PRIDE OF ILLINOIS SUGAR CORN PACKED BY THE ILLINOIS CANNING CO

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STATEMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE: "OUR TRADE-MARK CONSISTS OF THE ARBITRARY WORD-SYMBOL 'PRIDE OF ILLINOIS.' THIS HAS GENERALLY BEEN ARRANGED AS SHOWN IN THE ACCOMPANYING FACSIMILE, IN WHICH IT APPEARS IN BLACK LETTERS ON A HORIZONTAL LINE, AND BENEATH WHICH ARE ARRANGED THE WORDS 'SUGAR CORN.' BETWEEN THESE TWO LINES OF LETTERS IS REPRESENTED A PARTIALLY HUSKED EAR OF CORN. AT THE RIGHT OF THIS EAR OF CORN IS REPRESENTED A FLOWER, SUPPORTED BY A LEAVED STEM, AND TO THE RIGHT OF THIS LEAVED STEM, IS REPRESENTED A YOUNG GIRL WITH A WREATH OF FLOWERS IN HER HAIR. AT THE RIGHT OF THIS LATTER REPRESENTATION, ARE SHOWN SEVERAL DISCONNECTED LEAVES, BENEATH WHICH ARE ARRANGED THE WORDS 'PACKED BY THE ILLINOIS CANNING CO.' THE REPRESENTATION OF THE EAR OF CORN, FLOWER, GIRL, LEAVES, THE WORDS 'SUGAR CORN' MAY BE ARRANGED OR ALTERED AT PLEASURE OR ENTIRELY OMITTED WITHOUT MATERIALLY ALTERING THE CHARACTER OF THE TRADE-MARK, THE ESSENTIAL FEATURE OF WHICH IS THE WORD-SYMBOL 'PRIDE OF ILLINOIS.'"