The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-03-14
FRANK ". BUCHANAN.
PATTED ON THE BACK BY
UhC.E SAM.
His Organization was -Four Years
Ahead Of the Pure Food Law.

Mr.. buchanan Wa Actively Identified
With the United Dtug Company. Makers
of Rexall Kemediet. Which ha. Been
More Than Complying With the New
Law, Even Before 1t was Thought Of in
Congress
The widespread interest in the Pure
Food Law, when went INTO ell CT Janu.
AIRY |, has reached apparently every ciass
IN the community. The grocers, the
butchers, even the candlestlck makers.
are compelled now by Uncle Sam TO take
he people into their confidence aud tell
hem just what they are selling. Uncle
sam has left very lutte to chance. The
ST. oag arm of the ashlngton Govern
meut ha- compelled manufacturers 10
state plainly 90 their labels what adul.
terants have been used IN preparing the
package.
Perhaps no other class of manufactur
ers have 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 OF the public. the Pure Food
Law has made some manufacturers DO
some lively squirming, while it has
brought jov TO The hearts of those who
we're giving the people square deal.
Mr. Frank BuckDam, the wel-known
druggist, in discussing this point with
our reporter, made some comments SO
interesting that they are reproduced
here for the benefit of our readers
There's good deal of satisfaction 10
knowing you've done right" said Mr..
Rucknam, "but there's much more in
having that fact RECOGNIZED.
-Four years ago We were one of the
thousand leading druggists who met to-
gether to discuss the patent medicine
situation. All of us expressed dissstis-
tac'Ion at having TO sell remedies whose
formulas were unknown to US. As serv
ants of the public, of course, we sold
hatever our trade called for. But we
wan ed to be able to sell our customers
at least ONE line of patent medicines
whose formulas we KNEW, and THEY
knew-remedies whose reliability aud
efficiency we could back up with our
own names and regulations
THE Rexall Remedies were the Out
come of that meeting, and our coopera-
tive company, The United Drug Com
pany, was formed to Manufacture them
No Cure in ReXall Plan.
mo cure alls,' no secret formulas
but 800 remedies, each the most success
full and safest cure known to the medical
world for specific human i'll and every
formula known to every Rexall druggist
aud his customers-THAT was the Rex
all plan from the beginning,
The great success of Rexall Rene
dies has been no surprise to us. They
are the BEST cures, and they're sold in
the SQUARE>T way Every Rexall
| Remedy Is sold With the understanding
hat the customer, If dissafi fled. will
2,t the pnrchaee money back by simply
returning he empty package or bottle
and We have always lived up to this
guarantee
The agitation against secret formula
patent medicines during the past two
years has never affected Rexal Rene
were NEVER SHORTHAND everybody
knew il
Uncle Sam Adopts the Rexall Plan.
1.-THE United States Government has
at last come around to our way of think
ing, and passed Pure Food and Drug
Law. But we didn't need the govern
ment to push us to tell what is in our
remedies-we thought people ought to
know that four years ago!
Even the Pure Food Law does not
compel other patent medicine manu-
facturers to tell you az much about their
preparations as we voluntarily tell you
about Rexall Remedies, and always
have Only the dangerous drugs in
o her patent medicines are revealed
the rest of their ingredients are still
kept secret from you. You know
EVERY THING that goes into Rexal
Remedies their COMPLETE FORM
ULAS have always been open to the
public.
We, like all the other Rexall drug
gists. have always mad the formulas Of
the 800 Rexall Remedies in our possession,
and have given them to thousands of our
customers,
Don't you think we have reason to be
proud of our connection with Rexall
Remedies? Don't you think YOU have
reason to put faith in them?