The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-02-26

The widespread interest In the pure
food law, which went into effect Jan
uary /, has reached apparently every
class in the community. The grocers,
the butchers, even the candle-stick max
ers, are compelled now by Uncle Sam
to take the people into their confidence
and tell them Just what they are selling.
Uncle Sam has left very little to chance.
The strong arm Of the Washington gov
eminent has compelled manufacturers to
state plainly on their labels what adult
terants have been used in preparing the
package
Perhaps no other class of manufacture
ers has been more deeply stirred than
the makers of patent medicines" They
are now compelled BY law to state on
their labels the names Of dangerous drugs
used in the preparation Of their remedies.
Like all laws that work for the benefit
LOT tile public, the pure food law has
made some manufacturers do some lively
lsquirming, while it has brought ioy to
the hearts Of those who were giving the
people a square deal
Mr. Wells, the well known druggist,
I in discussing this point with our report
er, made some comments SO interesting
that they are reproduced here fol- the
benefit of our readers.
"There's a good deal Of satisfaction iii
knowing you've done right, said Mr..
Wells. but there's much more in having
that fact RECOGNIZED
-Four years ago we were one OF the
Thousand leading druggists who met to.
tgether to discuss the patent medicine
situation All Of ne expressed dissatis-
faction at having TO sell remedies whose
formulas were unknown TO us. As SER
wants Of the public, Of course, We sold
whatever our trade called for. But We
wanted 10 be able TO sell our customers
at least ONE line Of patent medicines
whose formulas we KNEW. and THEY
knew whose reliability and eff
ficieney we could back up with our own
names and regulations.
"The Rexall remedies were the out
come of that meeting. and our co.opera-
tive company, the United Drug company,
was formed TO manufacture them.
No Cure-alIs in RexalI Plan.
NO cure alls, no secret formulas
but 800 remedies, each the most success
full and safest cure known to the medi
cal world for a specific human i'll, and
every formula known to every Rexall
druggist and his customers-THAT was
the Rexall plan from the beginning!
! THE great success Of RexaIl RENE
dies has been no surprise to us. They
are the BEST cures, and they're sold IN
the SQt Arrest way Every Rsxall
remedy is sold with the understanding
that the customer, If dissatisfied will
/ get the purchase money back by simply
returning the empty package on bottle
and we have always lived up to tins
guaranteed
"I'he agitation against secret formu.
la patent medicines during the past two
Years has never affected Rexall remedies
in the least, because their formulas were
1 NEVER SECRET and everybody knew
1itl
Uncle Sam Adopts the Rexall Plan.
"The United States government has
at last come around to our way Of think
ing, and passed a pure food and drug
law. But we didn't need the government
TO push US TO tell what is in our rene.
dieswe thought people ought to know
that four years agoi
Even the pure food law does not com
pei other patent medicine Manufacturers
to tell YOU as much about their prepare.
tions as we voluntarily tell YOU about
Rexall remedies, and always have. Only
the dangerous drugs IN other patent med
icines are revealed the rest Of their in.
gradients are still kept secret from you
You know EVERYTHING that goes in
TO RexalI remedies; their COMPLETE
| FORMULAS have always been open to
the public.
Eve, like all the other Rexall drug
gists, have always had the formulas Of
the 300 Rexall remedies in our posses
sion, and have given them TO thousands
of our customers.
Don't you think we have reason 70
be proud Of our connection with Rexal
lremediesg Don't You think YOU have
treason To nut faith in them ~