Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-19
SUNDAY OBJECTS
WHEN PROFIT CUT
BY OMAHA :
Tells Syracuse I wv > They
Must Not Sell 3nets and
Post Cards Printed
Here.
COMPETITION INJURIES SALES
Forward Publishing Company In
sists It Has Right to Sell
Stories About Sunday.
LEGAL FIGHT MAY BE RESULT

Since his profits from sales of
BILLY" Sunday booklets and post
cards at the Syracuse tabernacle have
been seriously diminished by sales of
similar articles published in Omaha
and sold by independent Syracuse
book and news dealers, Sunday has
hired lawyers, according to dis
patches from Syracuse, and they have
ordered the dealers there to stop sell
ing the printed matter from which
the revivalist receives no profits.
For three weeks a fight has been
developing between Sunday and the
Forward Publishing company OF
Omaha, which got out the independ-
ent literature and pictures of the re-
vivalist and his work. Henry F.
Kieser, secretary Of the local publish
ing concern, says that it will pay no
attention to Sundays objections and
threats of prosecution, unless to en-
force the Forward company's rights
under the federal copyright laws.
While making only mild statement
for publication, Kieser inumated that he
thought billy Sundays commercial
ism in his revival literature and post
card business would soon cause the
revival campaign TO explode" and that
Mr.. Sunday would spoil his own game
by hollering because he didn't get all
the profits"
Mr.. ana Mrs. sunday object.
Charles A. Goss and several laymen
and ministers in the Omaha revival havo
called upon Kieser, the latter says, at
the instigation of the Syracuse revival
headquarters. and have asked the For
ward company to stop the sale of its
BILLY" Sunday literature and pictures,
because 1t was Objectionable to Mr.. and
Mrs. Sunday. -
Kieser also has letters from an at
torney named Young In Syracuse. in
which threats are made to invoke a
New York state law against using photo
graphs OF persons for advertising or
trade PURPOSES. without the consent OF
the person pictured. Kieser declares his
! printed matter is not violation of the
| Jaw Nit'hs Alt HHHtile itihL dd Nnt EOi
ward company has copyrighted the post
cards and booklet it publishes about
BILLY Sunday, and as they boost the
/ evangelist and do not infringe tho Law
or anybodys rights, the Forward COM
pany has a complete right to publish and
sell them.
1.-THE whole trouble is that Sunday Is
not getting his usual profit from the
sale of pictures and literature at syria
cuse, and so he Is hollering," Kieser
declares.
sunday Wants Every Penny.
In a written and signed statement
authorized for publication. the Forward
Publishing company. through Henry f.
Kieser, secretary. says:
1--WE are not fighting Mr.. Sunday. We
believe that If 100000 cards are mailed
from any city 1t can only help him. How
ever. it seems he wants every penny he
can get, to which we don't object. But
II he has notified the dealers of SYRIA
cuse to stop selling our cards ond oul
book, we shall enter suit against him.
He may set aside all conventions
laws, but he cannot set aside United
States law. He copyrights his sermons
and holds everybody to IT. We expect
to do the same with our pictures ant
book.
Much good results from a reviva
campaign, and we regret that this state
ment may tend to shake a few trail
hitters But is remains a fact that tn,
Sunday organization seeks to make Sun
! day greater and greater, and evidentl!
, seeks to control everything OF a CONNER
cial nature pertaining to a campaign"
B. ]. Bilz of Omaha is the only othe
person interested with Kieser in the For
, ward Publishing company During tn,
Omaha campaign Kieserfw manager o
Sundays own book store and Kieser say
he received only 10 per cent of the sales
the balance going TO the revlvalst. A
the close of the Omaha campaign tn
Forward company got out the publica
tions to the sale OF which In syracus
Sunday Is now obJecting.
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