Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-05-25
The Cuticura Remedies.

MAKES THEM AND WHAT AS
THOUGHT OF THEM BY THE DRUG
TRApE-INTERvIEw OF A TIMES
REPORTER WITH PETER VAN
sCHAAK, ESQ.
(From the Chicago Times)
To enable the TINES to furnish It's
readers with some reliable information
regarding the Cuticura remedies, which
are now attracting so much public at
tentlon, a reporter called yesterday up
on Mr.. Peter Van Schaak, OF Van
Schaak, Stevenson & Co., Wholesale
and retail druggists, corner Lake and
Dearborn streets. when the following
facts were elected:
R.-Will you oblige the readers Of
the TINES by answering few auss-
tions regarding the Cuticura remedies?
Mr.. Van S.-Certainly fire away.
R.-Do they sell well9
Mr.. Van S.-The sale Of the Cuticura
Resolvent, and Cuticura Soap have been
unprecedented.
R.-What reasons do you give for 80
large a sale!
Mr.. Van.-I give four reasons. FIRST,
they are original and revolutionary IN
their composition and mode OF treat
ment. Second, they undoubtedly pos
sess 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 welcome a really great and success
full medicine. Fourth. the price OF them
is within the reach Of every invalid.
R.-Are your large sales Of these
medicines through Jour agents
Mr.. Van S.-No; they are legitimate
mail orders. We employ no travellers on
the read-are fundamentally opposed 10
that way of selling goods-the retailer
has to stand such expenses, and staple
goods as these require no one to force
them of.
R.-Do you class them as patent
medicines
Mr.. Van S.-I do not. They are
| proprietary only so far as their names
are concerned, these being held al
trade marks.
R,-Can you tell US something abou
this firm?
Mr.. Van S.-Weeks & Potter are
importers, Wholesale druggists and chen
lists, and for twenty-five years hav'
| been the foremost house in the trade II
| New England.
R.-It i, popularly supposed that ad
vertisng will sell most anything, re
gardless Of merit. Is it true9
Mr.. Van S.-No, A remedy falsel,
claiming to possess virtues Of which
il in fact destitute, will surely fail. N
reputable fru,-and druggists are the
most competent judgss-would think q
rising fame and fortune on any medlcin
unless 1t had, under the most trying
circumstances, proved itself to posses
extraordinary medicinal value. Th'
expense attending the introduction o
such remedies 10 enormous. A isrtun
must be spent before any return can D
expected. If, after wide distribution
they are found to possess the virtue
claimed for them, those who have bee
cured will recommend them one t
another, and thus make them rsmune
alive. When man backs his stat
ments with his own money, you ma
I, generally rely upon them. This "eei
& Potter are dong.
R.-Have they ever before prepare
medicines for popular use!
Mr.. Van s.-I believe net. The
ors. like ourselves, agents for gre'
!. many, but we think these are the hr
}, that taey prepared themselves. 1t is b
! once in a lifetime that discovery
made of q remedy that such nrm
y Weeks & Potter are willing TO S'al
: reputation and fortune on.
G k.-Are their prospects datterlng'
! otherwise9
g Mr.. Van S.-Very fatterlns' AS
n said before, the remedies undouOteo
possess great merit. And besides tn ~
treat blood and skin diseases accorol'
to a new and thoroughly rational pia
,h.t mnst take a 6rm hold on the co