The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-10
II,r oU1iOUnA HrMEOits.
some Facts negsrd ~ Them who Makes
Tbem, and what Ia Thought 81 Them by
tbs Drug Trsds-intervlew 81 Times

some Facts Regard ~ Them who Makes
Thea, and what Ia Thought 81 Them by
the Drug Trads-interview 81 - Times
Reporter with Peter Van Scbnnk, Esq
TO enable the Times to Furnish Its readers
with some reliable information regarding
the Cutlcura remedies, which are now atl
tracing 30 much public attention, q re-
porter called yesterday npon Mr.. Peter Van
Schaak. of Van Schaak, Stevenson IL 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 few questions regard
ing the Cuticura remedies
Mr.. Van S.-Certainly; fire away.
R.-Oo they sell we'll
Mr.. Van. S.-The sale of the Cuticura,
Cuticura Resolvent, 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 treatment. Sec
ond, they undoubtedly possess great cura-
sive 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
successful medicine. Fourth, the price of
them is within the means OF every invalid.
R.-Are your large sales OF these medi-
cines through your agents?
| Mr.. Van S.-No; they are legitimate mai
orders. We employ no travellers on the
road-are fundamentally opp osed 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 off.
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 tor 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 a fve.story labora.
tory, 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 discov-
erer of Cuticura.
R.-!t is popularity supposed that adver-
Using will sell anything, regardless OF
merit. Is 1T true!
Mr.. Van S.-No. A remedy falsely claim
ing to possess virtues of which it is in TACT
destitute, will surely fail, as it ought to
No reputable firm-and druggists are the
most competent judges-wOuld think OF
rlsking fame and fortune in any medicine,
unless it had under the most trying circum-
stances proved itself to possess extraordin.
airy medicinal value. The expense attend
ing the introduction of such remedies is
cnrl,, t,Ct In hnfn
any return can be expected. And if, after
wide distribution, 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. | may safely
say that over $500 600 have been paid the
newspapers alone for advertising Cuticura.
besides all that has been expended for
pamphlets, circulars, signs, etc. When
man backs his statements with his own
money, you may generally rely upon them.
This the Potter Drug and Chemical Com
pany are now doing.
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 a lifetime that a discovery is made
of remedy that such firm is willing to
stake reputation and fortune on.
R.-Are their prospects tlattering or 9TH
erwise?
Mr.. Van S-Very flattering. Although
they have as yet real zed but bare interest
IN the amount of money invested, they
will in time meet with large returns, be-
cause, as l SAID before. the remedies I'M
doubtedly possess great merit, and besides,
they treat blood and skin diseases according
to a new and thoroughly rational plan that
those who suffer from chronic diseases OF
the blood, skin and scalp.-[Chicago Times.