Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-03-26

Some Facts Regarding Them-Who
Makes them and what is thought OF
them by the Drug Trade -lnfervrew
of a Ein,es Reporter with Peter Van
Schaacik. Esq.
From the Chicago Times.
To enable the Times to furnish its
readers with some reliable information
regarding the Cuticura remedies. which
are now attracting so much public at
tention, reporter called yesterday upon
Mr.. Peter Van Schaak. Of Van Schaak,
Stevenson q 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 a few questions re-
garding the Cuticura remedies?
Mr.. Van S.-Certainly: fire awav.
R.-DO thew sell we'll?
Mr.. Van S.-The sale Of the Cuticura
Resolyent and Cuticura Soap have been
unprecedented.
R.-What reasons do you give for so
large sale?
Mr.. Van ST. give four reasons. First,
they are original and revolutionary in
their composition and mode of treat
ment. Second, they undoubtedly possess
great curative properties. 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 well
come a really great and successful med
icine. Fourth, the price of them is with
i'm the reach of every invalid.
P-Aro vaur larna colaS Of tboco IN oil
icines through your agents?
Mr.. Van S.--NO; they are legitimate
mail orders. We employ no travellers on
the road are fundamentally opposed to
that way of selling gOOds-the retailer
has to stand such expense, and such
staple goods as these require no one to
force them off.
R-DO you class them as patent medi-
cines?
Mr.. Van 81 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 about
this firm?
Mr.. Van S.-Weeks & Potter are i'm
DOrters, wholesale druggists and chem
lists, and for twenty-five years have been
the foremost house in the trade in New
England.
R.-It is popularity supposed that adj
vertisiDg will sell most anything, re-
gardlesS of merit. Is it 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 judges-WOuld think of
risking fame and fortune on any medi-
cine unless it had, under the most try
ing circumstances, proved itself to pos
sess extraordinary medicinal value. The
expense attending the introduction of
such remedies is enormous. fortune
must be spent before any return can be
expected. If, after wide distribution,
they are found to possess the virtues
claimed for them, those who have been
cured by them will recommend them one
to another, and thus make them remu-
nerative. When a man backs his state
mentS with his own money, you may
generally rely upon them. This, Weeks
d Potter are doing.
R.-Have they ever before prepared
medicines for popular use?
Mr.. Van ST. believe not. They are,
like ourselves, agents for a great many,
but we think these are the first thatsthey
prepared 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
fortune on.
R.-Are their prospects flattering, or
otherwise?
Mr.. Van S.-Very fatteriDg. aAs said
before, the remedies undoubtedly possess
great merit. And besides, they treat
blood and skin diseases according to a
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.