaret numbers num-bers could be given In ihe center of I the large dining room This number I included the members, their wives and jc few-invited guests. Decorative head-wear of carnival I type, toy balloons, noise makers and ; similar features added somewhat to the gaiety of the event, but it was when the Ariel quartet and orchestra, the little dancer Thelma Anderson and other entertainers appeared thai there was real hilariousness. It was! an event long to be remembered, absolutely ab-solutely devoid of speeches or other formal leatures and conducted with- j out e assistance of any toastmaster though A. R. Mclntyre and John) Culley did sufficient arranging just to keep things going. Afterwards, the .floor was cleared tor dancing. Miss Thelma Anderson of Sandy, ten I years old, gave two excellent dances j I one of a Russian type, being costumed as a Russian, while the other was ab-j solutely different, when she appeared as a hula-hula girl from Honlulu. She was given much applause. The other social event yesterday was a card part for the ladies held In the afternoon, while the druggists w ere conducting their business session. |