The traveler hedged.
"Of course it's immoral to tell lies and say a thing is what it isn't.

But on the other hand no one could run a patent medicine on the lines of warning the public as to what it isn't good for.

You say on the wrapper it will cure gout and rheumatism.

If a woman buys a bottle and gives it to her child who has got scarlet fever, and the child dies from it, it's her lookout and not yours.

When a firm does issue a warning such as 'Won't Wash Clothes,' it's a business proceeding for the firm's own protection." "Well, we'll issue a warning, 'Won't Cure Blisters,'" said Sypher.