Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-01-26
THE CUTICURA REMEDIES.
SOME FACTS REGARDING THEM-WHO MAKES
THEN AND WHAT Is THOUGHT OF THEN BY
THE DRUG TRADE-INTERvIEW or
TINES REPORTER WITH PETER
VAN SCHAAK, ESQ.


VAN SCHAAK, ESQ.
To enable the Times to furnish its read.
ers with some reliable information regard.
ing the Cutlcura remedies, which are now
attracting so much public attention, u
reporter called yesterday upon Mr.. Peter
Van Schaak, Of Van Schaak, Stevenson
& Co., wholesale and retail druggists, cor.
ner 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 remediesp
Mr.. Van S.-CertainlY; fire away.
R,-Do they sell we'll?
Mr.. Van S.-The sale of the Cuticura.
Cuticura Resolvent, and Cuticura Soap,
have been unprecedented.
R-What reasons do you give for 80
large q sale?
Mr.. Van 81 give four reasons. First,
they ore original and revolutionary in
their composition and mode of treatment.
Second, they undoubtedly possess grea,
curative properties. Third. there are
thousands upon thousands of sick and
suffering who have tried and found want.
in & the usual remedies and modes of treat.
ment, and who are ready to welcome q
really great and successful medicine
Fourth. the price of them is within the
reach OF every invalid.
R..-Are your large sales Of these taed.
iclnes through your agents?
Mr.. Van S.-No; they are legitimate
mail orders. We employ no travellers on
the load-are fundamentally opposed to
that way of selling goods - the retailer has
10 stand such expenses, and such staple
goods as these require no one to force
them off,
R-Do you class them as patent medi.
cines?
| Mr.. Van ST. do not. They are pro.
prietary only so far as their names are
concerned, these being held as trade
marks.
R-Can you tell US something abou'
this firm?
MIR. Van S-Weeks s. Potter are i'm.
porters, wholesale drugglstsand chemists
and for twenty-five years have been the
foremost house in the trade in New Env.
land.
i:.-It is popularity supposed that nd
verlising will sell most anything, regard.
less Of merit. Is it true!
Mr.. Van S.-No. A remedy falsely
Claiming to possess virtues IF which i, il
in fact destitute, will surely fail. No re-
putablc f1rm-xnd druggists are the most
competent judges, would think oIrisk,ng
fame and fortune on any medicine unless
IL had, under the most trying cirrum.
stances. proved itself to possess extraor
binary medicinal value. The expense at.
tending the introduction of such remedies
Is enormous. A fortune must be spent
ucfore any return can be expected. II
after u wide distribution, they are found
to possess the virtues claimed tor them
those who have been cured will recon-
mend them one 10 another, and thus ma ke
them remunerA,ive. When man backs
his statements with his own money, YOU
may generally rely upon them. Tnls
Weeks & Potter are doing.
R.-Have they ever before prepared
medicines for popular use?
MIR. Van 81 believe not. They are,
like ourselves, agents for great many
but we think these are the first that the,
prepare themselves. 1t is but once in
lifetime that discovery is made Of rem
edy that such firm as Weeks & Potie
are willing to stake reputation and for
tune on.
| R.-Are their prospects flat,ering, O
otherwise?
! Mr.. Van S.-Very flat,ering. As sale
before. the remedies undoubtedly possess
great merit. And besides they treat bloot
aud skin diseases according tn new ant
thoroughly rational plan, that must tax
. firm hold on the confidence Of thns
who suffer from chronic diseases If til
blood, skin and scalp. Chicago Times.