Show A Japanese c The Tho rh statement of or Secretary Foord Foort I of th the American Asiatic association I that in Japan counterfeiting o of American trade marks has assumed the proportions of u a national industry indus Indus- tl try only confirms previous a advices alce on the subject It is evident Jent that thul man many Japanese b business men Inca possess a peculiar peculiar liar lIal code oC or commercial morality Americans who have done tione business ii In and Yol Yokohama report that one may impose implicit confidence in the thi Japanese merchant so fur Cat us as the thc ob- ob 1 0 written or 01 vcr vor- vance servance of contracts bul hul Is IK concerned d ah also o that one ma may drop up a it pocketbook ket on the thc of or his shop and re an any time lime within with with- in a week find it with contents intact The rime dishonesty of or tile Hie Japanese sharper sharp form forum or of picking er Cl I does doe not take tale tho time pockets elt Originally nal ly time the artistic tem tem- emil JI of or the Japanese found vent manu maim In III Imitating articles of or foreign and amid tl selling Bulling them as just It as good Now Non the successful imitation Is univ r Ully of the tho V very ly trade marks g practiced and the tho spurious articles palmed d off ocr as os absolutely genuine Complaint is made of or the Ow In enet of lh tho Japanese government o to this evil coll It is hard to belle believe that i t If representations were Ill made b by proper American commercial organizations to remedy the tho Japanese authorities no would be b. afforded Japanese of or the reputable clasp eiss n mi-n th those sc well troll imitate their Amerl un might In tile the fight tight now being waged wag wag- substitution c ed against tin tho evil of or American newspapers und timid Ln magazine to these days day as a's im- im havin having much say against time the nefarious practice and I If C Japanese pu publications ale aro ambitious thc they will lend lenti the to be up-to- up date up-to-date influence likewise |