Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-05
To the Flour and Rice MiIlerS
OF THE UNITED STATES.

q the tlDur Attu Nice Ml1CiS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
EEN rLEMEN,-it appears that ma
N ny have refused to pay Tor license
to use my improvements in the art at
manufacturing 6Our. and in lessenng the
labor in rice mills. waiting the decision
of the United States courts while many
others have paid freely the sums l de-
mandcd for my license; there can exist
no easoh why some should pay and o.
theirs he exempt. There has already been
a suticien' nu uber of decisions establish
inc the law. that each inlringer is liable
| 10 pay treble my actual damages, which
cannot be rated at less than the value Of
he use VI my property during the in
frinsement. have expended the great
est part # long, arduous. and indetali-
gable lite in study ard exer tons to in,s ont
and introduce into useful operation seye-
raj impo' tant and highly useful improve
ments, from which great benefits are de-
rived to the users, and could have put
in operation many more equally useful,
but was prevented by the unjustihable
opposition, wasting the profits of those in
operation. which had. intended to apply
to put others in operation which | had
discovered; but which now lay dormant,
to my geat modification and the public
! ira Y. come into the courts claiming
remuneration for my time aud labor
the great expenses that l have incurred
in adverti.ing repeatedly over the Uni
ted states, ard iu my agents travelling
i,r many years to make the utility of the
,mp 'Ovemeuts known, aid 20 instruct
m iwrights TO make, and miliers to use
them. The law contemplates that shall
receive ample remuneration, and by it |
was encouraged to risk the great ex-
peuses. have repeatedly published that
the price of nv license tor the remainder
Of the ten should be, the full price of
the labor aid boarding saved by the use
! of my improvements in one year only,
with lawful interest until paid; but to
those who intiinged my rights, and re-
fused TO pay wheE called on, | would,
beginning with. The year ending January
&c, 1915, court the sum saved IN iab,r
! and boarding daring the last year (equal
TO the FIST price) as a new sum becomi. &
due, AID running on interest also; and
SO on, the Odd day vt January in each
and every year thereafter a new sura
saved IN LABOR and boarding becomes due,
aud RUS on interest until license be pur.
chased demanding tine interest only on
all these sums, leaving the principal in
the hands Of the users; which is the least
can receive of them to meet the ex
penses which they have compelled me to
cur. The above are now the only
tcrms on winch my agents are instructed
TO :, ant licenses, anu they are Instructed
, TO lnstltute suits against all inllisgers
without giving them another call,
Inose who wish 10 purchase licenses
may apply TO John Love, esq, Buckland,
! friace Nililau county, Or tn capt. John
. Eoudy, ElchmUnd, Va.
! OLIVER EVANS.
NorE.-Persons using Mr.. Evans
! impro> ements, or parts Vi them, unpaid
.nr. will b. sued il they dc hot discharge
the claim on application. Mr.. William
II. Alexander has, under my authority
from Mr.. Evans, been empo"ered to re-
ceIve Payments aud deliver licenses TO
use h ; unprO'cments. Payments, there
lore, uadr 10 nm, John Moody, or my
sell, ~ui a,oRe D. valid, and save the ex-
pense Ol suit aud ueS!e canases 10 ths
/ defendants. JOIN 1--we.
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