Litchfield enquirer., 1881-12-01
The Cuticura Remedies.


 To enable the Times to furnish it's readers with some reliable information regarding the l Cuticura remedies, which are now attracting l 30 much public attention, a reporter called 1 upon Mir. Peter Van Schaak, of Van Scbaak Stevenson. S Co, wholesale and retail drug gists, corner Lake and Dearborn streets.. when the following facts were elicited: 'A ' ] IT | R.-Will you oblige the readers of the Times | by answering few questions regarding the Cuticura remedies?
 MT. Van 5. S.-Certainly fire away. R.-Do they sell well9
 Mir. Van S.--The saleDf the Outicura Cr- ticura Resolyent, and Cuticura Soap have | been unprecedented. eR.-What reasons do you give for so large aisale?
 Mir. Van S.-I give four reasons First, they are original and revolutionary in their composition and mode of treatmept. Second, they undoubtedly possess great curative prop critics. Third there are thousands upon thousands of sick and suffering who have tried and found wanting the usual remedies and modes of treatment, and who are ready to welcome really great and successful medi- cine. Fourth, the price of them is within the | reach of every invalid.yt f-g..-z sfa E. Rare your large sales of these medicines through your agents?
 Mir. Van S.-No; they are legitimate naail orders. We employ no travellers on the road are fundamentally opposed to that way of selling goUds-the retailer has to stand such expenses, and such staple goods as these re- quire no one to force them off
 R.-Do you class them as patent medi- cines? ,"
 Mir. Van S.I do not. They are proprie- tary only so far as their names are concerned, these being held as trademarks. Ty~ -A,ll firm ?
 Mr. Van S-Weeks $ Potter are importers, wholesale druggists and chemists, and for twenty five years have been the foremost house in the trade in New England. R-It is popularly supposed that advertis- ing will sell most anything, regardless of mer- it. Is it true? kE8 t Mr. Van S.-No. A remedy falsely claim ing to possess virtues of which it is in fact destitute, will surely fail. No reliable firm and druggists are the most competent judges wouldt think of risking fame and fortune on any medicine unless it had, under the most trying circumstances, proved itself to possess extraordinary medicinal value. The expense attending the introduction of such remedies is enormous A fortune must he spent before any return can be expected. If, after wide distribution, they are found to possess the vir- tues claimed for them, those who have been cured wllrecpmmend them one to another, and thus make them remunerative. When a man backs his statements with his own mon- ey, you may generally rely upon them. This Weeks $ Potter are doing.
 R.-Have they ever before prepared medi- cines for popular use
 Mir Van S.-I believe not. They are like ourselves, agents for 8 great many, but we think these are the first that they prepare themselves. It is but once in lifetime that discovery is made of remedy that such a firm as Weeks 6 Potter are willing to stake reputation and fortune on.
 R.-Are their prospects flattering, or other wise?
 Mr. Van S.-Very fiattering. As said be- fore, the remedies undoubtedly possess great merit. And besides, they treat blood and skin diseases according to new and thoroughly rational plan, thst must take firm hold on the confidence of those who suffer from chronic diseases of the blood, skin and scalp,