Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-19
THE cUTIcURA REMEDIES.

Some Facts Rega riding Them-Wne
Makes Them, and What In Thoughso o.
Them by the Drug Trade-Interview
OF Times Reporter witt Peter Van
Schsak, Esq. ..-
From he Chicago Times.
To enable the Times to furnish to its
readers with some reliable information re-
garding the Cuticura remedies, which are
now attracting 80 much public attention, q
Van Schaak, of Van Schaak, Stevenson &
Co., wholesale and retail druggists, corner
Lake and Dearborn streets, when the fol-
lowing facts were ELECTED:
irwin you oblige the readers OF the
Times by answering a few questions re-
garding the Cuticura remedies?
Mr.. Van S.-Certainly; fire away.
R-Do they sell we'll?
Mr.. Van S-The sale Of the Cuticurs,
Cuticura Resolvent, and Cuticura Soap
have been UNPRECEDENTED.
R--What reason do you give for so large
a sale?
Mr.. Van 81 give four reasons. First,
they are original and revolutionary in
their composition and mode of treatment.
Secondly, they undoubtedly posse IS great
curative properties. Third, there are
thousand upon thousand of sick and suf-
fering who have tried and found wanting
the usual remedies and modes of treat
ment, and who are ready to welcome a
really great and successful 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 nIal
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,
their names being held as trademarks; but
their composition and preparation are SCH
entiic, and in accordance with the most
pharmaceutical knowledge. .
R-Can you tell US something about the
Mr.. Van S.-Weeks & Potter, Boston, are
importers, wholesale druggists and chem
lists, and for twenty-five years have been
the foremost house in the trade in New
England. The Cuticura remedies have
grown to such an extent that the business
has been transferred to tiYe-story labrato-
~, built and fitted expressly for the pur::
pose, and conducted under the name OF
the Potter Drug and Chemical Company,
in compliment to Mr.. Potter, the real dis
coverer of CutiCura.
R-It is popularity supposed that adver-
Using will sell anything, regardless OF mer-
it. Is il true.
Mr.. Van S.-NO. 4 remedy falsely
claiming to possess virtues OF which il is in
fact destitute, will surely fail, as 1t ought
tC. No reputable tirm-and druggists are
the most competent judges-wOuld think
of risking fame and fortune in any medi-
cine unless it had under the most trying
circumstances proved itself TO possess ex-
uaordiuary medicinal value. The expense
attending the introduction OF such RENE
dies is enormous. 4 fortune must be spent
before any return can be expected. Andif,
after a wide distribution, they are found to
he all that is claimed for them, those who
have been cured will recommend them one
to another, and thus make them remuner-
alive. | may safely say that over S5On,OW
have been paid the newspapers alone for
advertising CutiCura, besides all that has
been expended for pamphlets, circulars,
signs, etc When a mGn backs his state
ments with his own money, you may gen
orally rely upon them. This the Potter
Drug and Chemical Company are now do
ing.
R.-Have they ever before originated
remedies 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 lifetime that q discovery is made
of a remedy that such a firm is willing to
stake reputation and fortune on.
R.-Are their propects tiattering or
otherwise?
Mr.. Van S.-Nery fattering, Although
they have as yet realized but bare inter
est on the amount of money invested,
they will in time meet with large returns
because, as said before, the remedies I'M.
doubtedly possess great merit, and besides,
they treat blood and skin diseases accord
ing to new and thoroughly rational plan
that must take a firm hold on the conf
dence of those who suffer from chronic dis
eases OF the blood, skin and scalp.