Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-26
To the Flour and Rice MIllers
Or TIE UNITED STATES.

OF TIE UNITED STATES.
ENTLEMEN,-It appears that ma,
w ny have refused to pay for license
10 use my improvements in the art Of
manufacturing -four, ard in lessenins the
labor in lice mills, waiting the decision
of the United States courts; while many
others have paid freely the sums ] de-
manded for my license; there can exist
no reason why some should pay and o.
Tiers be exempt. There has already been
sufficient nuuber Of decisions establish
ing the law, that each iniringer is liaue
20 pay treble my actual damages, which
cannot be rated at less than the value oil
the use CT my property during the in.
fringement. have expended the great
est TART Of q long, arduOus, aud iudeiati-
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 coulJ have put
in operation many more equally useial,
BUT was prevented by the unjusti6abie
OPP 1sitiOu, wasting the profits of those 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. come into TIE 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
TOR many years TO make the utility Of the
Improvements known, ard TO instruct
millwrishts to make, and millers to use
them. The law contempIates that shalt
receive ample remuneration, and by it !
was encouraged to risk the great ex-
penses. l have repeatedly published that
the price OF my license for the remainder
OF the term should be, the full price of
the tabor aud boarding saved by the use
OF my improvements in one year only,
with lawful interest until pad; but to
those who infringed my rights, and re-
fused to pay VIXEN called on, I would,
beginning with the year ending January
20, 1918, count the sum ''ed in labor
and boarding during the last year (equa!
TO the frs. 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,
and 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
tincur. The above are now the only
terms on which my agents are instructed
to grant licenses, and they are instructed
to institute suits against all infringers
without giving them another call. p
Those who wish TO purchase licenses
| may apply to John Love, esq. BuckIsnd,
Prince William county, or to capt. John
Moody, Richmond, Va.
OLIVER EVANS.
NoTE.-PersoRs using Mr.. Evans
improvements, or parts of them, unpaid
for, will be suel if they do nor discharge
the claim on application. Dir. William
H.. Alexander has, under my authority
from Mr.. Evans, been empowered 10 re-
ceive payments and deliver licenses to
use his Improvements. Payments, there
,ore, made to him, John Moody, or M
self, will alone be ya,:d, and save the ex-
aense OF suit and treble (anages to tie
defendants. JOHN t0Fn.
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