The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-14
BOTTLERS
WANT LAWS
That Will Protect Their Trade
Marks.
ANDRETURNTHEIR BOTTLES
Annual Meeting of Association
Held Here Yesterday.

The members of the Kansas, Okla
homa and Indian Territory Bottlers' as
ISOLATION held their first annual session
in the board of education rooms in the
city building yesterday and considered
the bill for the protection of bottlers.
which Will be introduced in the legisla-
ture this winter.
This bill contemplates the making of
law that will fix a penalty on any
bother who uses the bottles of other
companies over the state, and will pro-
vide for the rturn of the bottles to the
rightful owners. This is source or
great loss to the bottlers over the state.
They get supply of bottles when their
syring trade opens and the cases of filled
bottles are sent out over the state and
territory Some of them come back and
some do not. Some of the bottles are
broken but only a small per cent are.
The others are either stolen by small
boys or thrown away. In any event, the
bottles ge. into the hands of other bot
tiers. Sometimes this bother takes the
trouble TO send them back and some
tines he apporpriates them 20 his own
use.
The association wants to have a law
passed that will make it a serious offense
for one bother TO use the bottles with
the trade mark name of any other
bother. the same as a trade mark is pro-
. tected by the general government
Each bother with a special brand OF
goous has his name and trade mark
blown in the bottle. and this trade mark
is registered with the secretary of state.
This seems to do little good and the
bottlers want some law passed that will
compel the return of their bottles.
Last December a number of bottlers
met here at the time of the implement
mems convention and decided to call
meeting of all the bottlers in Kansas.
oklahoma and the Indian Territory and
form permanent organization. At that
time a committee was appointed to pro-
cure a charter and yesterday this COM
mittee reported that the charter was
ready to file with the secretary of state
and that this would be done in few
days.
The following officers were elected yes
terday:
President. II. B. Allen, Wichita.
Vice president j. z. Levers. Enid. o. T.
Secretary treasurer, Arthur Johnson,
Winfield.
The members of the board of trustees
are: H. B. Allen. ]. f. Levers. Art
johnson, W. B. Bennette, Hutchinson.
and J. A. Morley. Topeka.
The membership of the organization is
forty-five Twenty five new names were
added al the meeting yesterday and about
thirty-five of the members attended the
sessions.
At the close of the session it was de-
cided to meet again in Wichita the Sec
ond Tuesday of next January.
The new member, when he signs the by
laws. agrees that as far as he is able
he will cause the return of all bottles
to the rightful owner that he finds in
his city and to inform the secretary OF
any bottles in other firms hands that
belong to bottiers in other cities and
which there is reason to believe have
been stolen.
Section ) of the bylaws. which the
members must sign. follows;
Each member of this association here
by agrees to and with the other members
of this association that he will not buy.
sell or fill with any beverage, any bot
tie. box siphon or key having blown.
etched branded or otherwise produced
thereon the name or names or otncr
marks of devices of any other member
of the associa ton where description of
such name or names other marks or
devices shall be or shall have been filed
and published as required by law and the
amendments thereto, without the writ
ten consent of or unless the same have
been purchased from the person, firm or
corporation whose name. mark or other
device shall he upon the bottle. box. 81
pom or key so bought. sold or filled.
Each and every member Of this asso-
citation further agrees that he vii! send
all bottles. kegs. cases. boxes. siphons
or other vessels belonging to other MEM
beers Of this association to the party 10
whom they belong as soon as possible