Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1915 — Signs of the Times. [ARTICLE]

Signs of the Times.

_ “In Topeka,” writes George D. Biggs, superintendent of schools at Maple Hill, Kans., “I read a sign in the Campbell Drug Company’s store.” Here’s the sign: “We sell patent medicines but we do not recommend them. If you are sick see a doctor.” This shows what the present attitude of the most up-to-date druggists is. It is only human of druggists to sell patent dope, just as it is only human for the bartender to sell the booze that is the basis of his livelihood. The druggist knows better and the best bartenders side-step the stuff — but there’s money in it! At the last analysis, it is up to the publie. The press gives warning—the trade itself says: "If you are sick, see a doctor.” And even the doctors give more good advice than they used to, and fewer pills.—Contributed.