The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-25
SPECIAL NOTICES
TO THE PUBLIC.

| TO THE PUBLIC
Mr.. George Meyer has seen fit in his advertise
ment in Sundays and Mondays issues of the
Savannah MORNING NEWS and in Monday
| afternoons Times to attack the Savannah
Brewing Company and create an erroneous i'm
preston relative to the usage of label, which
he calls bold imitation, and that the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Association had compelled the
Savannah Brewing Company to stop the use
thereof We. therefore, desire to publish the
full facts connected with this matter and all let
tiers passing between the parties concerned. At
meeting of the directors of the Savannah
Brewing Company, held on Aug Is, at which
Minis, Sam. 8. Guckenhelmer, F. J. Ruckert,
John Juchter, Gustave Fox and D. Entleman,
the following letter was read:
CoPY1.
ST. LOUIS, Aug 10. 1891.
| Savannah Bretctno Company, SAVANNAH, Ca:
| GEETLEMEN-We have been informed that
| you are using label on bottled beer put up by
your company, whose principal feature is
| diagonal red band or bar across it, and which is
| an unmistakable and fragrant imitation of our
| registered trademark. You are now respect
fully and distinctly requested to stop the use of
this imitation label at once and to destroy all
| labels you have on hand ID the presence of Mr..
| Geo. Meyer who is representing interest
there. If this be done, we shall abstain from
| further prosecution otherwise we shall proceed
| AGAINST you according to law as made and pro-
i vided
| For your information we will mention that
| we had a similar case against the bother of
| VIM J. Lemp's beer in Baltimore. who used a
| label that was not even such q fragrant imita-
| ton of our trademark as the one you are
| aud have been using; nevertheless the court de-
cided for us and issued a perpetual injunction
| against the offending parties Yours truly,
ANHEUSER-B BUSCH BREWING ASSOCIA-
= TON
GEO. KRUMsIcK Vice President.
The board examined into the claims and for
the first time saw the label referred TO- They
concluded that if the Brewing Company was
using label which they had no right to they
were willing to discontinue, and authorized the
vice president to communicate with the An
heuser Busch Brewing Association to that ef-
| feet. He wrote as follows:
| COPY 3.
| SAVANNAH, GA, Aug. 15 1891.
Anheuser- Busch Bre,1tng association. 81.
: LOUIS, No.:
| DEAR SIRs-We have your favor of the 10th
| inst. We have no desire to use our present
labels il they are an infringement of your reg
! istered trade mark, and would ask that you in
| form us what your trademark consists Of Is
it merely the diagonal red band? Kindly give
us full particulars Yours truly,
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY.
Per l. MINIS, Vice President.
Pending this correspondence the following
letter was received from Mr.. George Meyer:
COPY g.
SlvANNAH, GA, Aug. II. 1891.
MeSsrs. Sdv1nndh BreIota0 Company, Sd
Udnndh, Ga:
DEAR SIR: You are probably aware by
this time that you have infringed upon
our sacred right in the matter of a copy
| right label called the Faust beer which we alone
manufacture and had the right to sell under a
pecu lar style Of label which we have elected tC
use for this particular brand, and without wish
ing to act with Indecent haste, after thorough
consultation with the brewers of this beer TO
wit; The AnheUser Busch Brewing Associa ton
of st. Louis Mo-, they have called upoa you to
discontinue the use of this label under cert all
conditions named to you in their letter of the
18th inst, and | am yet without advice from
them as to what you intend doing in the prem
ises. Will you kindly oblige me with prompt
reply. stating exactly what your intentions
are? Yours respectfully,
GEORGE MEYER.
To which the following reply was made:
SAVANNAH, GA. Aug. IS, 1921.
Mr.. Geo. Meyer, Savannah, Ga.
| DEAR SIR-We have yours OF the 18th inst
heuser- Busch Brewing Association and an
swered it. Yours respectfully,
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY,
Per l. MINIS, Vice President.
Which was followed up by another letter
from MIR. George Meyer;
| d.
SAVANNAH, GA, Aug. 10. 1891.
Savannah Brewin0 Company, CT y:
| GENTLEMEN am in receipt of your brie
letter of yesterday, and in reply beg to say thai
III view OF the fact that have numberless in
stances daily brought to my attention where
| INSCRIPTIONS dealers are substituting the beel
under the label in question for Faust beer wheI
the latter is called for, thus showing that the
same is intrudlng on our sacred rights, ear
neStly request you to say at once what you in
tend doing in the matter. for if you are disposed
to be fair and honorable, and presume yol
are you will see the necessity of giving me O
| prompt reply to this direct question. Yours
respectfully, GEORGE MEYER
This was answered as follows:
COPY O.
AUGUST 10th, 1891.
M. Geo. Meyer. Sdudnndh. Ga:
| DEAR Strive have yours of the 10Th inst
As we have before informed YOU we hive re
ceived letter from the Anheuser-Busch Brew
ing Association relative to the matter which
we answerel !. We are new awaiting their re
ply. Very respectfully,
SAVANNAH BREWING co.
Per l. MINIS, Vics President.
Two days later the following letter was re-
ceived from the Arheuser- Busch Brewing As
ISOLATION:
COPY :.
Sr. LOUIS Mo Aug 90, 1891
SdU1nnGh BretoiHJ Conn GAy. .SdUGnndh, Ga
DEAR STRs-We have received your letter OF
aug. IS, and in reply would beg to inform yor
that our registered trade mark on which you
have infringed, is a diagonal red band acros
the label. We have sent the certificate of regis
trstion Of the same TO Mr.. Geo. Meyer to-day
who will show it 20 you aud we trust that you
will discontinue using the same, AMI not put US
TO the trouble of protecting our rights by law
which we shall do il the use Of it is not stopped
at once Yours truly.
ANHEUSER- BUSCH BREWING ASSOCIA
| TON.
C. E. PoEsr, Corresponding Secretary.
Whereupon the Savannah Brewing Com
pauy, feeling satisfied that the position Of the
Anheuser- Busch Brewing Association was cor.
rect as regards the similarity of the labels, aud