The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-11
THE CUrIcURA REMEDIES.

Some Facts Regarding Them-WhO Makes
Them, and What Is Thought of Them by
the Drug Trade-Interview of Times Re
porter with Peter Van schaacl<, Esq.
Chicago Times.
To enable the Times to furnish its readers with
some reliable Information regarding the Cuti-
cura remedies, which are now attracting so
much public attention, a reporter called yester.
day upon Mr.. Peter Van Setback, OF Van
Setback, stevenson q Co., wholesale and retait
druggists corner Lake and Dearborn streets,
when the following facts were elected: t..,
R.-Wi yOu Ublige the readers OF the Times by
answering a few questions regarding the CUT
cura remediesl
MIR. Van s--Certainly fire away.
R.-Do they sell well3
Mir. Van s-The sale of the Cuticura Cuticura
ResOvent, and Cutioura Soap, have been unpre-
cedenred.
R.-what reasons do you give for so large
sale2
Mr.. Van ST. give four reasons. First, they
are original and revolutionary in their compost
ton ana mode of treatment. Second, they un-
doubleday possess great curative properties.
Third there thousands upon thousands OF
sick and suffering who have tried and found
wanting the usual remedies and modes of treat
ment, and who are ready TO welcome really
great and successful medicine. Fourth, the
price of them Is within the means OF every in'
valid.
Rare your large sales of these medicines
through your agentsl
Mr.. Van $40; they are legitimate mail or.
derS. We employ no travellers on the rOAd-aro
fundamentally opposed to that way of selling
gOods-Uhe retailer has 10 stand such expenses.
and such staple goods as these require no one to
force them off.
R.-Do you class the Cuticura remedies as
patent medicinesi
MIR. Van 81 do not They are proprietary,
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 kn0wt-
edge.
R.-Can you tell us something about the origi-
nat0rsf
Mr.. Van s-Weeks & Potter, Boston, are i'm
porters, wholesale druggists and chemists. aud
for twenty-five years have been the foremost
house in the trade in New England. The CutE
cura remedies have grown to such an extent
that the business has been transferred TO a five
story laboratory, built and fitted expressly for
the purpose, and conducted under the name OF
the Potter Drug and Chemical Co, in eompl-
ment to Mr.. Potter, the real discoverer OF Cuti-
cura .--s-.
R.-It is popularity supposed tnat advertising
will sell anything, regardless of merit Is 1t
truei
MIR Van s.-No A remedy falsely claiming to
possess virtues of which IT is in fact destitute,
will surely fail, as it ought to. No reputable
frm-and druggists are the most competent
judges-would think of risking fame and fortune
III any medicine, unless 1t 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 be spent before any
return can be expected. And II, after wide
distribution, they are found to be all that Ia
claimed for them, those who have been cured
viii recommend them one to another, ana thus
make them remunerative. 1 may safely say
that over $500, 900 have been paid the. news-
papers alone for advertising Cuttcura, besides
all that has been expended for pamphlets, circu-
lars, signs, etc. When a man backs his state
ments 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 remedies
for popular usef
Mr.. Van 81 believe not. They are, like our
selves, agents for u great many, but we think
the CCticura remedies ara the first that they pre-
pare themselves. 1t is but once IN u lifetime
that a discovery is made of a remedy that such
"a firm is willlnS to stake reputation and fortune
Rare their prospects hattering or other
wisel
Mr.. Van s.-very fattering. Although they
have as yet realized but "A bare interest on tile
amount of money invested. they will In time
meet with large returns. because, as 1 said be-
fore the remedies undoubtedly possess great
merit, and besides, they treat blood and skin
diseases according TO a new and thoroughly
rational plan tnat must take n firm hold on tho
confidence OF those who suffer from chronic dis
eases OF the blood, skin and scalp.