The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-09
Oppose Use of Quaker" AS
Advertisement of Whis-
key Brand.
PETITION CONGRESS
S. Edgar Nicholson Presents
Bill to Senator Kern for
Introduction.


names by manufactu OF articles
that enter into interstate commerce
by the Friends of the United States
even to the point of the framing of
bill to be presented before Congress is
expressed by s. Edgar Nicholson, who
is representing the Society of Friends
in Washington, d. c. Monday after
noon following the session of Con-
gress. Mr. Nicholson went into con-
ference with Senator J. w. Kern re-
garding the proposed bill.
The bill will apply to the using OF
church names as trade names, i. e,
certain manufacturer of well known
brand OF rolled oats has operated that
article on the United States market
for a number Of years under the trade
mark of "Friends Oats or Quaker
Oats" and using pen sketch of Will
liam Penn, the founder OF the Quaker
Society in America As an aid to adver-
tise the commodity
Oppose Use Of Name.
The widespread use of the trade
mark, Friends" or Quaker Oats
was not opposed by the Society until
a few months ago a southeastern dis
tillery placed on the market brand
of spirits named Quaker Whiskey."
This proved the straw that broke the
camel's back for the opposition,
which had been mildly expressed
against the oats manufacturer, became
so fierce that the monthly meetings
throughout the United States dis
cussed the apparent outrage against
the Society of Friends.
To further aid in the distribution of
the whiskey the southern distiller ad-
vertised the Quaker Whiskey" wide
ly throughout the entire country in
both newspapers and magazines.
The protest from the Society of
Friends as expressed by S. Edgar
Nicholson will be founded on the
grounds that the Quakers as a whole
throughout the United States and
world have been radical in their op-
position to the manufacture of whis-
key and intoxicating liquors and then
on the. other hand to have one of the
leading brands of whiskey bearing the
name of the denomination Haunted
before the American people is not a
situation which is coveted by the so
ciety.
Draft Restricting Bill
Mr. Nicholson went to Washington,
Saturday to arrange a conference with
the Indiana junior senator and his
meeting was slated for Monday after
noon. From the news of the result of
the conference it is quite probable
that Senator Kern will introduce a
bill which has been prepared by the
representative of the Friends church.
The bill as will be Introduced by
Senator Kern does not apply to the
Friends denomination alone. In the
wording of the measure it states that
it is an act prohibiting the use of any
church name by manufacturers of ar
ticles used i'll interstate commerce.
A Richmond Friend in speaking of
the agitation, said that he was of the
opinion that. if the manufacturers mo-
tives in naming their products as
Quaker" products was because of it's
purity, then he had no objection to
the using of the denominational trade
mark. but on the other hand. should
the manufacturer desire to do it for
profits and at the same time does it
as a matter of ridicule, then it should
be stopped.
Cites Local Example.
AS a home example, he stated that
many years ago Richmond was nick
named the Quaker City" and with
that title in mind certain candy man
ufaCturer named his establishment the
Quaker City Candy company. and uses
that corporation name on his products
"Of course" said the man, the Qua.
kers have no opposition to the use
of the name. as many thousands of
Friends will tell you, but the recent
outrage OF a whiskey distiller to name
his product as a matter of ridicule
against the denomination, which
stands as an opponent of the whiskey
traffic, is too much