The Washington herald., 1920-03-28
CHILE, LAND OF VEAL TIL OFFERS ~-
OPPORTUNITIES TO YANKEE CAPITAL

and salt air on arrival. and might
be made Of noncorroding alloys.
Fiber and rawhide parts suffered
the same damage. Machinery ship
ments were securely boxed. but in
many cases boards had been broken
from the cases to be used for floor
ing in ships holes, exposing ma
chinery to moisture and damage.
Wire or iron bands around boxes
would prevent this.
A Philadelphia concern 1--WE will
call II the Brown Novelty and Man
ufacturing Coz, entering Chile
some years ago. found that a small
retail merchant had registered its
trademark, expecting to sell out to
the owners. The matter was re-
ferred to a New York lawyer. He
got in touch with a lawyer In
Brazil! The latter took It up with
an abogado in Chile. Threats OF
prosecution failing, the company
sent a representative to Santiago.
Seeing that he had little hope OF
obtaining money, the merchant sur
rendered the trademark on condi-
ton that he be sold goods. Then
the representative did a commend
able Job of business protection. It
costs only thirteen pesos to regis
ter trademark in Chile-less than
$3.50. Only the company's trade
mark was protected. Anybody was
free to register its company name
in the same way and use IL, or a
name resembling 1t, like Brown
Novelty Co.." or the names of its
different products. So he spent
more than 800 registering the COM
pany's name, and name combina-
tions that could be made to look
like II, such as:
Brown Novelty Manufacturing
Co.
Brown Novelty Co.
Brown Manufacturing Co.
Results Prove wisdom. -,
Names of individual products
were registered as we'll, and the
large business since built up in
Chile by this concern has been
well protected against limitations
and infringements.
While the Latin Americans talk
hopefully about getting Yankee
capital. quite little Swedish
money Is being quietly put into en-
terprises on the Southern continent.
One Of the most interesting is a
paper mill to be located in Chile's
southern forest country. Chilean
publishefs are today paying $50 q
ton for. American newsprint, OF
which one-quarter represents ocean
freight. They have Joined hands
with Swedish paper men, acquired
10000 acres Of forest-bearing
araucaria trees. which make ex-
cellent pulp, and IL Is estimated
that paper can be made for about
$35 ton and delivered in. Santiago
for SIS more. AS the forest trees
are cut Off they will be replaced
with auick-growing variety-tho
araucaria requires a couple Of CEN
turies to reach maturity. With a
short motor-truck haul. paper can be
shipped from the mill by rail to
Argentina and east coast cities. 1t
Is not unlikely that the Chileans
may one day sell US print paper.
Because chile's currency fiuctu-
ates greatly in value, the practice
has grown up Of leaving merchan-
disc in the customs house until ex-
change takes O favorable turn. A
draft on New York to pay for $1,000
worth of our goods might cost 5000
pesos today, but maybe only 1000
q few weeks hence. The customs
house has been used as q storage
and banks in Chile have facilitated
this practice by allowing importers
to postpone the payment of drafts.
British and other concerns doing q
large trade with Chile thoroughly
understand this custom and adjust
their terms accordingly. Demand
for prompt payment has often led
to the refusal of goods by pur-