XXIV

TRADE  MARKS
The  registration  of  your  trade  mark  should
be  attended  to  as  soon  as  possible  if  it  is  your
intention  to  enter  the  Latin  American  field
with  the  article  which  you  manufacture.  In
many  of  these  countries  the  laxity  of  the  laws
governing  this  important  commercial  protection ­
  work  great  hardship  on  legitimately  established ­
  enterprises.  I  regret  to  state  that
in  nearly  every  one  of  these  lands,  it  is  legally
permissible  for  anyone  to  register  any  trade
mark  on  fulfilling  certain  simple  conditions
and  the  payment  of  a  small  fee.  The  result  is
that  a  class  of  men  without  scruples  are  continually ­
  on  the  lookout  for  articles  which  are
being  well  advertised  in  this  country,  knowing
the  probabilities  are  that  sooner  or  later
there  will  be  a  demand  for  them  throughout
the  world  and  especially  in  the  place  wherein
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