Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-02
To he Flour and Rice Mi!lers
OF THE UNITED SIXTIES.

or THE UNITED ST.iTES
ENEN rLEMEN,-lt appears that ma
Il ny have refused to pay for license
fn use my improvements in the art OF
manufacturing Hour, aud in lesseniug the
labor IN rice mills, waiting the decision
rs the United States courts; while many
o.Aers have paid freely The sums l de-
mandei fpr nv license; there can exist
no reason why some should pay and o
tess ne exempt. There has already been
a sufficient M aber of decisions establish
.ag the law, that each infringer is liable
% pay reb,e my actual damages, which
rInnnt BE- rated at less than the value 0l
re use OF NY property during the IN
cement. | have expended the great
e,t part Vt long, ardu0us, aud indetau-
gable lite in study aud exertiOns to invent
aud Introduce into useful operation SeVt-
raj important and highly useful improve
Inenis, from which great benefits are de-
lived to the users, and | could have put
in operation many more equally useful
hut was prevented by the unjustlhaole
opposition, wasting the profits ot those IN
,neration. which | had intended to apply
10 put others in operation which l had
discovered but which now lay dormant
to gly great mrrtifcatioa and the public
lrjqrv. come into the courts claimIrs
remuneration for my time anu labor
the great expenses that have incurred
il advertising repeatedly over the unl
id States, aud III my agents travelling
iJr MANY years TO make the utility OF the
Improve Lents known, aid 10 instruct
r.ii!wGishts 60 make, and mIliers to Use
them. '!ha law cOntempIates that | shall
receive ample remuneration, and by /; |
WAS encouraged to risk the great eH-
peuses. have repeatedly publlsE@. that
the price Of my license for the remainder
Of the tenn should De, the iull price vi
the lahJr aud boarding saved by tie use
of M Improvements IN one year onl ).
with lawful iaterest until paid but to
those who iafrinSea my rights, and re-
fused to pay when called an, would,
beginnins with the year ending January
-, 1918. count the sum saved in labor
aad BOARDING during the last year (equal
to thr fist price, a, a new sum bccOmi' 2
due, and rCnp;ng Oh interest also; and
50 ON, the 22d day IT January in each
anL every wear thereafter u Lew sum
sayed in laUur and boarding becomes due,
aud runs on interest uuhi license be pur'
chased, demanding the interest only on
al, these sumS, leaving the principal q
tiS hands of the users; which is the least
| eau receive of them ~ meet the eX'
neuses which they have compelled ne 10
iucur. The above are now tie only
ttrms ON which my agents are instructed
- grant licenses, anu thew are instructed
10 institute suits against all inhinger1
without giving them another call.
Those who wish 10 purchase licenses
may Apply IN John Love, esq. Buckand
Pruce William county, or 10 capt. John
Needy, Richmond, Va.
OLIVER EVANS.
NoTE-Persons using Mr.. Evans
improvements, or narts uf them, unpaid
for, viii b, sued it they DO not discharge
the claim on application. Mr.. William
Il. Alexander has, under ny authority
from Mr.. Evans, been empowered 10 re-
ccive payments and deliver licenses tC
use his improvements. Payments, there
tpre, made to him, John Moody, or my
sill, will alone De valid, aud save the ex'
heuse OF suN aud treble damages to the
defendants. JOHN LOVE.
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