THE MARKET REVIEW.

Trade Journals without exception report, as we predicted, that 1906 was the banner year in all lines of industrial activity.

January 1907 has opened up with a continuation of these happy conditions and barring any untoward circumstances, such as car shortage (a remedy for which we all hope for) over speculation, etc., we rather look for this year to favorably compare with the one just past.

The drug trade will witness many changes this year, in the adjustment of stocks, etc., to present conditions in conformity to the several new laws that have just gone into effect.

Price changes continue on the upturn, there being very few declines-a list of the principal items affected the past thirty days, we append below, together with current quotable values, in the local market.

Quinine.-Advance 2c since our last issue. The demand continues very good. From the course of the bark market abroad confidence in still higher prices, is restored. Quotable P. &. W. on the basis of the bulk in 100-oz. cans. 18c; M. B., 17 c; 25-oz. cans, 201c; 5-oz. cans, 244c; 1-oz. vials 29 c.

Opium, Is materially higher. We note a strong market abroad. Stocks are light. Gum is quotable in this market at $3.87 to $4.00; powdered, M. B., $4.424 to $4.65; P. & W., $4.85.

Morphine, for the first time in many years has advanced 10c per ounce, due to the higher market for opium. Quotable in s at $2.65 to $2.70; 1-oz. vials 25c per ounce less.

Alcohol, Unchanged.-Grain 188°, bbls., $2.56; halfbbls., $2.59; 10-gal. cans, $2.72; 5-gal. cans, $2.79; containers inclusive, with the usual allowance of 8c per gallon, for cash in 10 days.

Wood.-Declined on the 1st of January 30c per gallon; quotable in bbls. at 40c; half bbls., 45c; with the usual advance on smaller packages.

Denatured; is now obtainable, as the law became effective January 1, and locally quotations seem to be on the basis of 40c in barrels and 44c in half-barrels. There is, however, some confusion as to exactly what the selling basis will be.

Apomorphia, Crystals.-Advanced; 50c per ounce; quotable in fs; per ounce $8.00.

Balsam Peru.-Advanced; quotable at $1.52 to $1.82; as to quantity.

Bark, Cascara Sagrada.-Declined; to 19 to 24c; ground, 21 to 26c; powdered, 22 to 27c as to quantity. Beaver Castor.-Advanced; to $1.20; powdered, $2.15. Blue Vitrol.-Quotably higher; bbls., 84 to 93 to 12c in small lots.

Capsules, St. Louis brand.-Advanced; due to higher wages as well as appreciating value of gelatine. Quotable at $6.00 per gross in 100s, and 45c in 1000s.

Cocoa Butter.-M. B.; 12 boxes; -lb. cakes; quotable in box lots at 44 to 50c as wanted.

Codeine Alkaloid.—Advanced; to $4.30 in s; hydrochloride, nitrate, sulphate, $4.05 in ts; phosphate, $3.80 in s.

Copaiba.-Advanced; to 69 to 80c as to quantity.
Flowers Elder.-Advanced; to 32 to 34c.

Flowers Saffron American.-Quotably lower, in mats 95c to $1.20 in a small way.

Glycerine.-Quotably higher. 50-lb. cases 14c.

Gum Chicle.-Quotable in 200-lb. bags at 50 to 59 to 65c as to quantity.

Harlem Oil.-This item is held at unusually high figures at all ports of entry owing to the threatened trade mark trouble, and is quotable in case lots, F. O. B. St. Louis, $4.25 for the capped, and $4.90 for the corked and capped.

Leaves Senna, Tinnevelly.-Declined; medium length a fine bold green leaf, quotable at 14 to 17c as to quantity. Small green leaf, quotable at 12 to 15c. Manna, Small Flake.-Declined; to 50 to 55c. Meal, Cotton Seed.—Advanced; ton lots, $31.50; ton, $32.00; ton, $32.50.

Menthol.-Declined; to $3.05 to $3.55 as to quantity. Mothine, Flake.-Advanced; in bbls. lots 2c; balls, 2 to 3 to 6c in a small way.

Oil Cake.-Quotably higher; ton lots, $31.50; ton lots, $32.00; ton, $32.50.

Oil, Citronella.-Quotably higher, 1000-lb. drums 484 to 57 to 60 to 70c in small lots.

Cotton Seed.-We note a material advance; W. W. in barrel lots, 594 to 75; W. Y. bbls. 56 to 63 to 72c. Fish.-Advanced; Banks or Straits; No. 2 bbl. lots, 27c; pure, bbl. lots, 34 to 49 to 55c.

Peppermint. Quotably lower; pure M. B., $2.80; Redistilled M. B., $3.15; Hotchkiss, $3.95. Spearmint.-Declined; to $3.50 to $3.60.

Pepper White.-Declined; bag lots, 14 to 18 to 22c in a small way.

Root, Ipecac.-Advanced; Carthagena, $2.75; powdered, $2.85; Rio, $2.85; powdered, $2.95. Pink.-Advanced; to 93c; powdered, Poke.-Advanced; to 16c; ground, 18c; powdered, 21c.

95c.

Squill.-Advanced; to 32; sliced, 36c.

Stillingia.-Advanced; to 20c; ground, 26c; powdered,

30c.

Sal Glauber.-Materially higher; due to scarcity; quotable in bbls., at $1.10 per hundred; 3 to 5c in a small way.

Seed, Canary. Declined; bags, 31c; re-cleaned bags, 4 to 6 to 10c in a small way.

Cumin.-Advanced; to 144 to 21c as to quantity. Mustard.-Advanced; brown bags, 8c; yellow bags, 5 to 10 to 13c in a small way.

Silver Nitrate.-Declined; P. & W., in lb. bottles, $7.78; M. B., $7.62; ounce, 57c.

Soda Ash.-Quotable in bbls., $1.25; bags, $1.20; to 24 to 4c as to quantity.

Sodium Thiosulphate.-Advanced; Crystals, bbls., $1.80 to 4 to 5c; kegs, 2c; small crystals, bbls., $1.85; pea size, kegs, $2.05; granular technical; bbls., $1.90; kegs, $2.10 to 5 to 6c.

Wax Bayberry.-Declined; to 48 to 55c as to quantity.

Glassware.-Manufacturers have further advanced their prices, but local jobbing discounts remain unchanged.

The Acme or Pearl Ovals are quotable at 75, 10 and 5%, Baltimore and Philadelphia Ovals 80%, Baltimore Ovals Brandy Finish 80 and 10%, Comet Flasks 85, 10 and 5% in cases, 25 case lots, 85 and 20%.

Window Glass.-Market remains quiet, discounts unchanged, on basis of 90 and 10 for single, and 90 and 15 for double.

Turpentine.-There has been no net change since our last issue, though there have been some fluctuations. Quotable in bbls., 75c; 10-gal. cans, 85; 5-gal. cans, 89; packages inclusive.

The Fourth of July Fatalities Continue at an alarming figure. There are, however, some hopes for improvement held out by The Journal of the American Medical Association which publishes the following:

"For the fourth consecutive year The Journal publishes statistics regarding injuries received during the celebration of the Fourth of July, with special reference to tetanus resulting from these injuries. The total number of cases this year is 89, or 15 less than last year, when there were 104 cases. In 1904 there were 105 cases and in 1903, 415. This shows a considerable reduction, there being 326 less than in 1903. To compare the totals of accidents caused by blank cartridges in the different years is interesting, and also shows a decrease until this year, when there is an increase. In 1903 there were 1,672 injuries due to this cause, compared with 1,005 in 1904, 809 in 1905, and 979 this year.

The Metric System in Canada may become universal before it is in the United States. The government has employed Prof. J. C. McLennan, of the University of Toronto, to visit all of the larger cities and lecture on the advantages of the metric system.

MATRIMONIAL.

Miss Louise Dohme, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Charles E. Dohme, of Baltimore, Md., is engaged to Mr. Charles W. Holzhauer, of Newark, N. J. This announcement recently made by the parents of the young lady is pleasing news to the many pharmaceutical friends of the young people. They both grew up in the A. Ph. A. They began attending the meetings while children and have won their way into the hearts and confidence of all who knew them.

Riggs-Graham.-James Edward Riggs and Miss Eva Letitia Graham, of Lincoln, Neb., were married on Christmas day at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Showers, of Iowa City, Ia. The groom is the proprietor of one of the leading drug stores of Lincoln. After a visit in Chicago, the couple returned to Lincoln and began housekeeping. Their many friends, as soon as the news spread, showered them with presents, congratulations and compliments of the holiday season.

Pryor-Angermueller. The marriage is announced on December 11 of Mr. W. F. Angermueller and Miss Anita Pryor, at Mt. Sterling, Mo. The couple will be at home at their residence, 1800 Sidney Street, St Louis, after February first. Mr. Angermueller is a graduate of the College of Pharmacy and for a number of years conducted a prosperous business at Twelfth and Chouteau Avenue. This he sold a few months ago and has since been traveling for the purpose of regaining health and seeing the country.

Hudson-Slack.-Dr. John R. Hudson and Anne E.

DR. JOHN R. HUDSON.

Slack were married in St. Louis, December 12. The doctor is a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy class of 1902 and also a graduate of the medical department of Washington University. He served a year as interne in the city hospital. Holiday greeting and a long and happy life is the wish of the many friends of Dr. and Mrs Hudson.

Force-Wood.-Harry Force, Ph. G., and Miss Maud Wood were married, December 19, at the home of the bride's parents, at Gainesville, Mo. Mr. Force is a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, author of the Drug Clerk's Diary, now being published in the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST, and a member of the drug firm of Force & Ford, at Gainesville. He is a thorough pharmacist and young man of sterling worth. The Ozark County News refers to the bride as one who "by her modest, refined ways has made many friends. She possesses many graces that go to make her a model wife."

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STRAY ITEMS AND COMMENTS.

The Pharmacists of Greater New York propose to spend from $3,000 to $4,000 in a campaign among physicians for the purpose of introducing N. F. and U. S. P. preparations. It seems as if the wave of propaganda is spreading over the entire country.

To License Missouri Nurses.--Representative Phillips of St. Louis has introduced a bill providing the registration, examination and licensing of nurses. The bill provides for the creation of a board of examiners, to consist of five persons, chosen by the goverwho shall conduct the examination of applicants to be nurses.

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David B. Doolittle, familiarly known as "Dave," died recently. He began the drug business at Sabetha, Kans., in 1884, graduated from the Chicago College of Pharmacy in 1889. He carried on a retail drug business at Sabetha until 1905 when he sold out and entered the employ of the McPike Drug Co,, of Kansas City, Mo. He was popular with his acquaintances and will be greatly missed.

Osteopathy Was Defined for a committee on legislation of New York as follows: "Osteopathy means that science or system of healing which treats diseases of the human body by 'manual therapeutics for the vital remedial forces within the body itself, for the correction of misplaced tissue and the removal of obstructions or interferences with the fluids of the body,' all without the internal administration of drugs and medicines."

The Missouri Legislature Opened January 2 and will be in session seventy days. There is no knowing what attempts at pharmacy legislation will be made during this time. It is intimated that the governor in his message may suggest some changes in the present law. As far as we know the Committee on Legislation of the Mo. Ph. A. is not particularly active | in pushing amendments. Re-registration is, undoubtedly, the most desirable amendment that can be proposed.

Consult the Weather Reports Before Dressing the Show Window.-The American Druggist points out that many pharmaceutical preparations, perfumes and some toilet articles, as well as colored wrappers for packages are damaged by extreme of heat and light. Pharmacists, in determining upon window display should take this into consideration as well as the lines of goods especially in demand at that particular season of the year. The show window, like a clerk may become a dangerous as well as a poor salesman. The Cinchona Club of St. Louis to watch Missouri Legislation. At the January meeting, a committee was appointed with Charles Renner as chairman to watch the legislature and to particularly fight any undesirable pure food and drugs legislation. The committee will co-operate with the board of pharmacy and

WASHINGTON, January 2.-"We cannot say definitely what class we shall reach first in the enforcement of the pure food and drugs act," said Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture today, "but you may take it to be certain that among the first to be reached will be the fellows who defy the law."

The secretary's statement was made after he had read a circular recently issued by the National Wholesale Grocers' Association, which asserted that "there is nothing in the law that prohibits the sale of goods containing any particular coloring matter or preser

vative."

"While the machinery for enforcement of the law has not been completed yet," continued Secretary Wilson, "the law is now in force, and any merchant or manufacturer who violates it does so at his peril. If any of these gentlemen think they can defy the law with impunity, let them try it."

The secretary said that labels now in the hands of manufacturers and dealers may be used until the 1st of October, because the department had no desire to impose upon them a heavy loss.

John Waldeck, father of the pharmacists, Carl G. and W. C. Waldeck, died recently in his eightieth year. The family has the sympathy of many friends.

The Alumni Association of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy will probably give a theatrical entertainment in conjunction with the annual ball. Due announcement of the time and place is assured.

W. E. Carpenter, a drug clerk for W. R. Grant, 3718 Olive Street, has been in poor health for a year past. January 4, he was found dead in bed at his boarding house. At the time of writing, the coroner has not decided the cause of death.