Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-10
TO the Flour and Rice Millers
or THE UNITED STATES.

. UT lHE CSN1lED - II co
~ ENrLEMEN,-It appears that ma.
VI ny have refused to pay for license
to use my improvements in the art of
manufacturing -four. and 10 lessening the
labor in rice mills, waiting the decision
of the United States courts while many
others have paid freely the sums I de-
mauded for my license; there can exist
no reasoL why some should pay and
theirs be exempt. There has already been
a sufficient mi aber Of decisions establish
ing the law, that each iniringer is liable
70 pay treble my actual damages, which
cannot be rated at less than the value d
the use Of nv property during the in.
friugement. Ihaye expended the great
est part Of long, arduous, and indefa:i-
gable lie in study aud exertions to invent
and introduce into useful operation seye-
: Al important and highly useful improve
msnts, from which great benefits are de-
rived to the users, and could have put
in operation many more equally useful,
but vas prevented by the unjustifabIe
oppU a'ion, wasting the profits Of these in
operation, which had intended to apply
to put others in operation which l had
discovered; but which now lay dormant,
to my great modification and the public
injury. | coRe into the courts claiming
remuneration for my time aud labor
the great expenses that 1 have incurred
in advertising repeatedly over the Uni
ted States, aud in my agents travelling
for many years to make the utility Of The
improvements known, aid ~ instruct
miilwrights 10 make, and nIiilers to use
them. The law contemplates that shall
receive ample remuneration, AMI by it |
was encouraged TO risk the great ex-
penses. nave repeatedly published that
the price Of my license Tor the remainder
of the term should be, the full price OF
the labor and boarding saved by the use
Of my improvements in one year only,
with lawful interest until pad; but 10
those who iItringed my rights, and re.
fused to pay when. called Oh, ! would,
beginning with The year endins January
%, 1915, count the SUN saved IN labor
and boarding during the last year (equa.
to the first price) is u new sum becO,hI. &
due, aud running Oh interest also; and
SO on, the 22d day OF January IN each
and every year thereafter new sum
saved IN labor and buaI ding becomes due,
and runs on interest until incense BE- pur:
chased, demanding the interest only Oh
all these sums, leaving the principal in
the hands of the users; which Is The least
can receive Ut them to meet the ex
penses which they have compelled me to
lncur. The abvve are now the only
terps on which my agents are instructed
to grant Licenses, anu they are Instructed
to institute suits agaius. all IhiliHgers
without giving them anIlhsr call.
Thuse who Wish to purchase licenses
may apply to John Love, esq. auckland,
ptlnce william. county, or to capt. John
Moody, Richmond, Va.
OLIVER EVANS.
NoTE.-Persons using Mr.. Evans
improvements, or parts Of them, unpaid
Tor, will be sued If they do not discharge
the claim on application. Mr.. William
H. Alexander has, under my authority
from Mr.. Evans, been empowered TO re-
ce;ve payments and deliver licenses to
use hi. improvements. Payments, there.
lore. made to him, John Mouhy, or nv
self, will alone be valid, and save The ex-
pense ot sait and treble damages to the
defendants JtHN 1--we.