. The Pharmaceutical era . should be sufficiently remunerative without being bol-stered up by any of these makeshifts, but as It Is afact and not a theory which confronts us, we mustadmit that it is not. Hence, the true remedy is to lookinto the causes leading to the shrinkage of profits, whichis due chiefly to diminished sales. This results from lessdemand, owing to decreased use both by the physicianand the public. In an effort to make up for the loss ofbusiness, the druggist has become the dealer in all kindsof cheap preparations; he has show cases and countersfilled with five and ten-cent
. The Pharmaceutical era . should be sufficiently remunerative without being bol-stered up by any of these makeshifts, but as It Is afact and not a theory which confronts us, we mustadmit that it is not. Hence, the true remedy is to lookinto the causes leading to the shrinkage of profits, whichis due chiefly to diminished sales. This results from lessdemand, owing to decreased use both by the physicianand the public. In an effort to make up for the loss ofbusiness, the druggist has become the dealer in all kindsof cheap preparations; he has show cases and countersfilled with five and ten-cent remedies and, perhaps, inaddition, has a window display of these articles. Infact, he has become a cheap man himself; he has becomeso imbued with the idea of cheapness that he fails toobtain the profits that he is justly entitled to on a largepart of the goods he sells. The commercial side hasovershadowed the professional. The druggist who places a proper estimate on thevalue of the knowledge he has had to acquire In order. Fadder. vy do you brefer the violet soap? Dont you see, Rebecca? Dere is two more raisedletters, enough to vash mine hants twice. to make himself competent to dispense drugs, who de-mands proper remuneration for exercising that ability;who realizes that his knowledge is of as much valueas is the article he is selling, and who makes the priceon that basis will have, at least in part, increased hisprofits. F. D. IVARNER. New Carlisle, Ind. RAISE PATENT MEDICINE PRICES; MAKE YOUROAVN DOMESTIC REMEDIES. What can druggists do to increase their profits?I would say that while the N. A. R. D. is working withsuccess assured, sooner or later, to increase tne profit onpatent medicines, there is another source often over-looked by the average druggist, and that Is in buyingarticles which he could just as well manufacture andsave from 50 to 200 per cent. on. For instance, whenMr. Smooth comes along with a furniture polish, .1dyspepsia tablet or headache powder that does
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