National Affairs: Druggists' Plaint

At its 50th annual convention at Atlantic City, the National Wholesale Druggists' Association adopted a report apropos of Prohibition:

"The industries depending on the use of alcohol have steadily declined, owing to the drastic and unjust methods employed by the prohibition office, while establishments engaged in the use of alcohol illegitimately have flourished by falsifying bonding warehouse records and, obtaining alcohol without tax, are flooding the market with preparations containing it at a price far below the standard at which legitimate concerns must sell.

"It is useless to expect that the manufacturer...

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