El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-10
ALL WORLD REC
ORDS BROKEN
BY TANLAC
Bottles sold in four years
would reach from New
York to Denver.

This is an age Of big business and
although the public has become &C
{ custoned to big fig6Tes, the story
Of the marvellous growth and develop
ment Of Tanlac forms one Of the most
interesting chapters Of America s lat-
ter day commercial history
-Four years ago very Few peo-
pie had ever heard Of Ianlac--
TO-DAY 10 unquestionably has the
largest sale of any medicine IN
the world, and is as well known IN
Canada as in this country In Lle
/ brief period Of only four years time
this now famous remedy has leaped
from ohscurity 10 the very pinnacle
2 al. success. Its fame, in fact, has Ions
4 since spread beyond the limits OF the
+ continent and numerous inquiries re-
gardinE it are now being recelFeu
from many foreign countries.
+ Very few people. however. fully
2 realize what a really Wonuerrul
T record Tanlac has made. Indeed. II II
s we're not for the unqueslionaoLs "a =
and figures given out BY the larsest
and best known drug firms OF the
country the story Of its success would
I NJ to January first, the total sales
Of Tanlac amounted 10 appro1llna le-
2 ~ twelve million bottles Inc ue-
maud, however. IS incleaslils 2. ~ 49, ~
I ing the first ten weeks OF this year
over one million bottles were SOFA
and 5fstributed in the United States
and Canada. the exact 1lgure Helhs
1.5051S6 in three months
At this rate. therefore. the SAFES
. Tor The present year viii amount 70
more than five million bottles rms
VIII mean that 1900 bottles Of Tan
f lac VIII be sold during every CAV OF
the year, or 210o bottles. Tor every
hour Of the average working DAY
These figures are too stupen-e US
for the average mind TO grasp. out
one may visualize what twelve million
3 bottles means by imagining them laid
/ ont in a single file end 10 end Thus
said they would make a track or TAN
. lar from New York through Chicago.
T and on TO Denver. Colorado; OF p4ey
I would form a double track OF rama.
I from the Great Lakes 10 the GlA o.
+. Mexico. Piled end TO end they Woulo
I tower 135 times as high as FlHe
I Peak. or rise 1883 liInes hl-ll1l - ~ !
lthe WoolWorth building IN New YORK
he tallest building in the world
e The demand Tor Tanlac has become
so great that its sales instead OF pc
ing measured by the gross as ollel
breparations have been. is now reck-
oned by the carload. and even BY the
train load In proof OF this Il is
noteworthy fact that the leading drug
fobhers everywhere now buy Ianlal
almost exclusively in carload lots
To supply the Pacific coast trade
alone requires from forty 10 nifty car
loads per year. Joboers OF the Mid
Gle West are selling from seventy
to eighty cars per year gne = 15 IN
g concern alone. the Erans-smlln Drla
Company OF Kansas city. Missourl. Is
selling at the rate Of twenty car loads
OF $4,000 bottles each per year
3 a letter dated april 18TH, Jullus A
Price Of that COMPANY says In Lls'
urine the amount Of Tanlac sold slnci
taking this agency WeN 1lnd lnal W
are now working on the thirteenth
car. having sold more than quarter
OF million packages in eisn'
The weu known drug firm OF Hes
sig-Ellis Drug COMPANY OF Aemplls
+ Tennessee. has sold over FORTY car
Z loads since the Introduction OF Ianla,
3 ia that state four years ago --r- X
x. Ellis. president OF mat COMPANY
3 is authority for the statement tna'
8 the demand for Tanlac has beer
i greater than any other five medicine!
: combined
: within the past ninety days. ter
! carloads OF Tanlac have gone to sup
8 ply the demand Of British Colum nia
3 SaskatcheW evan, Alberta and Manitoba
LE. Charles Med Hay. President o.
I Lyman Brothers & Company. Llmlteu
z known iobbing concerns IN Canala
! SAYS. I'VE have handled in Ontario
z Province. Canada. five car loads o.
Z Taulac since October. 1918 while oul
3 total purchases have amounted TO i.
3 cars within the past two years
3 The owl Drug Company Of Sai
Z Francisco. the largest retail drIggis ST
z on the Pacific Coast. state that tnel
3 have sold more than 10000 bottles
3 a. retail which surpasses the remark
Z able record Of the Jacobs Pharrnacl
z Company Of Atlanta. who have soil
9 approximately $4,000 bottles a. re
8 tail
These enormous sales mean but on
! thing. and that is-Merit.
Tanlac is widely advertised. 70 d
true. but such an unprecedented an'
rapidly growing demand could not bl
brought about by advertising alone
Oneshottle is sold in neighnornoo'
through advertising but ten NOR
bottles are sold in that communitl
after the first bottle produces re
suits People are always Willing q
talk about their ailments. but thel
are more than willing TO tel Otner'
OF the medicine that helps them
Tanlac Is composed Of the mos
4 beneficial roots and herbs known {.
i science. The formula complies Wit
All national and state pure food au'
health laws Of both the United stat Tee
4 and Canada and absolute merit ant
4 merit alone IS responsible for its pne
T uomenal and unprecedented success
Tanlac Is sold in Fl Paso by KEN
e. Pollard and by the leading orus
+ gists in practically every city, tow
: and village in America--Adv-