13. Q.-In case whisky or brandy is sold for medicinal purposes will it be necessary to comply with the pharmacopoeial suggestion, namely, "should be at least four years old." A. Yes. In the opinion of this office this sentence contained in the Pharmacopoeia is a part and parcel of the standards of that authority for the articles in question, and undoubtedly if whisky or brandy is sold as being of United States Pharmacopoeial quality it should be four years old. 14. Q-In case we break original packages and sell contents of such packages in small lots, will we be held responsible for goods so sold. A.—Yes. You will be undoubtedly held responsible for goods sold under the above conditions. 15. Q.-Could we use the original manufacturer's guaranty and thus avoid responsibility? A.-In the first place it is very doubtful whether the original manufacturer would permit the use of his guaranty number in the manner suggested for the purpose of avoiding responsibility, and in the second place it is doubtful whether such a procedure would relieve you from actual responsibility. 16. Q.-Suppose we ship goods, guaranteed to comply strictly with the pharmacopoeial standards, in bulk or barrel lots to the druggist and supply him with our labels to be used on small packages, filled from the original bulk goods and suppose the druggist adulterates such goods while filling, who would be held responsible? A.-It is somewhat difficult to answer this question specifically. If the druggist acts as your agent, undoubtedly the party's name and guaranty found attached to the package would be held responsible. If, however, the druggist is simply purchasing goods and putting them on the market under your label, and he is unable to supply a satisfactory guaranty which your firm is willing to recognize, then the responsibility attaches to the druggist selling the goods. 17. Q.-I have a preparation called Liver Berries. The package containing same bears a cut representing a branch of berries, but to the best of my knowlecge, there are no such berries as liver berries. Is the use of the name in violation of the law? A. The use of any name or design which misleads in any particular is forbidden by the law. 18. Q.-Could I label such product Liver Berries Compound, as indicated in regulation 17 (b), and at the same time state on some part of the package that there are no such berries known as liver berries! A.-No. A fraudulent name cannot be used on one part of a package and its fraudulent nature explained away on some other part of the package. See regulation 17 (h). 19. Q-In the case of powdered opium. will it be necessary to state on the label that this product contains so many grains of morphine, opium and codeine? A.-No. The term "powdered opium" is a name recognized by the U. S. P., for which a definite standard is prescribed. The term "powdered opium" carries with it its own standard. It is desirable to give the amount of morphine present. 20. Q-We manufacture certain products for other parties. In some cases the goods are of such character that we do not care to have our name appear in connection with them. Must our name appear on the package? A.-No. In case of goods manufactured by one party for another the name of the actual manufacturer need not be given but there must appear on the carton of the party for whom the goods are manufactured, in connection with his name some such phrase as “manufactured for," "prepared for," "distributed by," etc., provided the name of the second party and the place of business are given. 21. Q.-Enclosed please find label. Please give us your idea as to what constitutes the distinctive name. In our opinion the distinctive name is Dr. Koch's German Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Rhumatism and Catarrh. If the above opinion is correct, then the word "catarrh" must be followed by the amount of alcohol, morphine, chloroform and cannabis indica present in the product? A. In the opinion of this office the distinctive name for the above preparation is Dr. Koch's German Cure. If it would be permitted to use the numerous diseases enumerated on this label in connection with the remedy, some one else would shortly request that the entire label be construed as the distinctive name. The following queries are suggested in connection with the above preparations: Is there now, or has there ever been, associated in the manufacture of this product a Dr. Koch? What particular significance has the word German in this name? It is certainly very doubtful if you have a remedy which will "cure" the numerous affections enumerated. 22. Q.-Won't the Government stand by its contract! "Dr. Koch's German Cure" is my trade mark, for which I paid the government my hardearned money; if your opinion is correct, then my trade mark becomes worthless. A. The government does not enter into any contract to protect any trade mark that may be registered in its Patent Office. The registering of a trade mark with the Government is simply a privilege extended to its citizens. Whether or not a trade mark is valid is a question which must be decided by the courts. It is a well-known fact, however, that in order that a trade mark may have a standing in court it must come with "clean hands." A trade mark built up on misrepresentations and fraud appears to have little validity. 23. Q.-Would it be considered a violation of the law to use Dr. Koch's name in connection with a remedy, when no such Dr. Koch exists or ever had anything to do with the preparations? The name "German" has no connection with Germany and the preparation is not now, and never has been manufactured in Germany. Is this name prohibited? A.-The law forbids misrepresentations of all char acter. 24. Q-In case a prescription calls for Fairchild Bros.' Essence of Pepsin or Parke, Davis & Co.'s Ergot, S. & D 's Fluid Extract of Digitalis, will it be considered a violation of the law to substitute some other make excepting those called for? A. The law forbids the sale of one article for another. Its object is a square deal for everybody. 26. Q.-In your opinion are lice and similar vermin classed as diseases? A.-Lice and similar vermin are classed among the parasitic diseases by medical men. 25. Q.-In case a manufacturer, wholesaler or jobber purchases on the market a chemical as, for example. potassium bromide, and sells same to his customers in small packages, will the dealer be compelled to use in conneetion with his name some such phrase as "manufactured for," "prepared for," "distributed by." etc.? A.-All U. S. P. and N. F. chemicals, drugs and preparations, which are not made especially for any particular party, may be purchased in bulk, bottled, or packed by the purchaser without said purchaser being compelled to use in connection with his name some such phrase as "distributed by," "packed for," "manufactured for," etc., but the representation cannot be held out either expressed or implied that an article so distributed is manufactured by the party distributing same. Furthermore, it must be clearly understood that a party so selling goods becomes responsible for the quality of such goods. FOOD AND DRUGS LAW. Some Facts About the Pure Food and Drugs Act. The law went into effect January 1, 1907. Confectionery comes under the law as much as drugs or foods. Medicines for external use come as much under the law as those for internal use. The regulation regarding the principal label will not be enforced until October 1, 1907. It will not be safe to attempt to do business without a copy of the National Formulary III. If your vanilla extract does not contain vanilla, you must label it "imitation vanilla extract." It is necessary to mention on the label only the list of articles given in Section VIII. of the law. If you are using artificial colors, we advise you to correspond direct with the chief of the Department of Chemistry. Regulation 30 says that the quantity of acetanilide must be stated in grains per ounce of the preparation as sold on the market. The safest way is to have the serial number guaranty on each package, no matter how small or what the nature of the package may be. Chemicals can be labeled "not .for medicinal use," or, "for technical use only," and if sold only for such purposes need not be further labeled. We are unable to obtain the assurance that an effort will be made to enforce the labeling of physicians' prescriptions, at least, for the present. The law applies only to interstate commerce, with the exception of the District of Columbia and Colorado, the territories and the insular possessions. The percentage of alcohol must be stated by volume. You cannot evade this by saying that the preparation contains a certain amount of whiskey or brandy. The statement of percentage of alcohol and the enumeration of ingredients must be printed on the label of the bottle and also upon the carton if one is used. You will prejudice your cause if you claim that your goods will cure a long list of diseases of different natures. In other words, do not be too extravagant in your claims. Your copyright name of a preparation will not protect you in continuing the name if it misrepresents the facts. As an example, an “arnica liniment” must contain arnica. The law is not one intended to cause manufacturers to reveal their formulas. It simply requires a statement of the percentage of alcohol, if any is present, and of certain other substances, such as acetanilide, etc. If You Have Failed on the board of pharmacy examination, study carefully the questions and the answers which you think you made, look up the subjects in text books and make sure that you are better prepared next time. BOARDS OF PHARMACY. N. Y. State Bd. of Phar. (Western Branch, George Reimann, secretary, 405 Genesee Street, Buffalo).— At the examination held November 20, licenses were granted as pharmacists to Harry Garfield Jewett, Buffalo, and Jay Mark Ward, Albion; and as druggists to John Calhoun, Buffalo, Anna Francis Clancy, Buffalo; John M. Frost, Buffalo; Paige F. Priest, Buffalo. The Ga. Bd. of Ph. met recently. Those who passed the examination as druggists and apothecaries were as follows: Druggists.-J. E. Bradford, Pelham.; W. C. Barnett, Melrose; A. G. Cumber (col.), Macon; A. J. Deas, Augusta; Grover C. Freeman, Augusta; Miss Mary R. Greer, Florilla; E. F. Hunter, Graham, N. C.; Charles N. Jones, St. Louis, Mo.; F. J. Lovell, Sanford, Fla.; Frank L. LaMee, Jacksonville, Fla.; B. M. McKain, Jones, La.; C. A. Patten, Jacksonville Fla.; C. M. Rice, Macon; H. C. Smith, Columbus; W. E. Turpin, Monroe, La; J. S. Williams, Cordele; Dr. A. F. White, Florilla; W. L. West, Cuthbert; George O. Williams, Savannah. Apothecaries.-W. E. Banks, Cuthbert; J. C. Griffin, Carters ville; E. J. Kieffer, Jr., Savannah; C. W. Langford, Fort Meade, Fla.; S. J. Rogers, Perry. Ind. Ter. (successful candidates); Adcock, L. C., Ochetata; Childers, Pedro, Platter; Crooms, Isaac D., Bokoshe; Durrell, Ralph G., Des Moines, Ia.; Dudley, Marion S., Chickasha; Dyer, Lester C., Minco; Davis, Abram I., Wagoner; Edwards, R. R., Marietta; Forguson, Geo. W., Willis; Finke, R. McD., Miami; Graham, Stephen, Muskogee; Harbour, Thad., Cameron; Haynes, E. T., Durant; Jones, B. W. Marietta, Johnson, C. A. Texarkana, Ark., Jarrett, Walter, Wetumka; Kennedy, W. L., Purcell; Lyon, James D., Broken Arrow; Montgomery, L. A., Durant; Mays, Harry B., Pine Bluff, Ark.; Matheson, Dan. A., Stilwell; Mason, Thos. C., Afton; Nickson, John D., Forest City, Ia; O'Keif,'Chas., Porum; Richey, Seigle, Sapulpa; Smith, Clifton O., Wagoner; Strother, David H. Wilsonburg, W. Va.; Short, Geo. W., Durant; Stewart, J. D., Arkadelphia, Ark.; Turner, Grover C., Kiatook; White, L. C., Adair; White. Wm. H., Sapulpa; Walthall, Euel F., Checotah; White, H. C. (col,), Muskogee. The above list of pharmacists were registered at the meeting of the Indian Territory Board of Pharmacy, held in Muskogee, I. T., October 17, 1906, by examination and diplomas from recognized schools. The Indian Territory Board recognizes all diplomas from schools and colleges of pharmacy holding membership in the Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. Proper application blanks will be furnished by the secretary upon application. Fee for registration is $5.00.-[H. D. KNISELEY, secretary. Pencils for Writing on Glass.-Black:-Lamp black, 1; yellow wax, 4; tallow, 1. White:-White lead, 4; yellow wax, 2; tallow, 1. Light Blue:-Turnbull's blue, 3; yellow wax, 4; tallow, 2. Dark Blue:-Prussian blue, 3; mucilage, 1; tallow, 2. Red:-Vermilion, 1; yellow wax, 2; tallow, 1. Yellow:-Chrome yellow, 1; yellow wax, 2, tallow, 2. Melt the wax and tallow and rub in the colors. On the large scale the pencils are moulded by hydraulic pressure, then dried to the desired consistence and put in wooden carriers.[Neueste Erfind. u. Erfahr., 1906, 33 233. PURE FOOD LAW. An Act For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture within any Territory or the District of Columbia any article of food or drug which is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of this Act; and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $500 or shall be sentenced to one year's imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, and for each subsequent offense and conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $1,000 or sentenced to one year's imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. SEC. 2. That the introduction into any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or from any foreign country, or shipment to any foreign country of any article of food or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of this Act, is hereby prohibited; and any person who shall ship or deliver for shipment from any State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, or who shall receive in any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or foreign country, and having so received, shall deliver, in original unbroken packages, for pay or otherwise, or offer to deliver to any other person, any such article so adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, or any person who shall sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia or the Territories of the United States any such adulterated or misbranded foods or drugs, or export or offer to export the same to any foreign country, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for such offense be fined not exceeding $200 for the first offense, and upon conviction for each subsequent offense not exceeding $300 or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That no article shall be deemed misbranded or adulterated within the provisions of this Act when intended for export to any foreign country and prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser when no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which said article is intended to be shipped; but if said article shall be in fact sold or offered for sale for domestic use or consumption, then this proviso shall not exempt said article from the operation of any of the other provisions of this Act. SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall make uniform rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act, including the collection and examination of specimens of foods and drugs manufactured or offered for sale in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory of the United States, or which shall be offered for sale in unbroken packages in auy State other than that in which they shall have been respectively manufactured or produced, or which shall be received from any foreign country, or intended for shipment to any foreign country, or which may be submitted for examination by the chief health, food, or drug officer of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or at any domestic or foreign port through which such product is offered for interstate commerce, or for export or import between the United States and any foreign port or country. SEC. 4. That the examinations of specimens of foods and drugs shall be made in the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, or under the direction and supervision of such Bureau, for the purpose of determining from such examinations whether such articles are adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act; and if it shall appear from any such examination that any of such specimens is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause notice thereof to be given to the party from whom such sample was obtained. Any party so notified shall be given au opportunity to be heard, under such rules and regulations as mya be prescribed as aforesaid, and if it appears that any of the provisions of this Act have been violated by such party, then the Secretary of Agriculture shall at once certify the facts to the proper United States district attorney, with a copy of the results of the analysis or the examination of such article duly authenticated by the analyst or officer making such examination, under the oath of such officer. After judgment of the court, notice shall be given by publication in such manner as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations aforesaid. SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of each district attorney to whom the Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act, or to whom any health, or food or drug officer or agent of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia shall present satisfactory evidence of any such violation, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts of the United States, without delay, for the enforcement of the penalties as in such case herein provided. SEC. 6. That the term "drug," as used in this Act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either man or other animals. The term "food," as used herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, mixed, or compound. SEC. 7. That for the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to be adulterated: In case of drugs: First. If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity, as determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary official at the time of investigation: Provided, That no drug defined in the United States Pharmacopœia or National Formulary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this provision if the standard of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, box, or other container thereof, although the standard may differ from that determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Second. If its strength or purity fall below the professed standard or quality under which it is sold. In the case of confectionery: If it contain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, or other mineral substance or poisonous color or flavor, or other ingredient deleterious or detrimental to health, or any vinous, malt or spirituous liquor or compound or narcotic drug. In the case of food: First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength. Second. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the article. Third. If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted. Fourth. If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated, or stained in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed. Fifth. If it contain any added poisonous or other added de leterious ingredient which may render such article injurious to health: Provided, That when in the preparation of food products for shipment they are preserved by any external application applied in such manner that the preservative is necessarily removed mechanically; or by maceration in water, or otherwise, and directions for the removal of said preservative shall be printed on the covering or the package, the provisions of this Act shall be construed as applying only when said products are ready for consumption. Sixth. If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter. SEC. 8. That the term "misbranded," as used herein, shall ap ply to all drugs, or articles of food, or articles which enter into the composition of food, the package or label of which shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding such article, or the ingredients or substances contained therein which shall be false or misleading in any particular, and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the State, Territory, or country in which it is manufactured or produced. That for the purposes of this Act an article shall also be deemed to be misbranded: In case of drugs: First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article. Second. If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package, or if the package fail to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances contained therein. In the case of food: First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article. Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such package, or if it fail to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any of such substances contained therein. Third. If in package form, and the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the package. Fourth. If the package containing it or its label shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding the ingredients or the substances contained therein, which statement, design, or device shall be false or misleading in any particular: Provided, That an article of food which does not contain any added poisonous or deleterious ingredients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded in the following cases: First. In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now or from time to time hereafter known as articles of food, under their own distinctive names, and not an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, if the name be accompanied on the same label or brand with a statement of the place where said article has been manufactured or produced. Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded, or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations, or blends, and the word "compound," "imitation," or "blend," as the case may be, is plainly stated on the package in which it is offered for sale: Provided, That the term blend as used herein shall be construed to mean a mixture of like substances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only: And provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring or compelling proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary foods which contain no unwholesome added ingredient to disclose their trade formulas, except in so far as the provisions of this Act may require to secure freedom from adulteration or misbranding. SEC. 9. That no dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this Act when he can establish a guaranty signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manufacturer, or other party residing in the United States, from whom he purchases such articles, to the effect that the same is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, designating it. Said guaranty, to afford protection, shall contain the name and address of the party or parties making the sale of such articles to such dealer, and in such case said party or parties shall be amenable to the prosecutions, fines, and other penalties which would attach, in due course, to the dealer under the provisions of this Act. SEC. 10. That any article of food, drug, or liquor that is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, and is be ing transported from one State, Territory, District, or insular possession to another for sale, or, having been transported, remains unloaded, unsold, or in original unbroken packages, or if it be sold or offered for sale in the District of Columbia or the Territories, or insular possessions of the United States, or if it be imported from a foreign country for sale, or if it is intended for export to a foreign country, shall be liable to be proceeded against in any district court of the United States within the district where the same is found, and seized for confiscation by a process of libel for condemnation. And if such article is condemned as being adulterated or misbranded, or of a poisonous or deleterious character, within the meaning of this Act, the same shall be disposed of by destruction or sale, as the said court may direct, and the proceeds thereof, if sold, less the legal costs and charges, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, but such goods shall not be sold in any jurisdiction contrary to the provisions of this Act or the laws of that jurisdiction: Provided, however, That upon the payment of the costs of such libel proceedings and the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond to the effect that such articles shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this Act, or the laws of any State, Territory, District, or insular possession, the court may by order direct that such articles be delivered to the owner thereof. The proceedings of such libel cases shall conform, as near as may be, to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any such case, and all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of the United States. SEC. 11. The Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver to the Secretary of Agriculture, upon his request from time to time samples of foods and drugs which are being imported into the United States or offered for import; giving notice thereof to the owner or consignee, who may appear before the Secretary of Agriculture, and have the right to introduce testimony, and if it appear from the examination of such samples that any article of food or drug offered to be imported into the United States is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, or is otherwise dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or is of a kind forbidden entry into, or forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in the country in which it is made or from which it is exported, or is otherwise falsely labeled in any respect, the said article shall be refused admission, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse delivery to the consignee and shall cause the destruction of any goods refused delivery which shall not be exported by the consignee within three months from the date of notice of such refusal under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may deliver to the consignee such goods pending examination and decision in the matter on execution of a penal bond for the amount of the full invoice value of such goods, together with the duty thereon, and on refusal to return such goods for any cause to the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury, when demanded, for the purpose of excluding them from the country, or for any other purpose, said consignee shall forfeit the full amount of the bond: And provided further, That all charges for storage, cartage, and labor on goods which are refused admission or delivery shall be paid by the owner or consignee, and in default of such payment shall constitute a lien against any future importation made by such owner or con. signee. SEC. 12. That the term "Territory" as used in this Act shall include the insular possessions of the United States. The word "person" as used in this Act shall be construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and shall include corporations, companies, societies and associations. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of the person. SEC. 13. That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and seven. Approved, June 30, 1906. The Retailer Little Dreams of the amount of work entailed upon the wholesaler, the jobber and the manufacturer by the Pure Food and Drugs Act. These are, indeed, busy times in the lines mentioned.! "Orphan" Proprietary Medicines are those that are still on the market as far as the jobbing and retail trade are concerned, but where the manufacturer has retired from business or ceases to produce them. "Orphan Goods" are particularly interesting at this time when proprietary medicines require attention, in order to bring them under the regulations of the Pure Food and Drugs Act. They are like a child without anyone to feed or cloth it. Important Notice to Subscribers and Advertisers. -We have prepared for publication in pamphlet form all the information which can be obtained about the Pure Food and Drugs Act which is in any way of interest to those associated with the drug trade. This work is revised to December 15 and will be mailed direct, without charge, to those subscribers and advertisers in the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST who signify their desire to receive it. The Expense of Placing in Operation the Pure Food and Drugs Act will require three quarters of a million dollars. This is a large slice of the $5,000,000 which congress will appropriate to cover the expenditures necessary in enforcing various federal control and regulations. The division of this sum is as follows. To enforce the meat inspection law, $3,000,000. firm manufacturing the article. The MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST has published in detail the law and the numerous rulings made by the Department of Agriculture which has in charge the enforcement of the new law. We shall continue each month to give the latest information on the subject. The law will be placed in operation by agents who will travel over the country and obtain samples of goods suspected to be misbranded. The Department of Agriculture will keep a number of expert chemists busy making analyses. Substances Used in the Preparation of Foods.-(F. I. D. 48.) The following letter was recently received at the Department of Agriculture: We import a preparation of gelatin preserved with sulphurous acid for the purpose of fining wine. This gelatin is not used as a food and does not remain in the wine, although a small amount of the sulphurous acid may be left in the wine. Please inform us if the sale of this product is a violalion of the food law. It is held that the products commonly added to foods in their preparation are properly classed as foods and come within the scope of the food and drugs act. The department cannot follow a food product into consumption in order to determine the use to which it is put. Pending a decision on the wholesomeness of sulphurous acid as provided in Regulation 15, (b), its presence should be declared.—[James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., December 13, 1906. The Jobbing Trade will Comply Strictly with the Pure Food and Drugs Act. The following announcement by William Jay Schieffelin, chairman, of the committee on proprietary goods, and the N. W. gives a fair idea of the prompt manner in which the wholesale trade is preparing to live up to the spirit of the law. "To The Wholesale Drug Trade:-In all cases where proprietary medicine manufacturers, whose products may require stickers, decline to furnish sticker labels for stock now on the shelves of the wholesale druggists (who therefore are unable to make their goods comply with 'The Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906'), we caution all wholesale druggists against the peril of handling such articles. The New York Jobbing druggists will not sell such products after January 1, 1907, until the stickers are furnished, as they decline to be forced to break the law." Important for Wholesalers and Large Retail Dealers is the following announcement issued under date of December 22, 1906, by William Jay Schieffelin, chairman of the Committee on Proprietary Goods of the M. W. D. A. Analysis and Labeling of “Orphan" Proprietary Medicines. "To The Wholesale Drug Trade:-In order that the proprietary medicines whose manufacturers have gone out of business may be made legally salable, the following plan is suggested: |