, 1879-05-06
How Unprincipled Empiric1 Steal tho
Brains, Skill. and Experience
of Other Men.
Few lrords shont Tie [|adway Remedies and TLelr
luequa|cl Retord...Tle Successful Career
Of q rnblit Beneiatior.

englt Ah extent Is t!i9 lite Ea3e that TG believe
there "a hardly \ great taf1le h history which
Inns hot becn Violently nttackcd by contrmw,-
raftcs and bitterly misruprcscntod. In many
casca this lMs been tho outcome Of wounded
vanity AMI scnse OF pcrs0hat failure. but
this category does not cover all the examples III
our own aye Of those who strive 10 et, the we'll
earned reputation Of prominent n.cn. Thfs Is
eIltncntly commercial age, anil tlr majority
arc apt to measure tnu yaiue Of things byn
purely moncy.stn,llard. Take, Tor example,
wha. Is termed "tsadc.mar|s.' This, In ous
sense. Is ;,Iccc Of property, wlcI, Is proteetel
by law rs Mitei ns i,ntt!lt Or a book CODY right.
lii another sensc It Is the rcuutatn OF tnailu-'
facturcr pr merchant, representing, wiltti the
article has accsetl grcnt Op.llar slicueas, The
estimate which mank!nd puts OIL hin and his
work. In l,oth tlleae phases It. Trademark
must ever he reear,cd by tc public and By the
lAw ns something Of sagretl fnport, more 10 IN
ita ethicni relations to The law If right and
wsnng thAn piece OF Hicrcty n1atcrl! property.
Cassio Ia made by Shakespeare 10 say:
Who stcols my purse steals trash.
int he TINT hlchcs IRAN me my good name
1{ni,s mo OF that which nut r,lflcI.es lin,
And makes Me pnue indeed.
Let us nnsfy this to tic theft Of trademarks,
or that kncaknE and insidiotls mctllod BY wll!uli
enough of Trademark Is stolrl, to rlicat tho
public, and at tho 8nsIo tiiic 10 cyalc tic LITTER
Ut the law. Il manufacturer, by thc hDt,esty
a.Hl excellence Of Ills goods. makes hls tradc-
mark a valuable pcco Of property, for It Is the
nleans Of Identification by which tIie buyer rec
oRntxcs What le needs. Other articles. IN many
instances worthless, arc put On ,lr n,arlct, aul
the more stgnlllcant part u the original trade
mark is used. Thousands ot people, who do not
thss scevcl iptu aying VIII, tev % 10 no, eali aa
for. YIN. Is the rcsuit, N.t only /. tho honest
~ ~ M q, o1 IL q 3c p.os @
injured, since the article u found 10 bc wurtnlc1A.
nha 80 ~ Is ncceeaie4 WIN ewing tse puhllc
oao,y actsso1atea or RnoG': tne maateF
hrsa1s, o9t p'',aEtus .! tne Erl"iai.oH . lsrlt.
IL Nn"ay atf; %hoss '9neue1 e H., 1asr ,asuTcd
r5sSiiss1y msas!ass sse n, t1a;s me- VIII, sss
~lqs success ana IT. khosn ~ 20 universally
SEM iltttshee osaeia. Mnu consequently inc tfaie-
n. % " ~ ~ fh ~ ~ ~ tf 'nIs. t. IT, Ams
ar,s ,fet o. I'll II 10 'nns4 ~ hY na.
fesnpled e. eSnae tnls ny iho nian rclStred TO
aev. lne exae, t"atca" t i q n1ths tho tG,
tolscnt ataleh. some ntAGr 1u@etisn ur!flg
% intn H. t 'ns oa1stess s
n"nc ,. uG'"Ies Is.,ra ,.v S' rS,, "'ne, tupms s
,ho se G1n Man"mx 1s,Sy: Mhwsy sa to
tnen'seEes. ASaia. a'o,ng' %MMt'tnT % aa iaken the
Wotas Meaay , Meie' aha fSt,s h1s paepafa!son
nhaef this borrower a,i tit!e. Ihese ~ no WY ot
prcssnt.nE tael, ou.n,ons oTt BY the action 0f
lne pnicHhesEe s tnesnsc!sss' ist every muyer e.
ano eare1ny M f IaoGi ~ "Sm ~ sccetsss tne
Itml,eny L. ftn In this tnr t1,n.r svh,, sTrIys IN
I'LL, ,h' pr,,,tn tjnn n,J "anr,ar;;v of ~. ,xau ~
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H. fn. ft,o tntnrnst ~ Nm n,ihi,r M H.. 'hsr yr
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.,te rt,c,cs n.; nnt frnuI"icn i,,,Iiyt,,ns r'
In n,sI,y cases such caru uIr ,.an ,te JiiicrctSo
ts n,,5 1ma sn".
uaxs nd n.,serv ~" IT. II" n.rcsoi1 il ,, ts
it III =, "',ri.s is, ~ ,ht ~ ~ % III VIII -" .ns n
ill., % s y md honnra6ls ~ ~ asseots
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~ m n.n NJ nnfritrra,;on mn, slicat,efy nj e"m.
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