, 1870-03-25
The Watch QuesHon-A Card


10 the Editor a} 7As chifago Tribune:
alk: We With to correct the impression which Ii
conveyed In report LATELY published Ia regard n
law suit brought against Qs BY the National
Watch Company, OF Egtn, NJ
The facts arc as followH: On serefal occaRIons,
during the last two years, have been requested.
By Representatives Of tnl7 company and by theis
agentz, TO advertise their watches In the same
manner Il We had tdFertsed the Waltham
Watchea, which was to send them BY exptesa To
different parts Of the country, with the privilege
Of examination, and tho BILL 10 be paid on delivery.
or In other worda, c o. D.
One OF their agents insisted On leaving an as-
ahrtment OF these watches with Us On ssle. To
this We consented. but they remained On hand over
year unAod
Dnr1nE the summer Of last yeas the Rle,n COM
California and the F2ccc 6tatra On learning
this fact, We thought that possibly there mas i
market In those loeAluea for these goods, which
~eSe certainly drug here. We therefore adres-
Used thcm 70 . limited extent IN some ten or
dispose of sse soe1 We hsa sn " bsna and pe1 r.
naIe, receive further orders which We could nu at
my time, Is there WAS never any dlnlcpitJ Ia OF
t4ininR a fu1i supply OF these goodA
In tia advertisement re used The picture of a
watch. the sane IS used BY the Egin Company in
their own adversiteinentA. and By other dealers
whO advertised their goods for them We also
stated that We would send the watches by express
to any place With the BILL To collect on delivery,
and We also named the price Of The different
watches-
But II ecems this advertisement OF ours made
trble, ,f0r the E1gfn people had been TO the local
dealers in these distant localities and argued with
| #1y Do yos .tN Hallhass EateA<sf Hssnarrs
114ce Lfsts arc in ert7yaedvs hands and you edu,k
1nail psest-nosr i ~. III 1eeoas.aead Ie Eain
tFatch q yotr customers Al th< best, YOU ost
g1 are aa md aal,S s5Rt ' as a ns % q
| listx.
Therefore, when our advertisements appeared,
eomIlsints from these locald dealers poured In tnsk
| ami last on the Elgtn Company, aud They sought
relief In q lawsuit aga.nst us- They At nrst pro
| cured an Injunction On at11daEiH which we're H.
dealing IN bogus goods. Although they dd rot dare
To say 80 The injunction Hse simply this, that
we should not use their utslc picture (which they
their manufacture: this part was stricken out by
Judge Brady on the nsst hearing, and there Is nd
injunction Standing In relation TO trademarks at
ali: the rest Of the Injunction VIE "that we should
not oir< the f1nfressto in cur advertisements ths1
the Egn Co. authorized us TO seft thelf watches C.
.. D" Now we ncvcr asked their authority, bnI
| lid 1t on DnT own. 1t WIS our goO<fs We were al.
ycrisin9, not theIs; and 1t u This part OF the IN
Junction, which means - nsa5 nasnsns - anything
can, that 6ut stants, anil 1t is this that the pub
| shed report refers 10 and nothing more
a. the Elgn COMPANY arr Publishing these mss IS
.sss simply - adve.tissme1ts to consass t1 tnt
understand their u1utivea
l,1d thy 1ue :" tocanse Fs o5tred to st11d thsi
| Fdfches BY ftfge9SF Ao-f9T u1H SeHu srtTy trutel
thfy make by erpTess 70 Uei5 eustoners, HaA i b
rau.< .t';t them {. 9: D. IN other .sorts Cal
Sn Ielire7yf Not at all. But il nas beeauae He ad
tertiaed tktir T. r. Rysot .Eassh IN satrer east a
| $ea, Mr51 Nat Latin Hnteh in si!rer t1e for $2s
| and their L. r. Rarzossd Watch in a fttFfT nast ia
scH 7AA M. ,ehai brought The wruth u the conntr
| dtai<1. on khf E'gin head.
, Al these prices they Will pay any dealer from =
shstser sss & TO- much @ Or too TO- Etsie' but leave
| 10 the public.
Their assertion that their watches are superior
! any other American watches Of the same grade,
simply Ridiculous Compared with the Walthal
probably be many Jeara before they can compel
/, with them, either In quality or Price they hay
! | however, shown good sense IN copying the Wal
J. ! ham watch In size, pattern, and every other r
tpect, but l. only the lower grades hA1
attempted to make at Ill, and al the smprurcIncn
!, ! which they clziln, auch as **tinss c1clutrra
patented rnions, DC. have been IN use On Val
;, | ham watches for yeAra
ii eride7ee u the popularity of thk4s tao kin
nf sacrhxs Iaaks tie fo|touir9 statement: Dr
lie taN Of 1869 esnt cut th7e< thousand 11ee-lis
d an TaqeY 1shicA tAA Ea}thdnt sadches as9s
j. -fhtd with The prices, ard on th< o.Aer fhs Et'
!: and Mere seat No uord 9f preference N regard
! et1eT hind. 1heN tFe1a seTt . srefr Stase -
Unios1 end frpua them re rece1red oTckTt for
nj hundred trdfchts; n fheAe, Fre hundred d
rinsfp-rfne EtTe Hnshu1 acutfhes dnd ons ttdA
Erin trnteh: and The gentleman rho ordersd II
,nds frank enough to 10y II hia iett9r that he IN
nothing Of sier tfad but hs teo1ttd good .rase
II and had seesed the Eqin becutse il tras < ht
| t,t prIxu.. he prtsamed It tsas Tie btst
Il Il, Ia Siewo1 taeecc faetA any one wishes 70 b
: An Egtn watch, re are PREPARED y sel The
.e cheap. and We viii also send them, C. O. D., to
1 HowAzn i ca, No 90 nro.dvzy, SsF Tosk