The Montgomery advertiser., 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 candlestick makers, are compelled now by Uncle Sam to take the people into their confi- dence and tell them just what they are selling. Uncle Sam has left very little to chance. The strong arm of the Washington government has com pelled manufacturers to state plainly on their labels what adulterants have been used in preparing the package.
 Perhaps no other class of manufac- turers 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 dam gerous 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 manu- lecturers do some lively squirming; while 1t has brought joy to the hearts of those who were giving the people square deal.
 E. C.. Fowler, the well known drug gist. in discussing this point with our reporter. made some comments so in- teresting that they are reproduced here for the benefit of our readers.
 There's a good deal of satisfaction in
  Fowler, "but there's much more In having that fact RECOGNIZED.
 Four years ago we were one of the thousand leading druggists who met together to discuss the patent medi- cine situation. All or us expressed dissatisfaction at havlng to sell reme dies whose formulas were unknown to us. As servants of the public, of course, we sold whatever eur trade called for. But we wanted to be able to sell our customers at least ONE line Of patent medicines whose formulas we KNEW, and THEY knew-remedies whose reliability and efficiency we could back up with our own names and regulations.
 'The Rexall Remedies were the out come of that meeting, and our cooper ative company, the United Drug Com pany, was formed to manufacture them.
 No Curealls in Rexail Plan.
 No 'cure-alls', no secret formulas but 300 remedies, each the most suc- cessful and safest cure known to the medical world for a specific human ill., Rexall druggist and his customers THAT was the Rexall plan from the be- ginning!
 The great success of Rexail Reme dies has been no surprise to us. They are the BEST cures, and they're sold in the SQUAREST way. Every Rexall Remedy is sold with the understanding that the customer, if dissatisfied. will get the purchase money back by sim ply returning the empty package or bottle-and we have always lived up to this guarantee.
 The agitation against secret formu- la patent medicines during the past two years has never affected Rexall Remedies in the least because their for mulas were NEVER SECRET-and ev- erybody knew it!
 Uncle sam Adopts the Rexaii Plan.
 The United States government has at last come around to our way or thinking. and passed d Pure Food and Drug Law. But we didn't need the government 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 manufac- turers to tell you as much about their preparations as we voluntarily tell you about Rexall Remedies, and always have. Cnly the dangerous drugs in other patent medicines are revealed the rest of their ingredients are still kept secret from you. You know EV ERYTIIING that goes into ReXall Rem edies their COMPLETE FORMULAS have always been open to the public.
 We, like all the other Rexall drug gists, have always had the formulas session, and have given them to thous ands of our customers.
 Don't you think we have reason to he proud of our connection with ReXall Remedies? Don't you think You have reason to nut faith in them? adv