The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-02


Them and what II Thought OfThem BY
the Drug Trade-IntervIeW or a Times
Reporter with Peter Van Sehaaelx, ESQ
FVm the Chicago Times.
To enable the Tina to furnish i'd
readers with some reliable information
regarding the Cuticura remedies, which
are now attracting SO much public atten.
ton, reporter called yesterday upon Mr..
Peter Van Shack, Of Van Setback, Steven.
son & Co., wholesale and retail druggists,
corner Lake and Dearborn streets, when
the following facts were elected;
R-Will you oblige the readers of the
TimeS by answering few questions re.
garding the Cuticura remedies?
Mr.. Van S.-Certainly; Ere away.
R-DO they sell well?
Mr.. Van S.-The sale Of the Cuticura,
Cuticura Resolyent and Cuticura Soap
have been unprecedented.
R-What reasons do you give for so
large a sale2
Mr.. Van ST. give four reasons. First,
they are original and revolutionary in
their composition and mode OF treatment.
Second, they undoubtedly possess great
curative properties. Third, there are
thousands upon thousands OF sick and
suffering who have tried and found want
ing the usual remedies and modes OF treat
ment, and who are ready to welcome a
really great and successful medicine.
Fourth, the price Of them Is within me
means Of every invalid.
R.-Areyour large sales Of these medicines
through your agents?
Mr.. Van S.-No; they are legitimate mail
orders. We employ no travellers on the
road-are fundamentally opposed 10 that
way OF selling goods-the retailer has TO
stand such expenses, aad such stapie
of. '''sTt'
R..Do you class them as patent medi.
cines?
Mr.. Van ST. do not. They are pro-
prietary, so far as their names are concern.
ed. these being held rs trademarks; but
Information regarding them, as you will
learn from this circular, may be obtained
by any regular physician who desires to
use them in his practice simply BY apply.
ing to Weeks & Potter.
R.-Can you tell me something about
this firm?
Mr.. Van S.-Weeks & Potter are i'm.
porters, wholesale druggists and chemists,
and for twenty-five years have been the
foremost house in the trade in New Eng.
land.
R-1t Is popularity supposed that adyer.
Using will sell mostanything, regardless OF
merit. Is 1t true?
Mr.. Van S.-No. A remedy falsely
claiming to possess virtues OF which it is
in fact destitute, will surely fail, No
reputable frm-and druggists are the
most competent iudges-would think Of
risking fame or fortune on any medicine
unless 1t had, under the most trying cir
cumstances, proved itself to possess extra
ordinary medicinal value. The expense
attending the introduction OF such reno
dies IS enormous. A fortune must be
spent before any return can be expected.
II, after wide distribution, they are
found to possess the virtues claimed for
them, those who have been cured will re-
commend them one to another, and thus
make them remunerative. When a man
backs his statements with his own money,
you may generally rely upon them. This
Weeks & Potter are doing,
R-Haye they ever before prepared
remedies for popular use?
Dir. Van ST. believe not. They are.
like ourselves, agents for o great many,
but We think these are the first that they
prepare themselves. 1t is but once in a
lifetime that discovery is made of a
remedy that such firm as Weeks & Pot
ter are willing to stake reputation and for
tune on.
R-Are their prospects flattering, or
Mr.. Van s.-very flattering. As I said
before, the remedies undoubtedly possess
great merit. And, besides, they treat
blood and skin diseases according to new
and thoroughly rational plan, that must
take firm hold on the confidence OF those
who suffer from chronic diseases Of the
blood, skin and scalp.