The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-15

boxed were sent to the palace.
 pays. The building. which as I have said belongs to an American insurance com pany, is one of the best n Berlin. It has many Americans iI 1t, including the United States Consulate General and several American newspaper correspond ents, The kodak Is sold on a corner fur ther up the street, and an American cash register company has another corner with
 windows full of catchy advertisements of It's machines, One of our chief type
 writers has another prominent corner, where you can see pretty German girls clicking away on American machines at any business hour of the day, and the American-German Graphophone Company | has also a corner filled with these red,
 white and blue boxes containing it's re- | cords.
 Advertising in Berlin.
 Ore reason for choosing an expensive | Ice alton Is the advertisement The Ser
 mans have their own laws as to such
 matters, and all bill board advertise
 ments have to be submitted to the city | architects before they can be put up. No one can put out d sign without sucn con | sent. Advertising is not done Cn the
 walls. Real estate boarls are not put up
 in the vacant lots, lnd when d circus
 comes to town it has to be contented
 with little round towers which have been
 put up at the street corners for adver-
 Using purposes. Wien Buffalo Bill gave
 a show in Berlin ne could find no place
 for hls show bills. and whel the Barnum
 circus came some years ago 1t solved the problem by buying up store windows and | store fronts and putting the pictures in
 side the stores. This was not liked by
 the other German merchants, but it was
 a new thing. and at that time no law had | been enacted against 1t.
 Unfair Competition
 One must be careful how his advertise | merits are wordad. There Is a law against | stating anything which cannot be sub | stantiated. and he who does so is liable to | be sued for unfair CCmpati ion I have | from Brainard II. Warner, Jr. our Con- sul at Leipsic, a translation of the law
 of unfair co npeuu0n. It provides. in the
 first place. that any falsehpod in an ad- vertisement concerning the method of production, source of supply, or character of the wares, subjects the person making 1t to a fine of $357. Second that spread ing a false report concerning a compet- itor Is punished with a similar fine, or imprisonment for one year. And third any deception as to iuality of goods in- cluding false weight. Is punished for ev- cry infringement with a fine of $S5. The same law prohibits a clerk from livulg- ing a business secret while employed. and any deception as to quality of goods, in
 such information Is also liable to pun l ishment. The fine in his case is 3,0OO
 marks. or $7l4.
 The Yankee Lost His Suit. Indeed, an American who comes to Ger
 many to do business has many things to | learn. There are new laws for every
 thing, and he needs legal advice at every step. One American who is in trade here | recently wanted 10 remodel his store and
 throw four or five rooms into one. He asked for competitive bids from several builders on the understanding that the
 lowest bidder was to have the job. He
 awarded it accordingly, and then one of the other bidders brought suit against him for the time and labor employed in
 making the plans he had submitted. The
 American fought the suit and lost it. He
 not only had to pay $loo to the unsuccess- l full bidder, but also the costs of the suit and the fees of the plaintiffs lawyer. The man who loses a law suit in Ger
 many must not only pay the costs, but also the fees of his opponent The legal | fees are fixed for each case. and they are very low. One can hire a good lawyer
 for one day for $12.50 and the drawing | up pL l'si .it-lS Ct'SlS HIIle more than iilc | charges for ordinary clerical hire in the | United States
 Electric Cars in Berlin. l Berlin has now a good electric car sys- | tenn. The cars are of the American pat
 tern, many of them having been made in , St. Louis. They are sent here in pieces | and arg T1lt together by the German me- | chanics. Each car seats twenty-eight
 passengers. and there are certain num-
 her of standing places on the platforms,
 No smoking is allowed In the cars, but
 there Is on the wall outside little brass shelf with erooved holes into which cigars
 can be stuck by those who wish to go in | side. Each groove has Its number and
 the thrifty German after coming out | lights up his cigar and finishes his smoke.
 The American would throw away the oi-
 gar: the German smokes 1t to the end, although he does it in sections.
 Cheap Fares.
 The ordinary street car fare is 10 pfen- nigs. or 1-2 of our cents. In some
 cases extra fare is charged where the | course is long but I have ridden sev-