The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-16
THE CUTICURA REMEDIES.
Some Facts Regarding Them-who Make
Them, and What is Thought Of them b,


Them, and What is Thought of them by
the Drug Trade-Intervlew OF a Times Re-
porter with Peter Van Setback, Esq.
Chicago Times.
To enable the Times to furnish its readers
with some reliable information regarding
the Cuhcura remedies, which are now al
tracing so much public attention, reporter
called yesterday upon Mr.. Peter Van
Setback. of Van Setback, 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
Times by answering a few questions regard
ing the Cuticurs remedies?
Mr.. Van S.-Certainly; tire away.
R-Do they sell well?
Mr.. Van S.-The sale of the Cuticura,
Culcura Resolvent and Cuticura Soap have
been unprecedented.
R-What reasons do you give for so large
| a sale?
Mr.. Van 81 give four reasons. First
| they are original and revolutionary in their
/ com position and mode of treatment. Sec
ond, they undoubtedly possess great cura-
| tive 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 sue
cessful medicine. Fourth, the price of
them is within the means of every invalid.
R.-Are your large sales of these medi-
| sines 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 expenses and such staple goods
as these require no one to force them of.
R.-Do you class the Cuticura remedies as
patent medicines?
Mr.. Van ST. do not. They are proprie-
| tary, SO far as their names are concerned,
| these being held as trademarks; but their
composition and preparation are scientific,
and in accordance with the most advanced
pharmaceutical knowledge.
R.-Can you tell US something about the
originators?
Mr.. Van S.-Weeks & Potter, Boston, are
importers, wholesale druggists and chem
lists, and for twenty-five years have been the
England. The Cuticura remedies have
grown to such an extent that
/ the business has been transferred
to fve-story laboratory, built and fitted
expressly for the purpose, and conducted
under the name of the Potter Drug and
Chemical Company, in compliment to Mr..
/ Potter the real discoverer of Cuticura.
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| Using will sell anything, regardless of merit.
| Is it true?
| Mr. Van S.-No. A remedy falsely claim
ing 10 possess virtue of which il is in fact
destitute will surely fail, as it ought to. No
reputable firm-and druggists are the most
competent judges-would think of risking
fame and fortune in any medicine unless it
had, under the most trying circumstances,
proved itself to possess extraordinary medi-
cinal value. The expense attending the in
PRODUCTION of such medicines is enormous.
A fortune must be spent before any returns
can be expected. And If, after wide dis
tribution, they are found to be all that is
claimed for them, those who have been
cured will recommend them one to another,
and thus make them remunerative. l may
safely say that over $500, 600 have been paid
the newspapers alone for advertising Cuu-
cura, besides ali that has been expended for
pamphlets, circulars, signs, etc. When a
man backs his statements with his own
money you may generally rely upon them.
This the Potter Drug and Chemical Company
are now doing
| R.-Have they ever before originated rem.
| edies for popular use?
Mr. Van ST. believe not. They are, like
ourselves, agents for great many, but we
| think the Cuticura remedies are the first
that they prepare themselves. 1t is but
once in a lifetime that a discovery is made
of remedy that such firm is willing to
stake reputation and fortune on.
R.-Are their prospects fiattering or other
wise?
Mr.. Van S.-Very flattering. Although
they have as yet realized but bare interest
on the amount of money invested, they will
in time meet with large returns, because as
said before. the remedies undoubtedly
possess great merit, and besides, they treat
blood and skin diseases according to q 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.