Must Not do Anything so Foolish.
At Chemnitz, in Saxony, a particular cla^s of traders have found it necessary to adopt means of preventing what they term " unfair competition " on the part of a fellow tradesman. A local bootmaker advertised that on a particular day he would give a pair of slippers to all -*i who called at his shop. The rival bootmakers of the town were seriously alarmed at this and were soon up in »rni<. They applied to the Civil Tribunal for an injunction to restrain the offender from giving effect to his advertised intention on the ground of unfair competition, wnich was granted. By this decision it appears that a tradesman may Bell his goods as cheaply as ho likes, bat he must not present them to his customers gratis.— British and Colonial Drug* atisfc-
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Manawatu Herald, 12 April 1898, Page 2
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138Must Not do Anything so Foolish. Manawatu Herald, 12 April 1898, Page 2
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