Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-13

You all know that there is not day in
the week but some local dealer in some OF
your towns is selling goods under false
representation, and thereby not only de-
frauding the customer or buyer, but swindl-
ing-I use the word advsedly in all its
naked misunderstanding your subscri-
bers, readers and foreign advertisers, whose
advertisement you are carrying in your
columns, and whose interests l consider it
is your duty to protect l refer now to this
growing habit" of some druggists, grocers,
and general merchants, both country and
city, in palnlng off SUBSTITUTE tor the
arti Gle asked for by the customer. Great
For instance a customer asks his druggist
for Hoods Sarsaparilla, Carriers Little Liv-
er Pills, Pears Soap Scott's Emulsion, St.
Jacobs Oil, Cuticrlra, Apollinaris, Ridges
Food, Dr. Pierce's Discovery and Favorite
Prescription, German Syrup, Ayers Pector-
Enoch Morgan's Sapolio, VOLTS Acme
Backing, Dr.. Prices Baking Powder and
Extracts W. L. Douglas Shoes, Kinks
Soap, Pozzoni's Powder, Warmers Safe
Cure, DR.. schnec]k's Syrup, TUFTS Pills,
Hostetter's Bitters, Slocums Emulsion,
Ey's Cream Balm, Sozodont Peruna, Dr.
Green's Nervura, Ponds Extract, Castoria,
Perry Davis Pain Killer, Piso's Cure, Mrs
Winslow S. S. S., Halls Hair Remover,
Royal Baking Powder, Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment, Railways Ready Relief Lydia e.
Pinkham's Compound, Bcechams Pills,
Kinks Soap. DR.. Miles Nervine, Mellin's
Food, DR.. Halls Catarrh Cure, Bakers Co.
Goa, Imperial Granunl, Ridges Food, Lea e.
PERKINS, Sauce, Epp's Cocoa, Fairbanks San
Browns Bronchial Troches, Hires Root
Beer, etc.
He has seen these goods advertised in your
paper (Which has brought them customers)
telling of their virtues and what they will
do and cure; they are the very thing he
wants; but here the dealers get in their
work by the SUBSTITUTE racket; they tell the
Sarsaparilla, Carter's Little Liver Pills,
Scott's Emulsion, Morgan's Sapolio, st.
Jacobs Oil, DR.. Pierce's Discovery, Syrup
Figs, Pears Soap, DR.. Slocum's Emul-
sion, Pozzonis Powder, etc., but he has
'our own make" or Everetts Sarsaparilla,
Goods Little Liver Pills, Morse's Emul-
sion, Artemus Wards sapolio, sandlass'
Or. Whitcomb's Emulsion, Hazeltines
Cure, Fig Laxative Syrup or California Fig
Laxative, McKinney's Backing Millers
Shoes, Motifs Powder, etc., which are lust
as good and cost less, and the customer,
while he wanted Hoods, Carriers, Scots
and others mentioned, is in manner over
persuaded against first intentions, to take
u SOON-1Ol-uOVlllue5 SuUSUlLulc llldL HAS no
merit, and costs little or nothing to make,
that he never thought of-never saw adver-
tiscd, and which the dealers make profit
OF from 10 to 100 per cent. more than he
would on the scientific, meritorions
articles avertised in your papers. applause
Is not this substitute scheme robbery
of the publisher, an insult to the unwary
buyer, as well as a tremendous injury to
the advertiser who is paying you perhaps
hundreds of dollars to introduce his goods
in your locality; and are you not in duty
bound to use your utmost endeavors to
prevent such petty swindling. applause
You should, in my opinion, whenever
you find dealer resorting to this sUBsr1-
ruTE fraud, expose and denounce him
through your editorial columns, thereby
protecting your own interest, and that of
your subscribers and readers. (Applause.)
In my opinion it is time that the pub
fishers took hold of this matter in earnest
DEAD EARN EsT-and would respectfully
suggest that before this association adjourns
some action be taken looking to this result.
Tremendous Applause.7