Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-28
To the Flour and Rice Millers
OF THE UNITED STATES.


ENTLEMEN,-lt appears that ma.
" ny have refused to pay for license
70 use my improve !:.ents in the art Of
man ufacturing -four. and In lessening the
ebor in rice mills, waiting the decision
of the United States courts; while many
others have paid freely the sums I de-
manded for my license; there can exist
no reason why some should pay and o.
theirs be exempt. TheNbas already been
sufficient number OF decisions establish.
ing the law, that each inIringer is liable
to pay treble m5 actual damages, which
cannot be rated at less than the value Of
the use Of M property during the in.
frinssment. have expended the great
est part Of a long, arduous, and indefati-
gable lite in study and exertions to invent
and introduce into useful operation seve-
raj important 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 umustlfiable
opposition, wasting the profits Of those in
operation, which had intended to apply
to put others 10 operation which l had
discovered but which now lay dormant,
to my great modification and the public
injury. come into the courts claiming
remuneration for my time and labor
the great expenses that | have incurred
in advertising repeatedly over the Uni
ted States, and in my agents travelling
for many years to make the utility Of the
improvements known, and to instruct
millwrights to make, and millers to use
them. The law contemplates that | shall
receive ample remuneration, and by it /
was encouraged to risk the great ex-
penses. have repeatedly published that
the price Of my license for 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 paid but to
those who infringed my rights, and re.
fused to pay when called on, / would,
beginning with the year ending January
%, 1918, count the sum saved in labor
and boarding during the last year (equal
to the first price) as new sum becoming
due, and running on interest also; and
50 on, the ED day Of January in each
and every year thereafter a new sum
saved in labor and boarding becomes due,
aud runs on interest until license be pur-
chased, demanding the 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
incur. The above are now the only
terms on which my agents are instructed
TO grant licenses, ana they are instructed
to institute suits against all iniripgers
without giving them another call.
Those who nish to purchase licenses
may apply to John Love, esq auckland,
Prince William county, or to capt. John
Moody, Richmond, Va. |
OLIVER EVANS.
NorE.-Persons using Mr.. Evans
improvements, or parts of them, unpaid
for, 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-
ceive payments and deliver licenses to
use his improvements. Payments, there
fore, made to him, John Moody, or my
self. will alone be valid, and save the ex.
pense Of salt aud treble damages TO the
defendants. JOAN LOVE.
Januarys I'm