"TROUBLE BREWING."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 5

"TROUBLE BREWING."

.: HATE EESTOBEE' AND CUPS AND ■:■,: ;■;-' ;.:;:,:; : ,saucers. ;;.//,.;; ■} . Sir,—ln your; issuo of. the 18th appeared an. article under the. above' headings, which.stated that the trouble ingestion was -due to •;' "canvassers who: recently visited, a, district: near Auckland "and ; 'victimised a:'large number"of people."After giving details, of .:the:. tactics employed .by, a hair .restorer .canvasser, who disposed of his wash for cash'by promis r iug.tb make.a' free present of naif a dozen : cups; and'saucers to , each , '.pur-, .chaser,-itincofrectly;butlined; : the-methods adopted by..aVgentlemnn who was representing a first-aid;, 'cabinet: and obtaining -orders. only::fbr, same. .As .these are. the only canvassers-mentioned,' everyone 1 who reads:that:article •naturallytcamo -to- the' conclusion : that either the two: men were r identical or that both had- been' victimising'the people in the district.,.-, That tie .first one did so'-.appears .extremely .probable, but 'that:the .second one did, or had any:intention of doing/60,, wO, tie Eidg'.way. Society, who are .the sole. proprietors, ■ manufacturers, • and distributors of tho Kidgway first-aid cabinet ; (if, that is the outfit referred : to), ;do most' emphatic-. ;ally deny,. '"..'"■-■. v '/,.'■ . 'Whether it'.referred.to -our: representa.Bve or not,;tho result is sociefy, which. ;has been engaged-during the past; twelve, -months'in'"endeavouring to supply, every: home .with a ;complete .first-aid ''outfit,--'where,-of all .placeSj'it is the most necessary, has had' its work 'considerably hampered /because > people have got the impression 'that the cabinet" is,]ust-. as ; much; a'fraud as the hair restorer. That this is not the, case;. we are' prepared to prove.and herewith submit for your.perusal'dozens/of/testimonials from, loading, medical men throughout' the-Dominion, testifying:"as.to its genuineness,' efficiency, . and walue.'and we assert ; if anyone is: in ,a position to know, the'value of the, contents of : this .excellent. little-.household necessity, it is'a medical:mari. The orig-' -inal.price of.the cabinet was .£2 2s.,'.but in order-, to bring it within Ith'e. reach of. overyone, our society operates on a ' cooperative, .basis; that is,- ■if their representatives can secure' a certain - number of orders- in each district, the cabinets will •be' delivered at a reduced; pricey and if, on tho other hand, sufficient orders are any district,,no delivery ■take's/place, and as no one has paid any- , deposit, no one can' by ' ,any: possible chance have beeu victimised. . This is inado perfectly.; clear to : everyone," and everyone who;gives an order simply agrees ,to purchase one at the reduced price of 28s. 6d., if the'total orders obtained warrant a delivery,, in iwhich, case everyone is advised to that effect...... Tho whole-hearted and practical 'support; as evidenced by the orders we have already received, from./ an appreciative public, including eminent doctors, prominent,public men, and .representative people -of every profession,, trade, and ■ calling, not ; only in tho Dominion, but throughout Australasia, affords conclusive proof of the,merits. of tho Eidgwoy first-aid cabinet, and; is in itself sufficient guarantee. that it is deserving of the appreciation it has always met with As we understand some irresponsible person is hawking around an article fashioned after,our cabinet on his own account,'we take' this,opportunity; of satisfying ,the public that both our cabinet and the contents are plainly, marked "Ridgway,", and, we then guarantee same. Wo. feel sure,, in justice to us, you will give this letter tho '■ same . prominence the other "article "had, 'and that:you will be only, too pleased to verify "our. statements, and' draw the attention of.lypur. numerous readers to the' wrong. impression; created 'concerning our' cabinet' through reading the article in question.—Yours, etc.,,, . The; Eidgway Society (Ecgistered).,-., fWe have-received'the list of testimonials from medical men and others.X referred to. The names include a number of, medical men in New Zealand, as well as those in other parts; 6£;th6'.;world.']-,.