Arizona republican., 1916-01-12
A Ruling Against Fraud

The decision of the United States supreme court upholding the law intended regulate statements regarding the effect of proprietary and patent medi cncs in interstate commerce, aims removal of great evil but it's effect will be instantly felt; that s until the extensive ad- >ertising that has been given these medicines has passed away. But that will not require a very long time. for this advertising or any kind of advertising has been suspended the public quickly forsets all about it. ~.4
 :he wonderful that has followed the ad Nertisment of patent medicines has resulted less the ingenuity of the advertisers and their claims than from their continuous persistence. Sc, in six months many e-alls which regarded by many household necessities will be but only Jmly remembered unless local dealers should under take the expense of keeping the memory of them fresh in the localities where they offered We suppose the decision which applies such medi- in interstate commerce would not prohibit any msstatement that might be made and confined with in
 Put there would probably be few local dealers their patrons in the effective that has been Iractced by the prOpretors of these medicines Even
 any were disposed to do it they could not issue the tons cf literature regarding each nostrum with which every state is now flooded We suppose too that most of the states would do of them have all rcaci done and pass laws against ntra- decep u Il as the United States supreme con- srued the Sherley law prohibit deception
 All the better newspapers of the country have agreed not assist in the perpetraton this kind of fraud the heartess of all against people and we believe that in few years any newspaper which still remains accessory such fraud wilt be x" despcable in the of the people that will be as harmless against the people it will be value less to advertisers.
 Our language has lent itself, in part, the de- of the propretors of patent medicnes-in the peculiar and recognized meaning that has attached itself to the word cure" Such meaning does not ielong to the corresponding word in any other suage. By cure" led to understand re- oovery f health The corresponding words in various European languages "kure." ''cua" "kur" and cure" meaning, for the verb, treat and for the noun, treatment. In Europe is a method or course of remedial treatment for disease With us it successful remedial treatment of disease England the English word is understood to have ;he European rather than the American meaning. As Co the difference between the meaning of the word cure in England and it's meaning in this country. we gre uncertain whether has come from the renter exploitation of this country by patent medicine fakts or whether meaning which has grown up some other way has made this the most fertile field in the world for patent medicine fakers
 remedy and may be two quite different things The former afford relief and may st. be harmful We have in mind a certain treatment the manufacture of which the government has lately sup pressed because it claimed to have discovered that cocaine and other powerful drugs which have lately come under the ban of the government, essential parts of the medicine. It advertised as d c'i". The maker honestly stated that it re sardcd by him a but remedy relief such HS one might secure by change of climate Thousands of of the medicine have testified they nave been afforded relief and have sald that th.y have been cured. In this there misstaoment to the effect of the medicine with respect to the disease but the government believed
 that the after effect mgh be than the original disease.