Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-31
To the Flour and Rice MiIlcrs
or TIE UNITED SIXTIES.

OF TIE UNITED STaTE.S.
EtEN fLEMEN,-lt appears hat ma.
" ny have refused to pay for license
to use my improvements in the art OF
manufacturing -four, and in lesyening the
labor in lice mills, waiting the decision
of the United State courts; while many
Others have paid freely the sums l de-
manded for my license; there can exist
no reasCh why some should pay aud o
theirs &c exempt. There has already been
a sufficient nurber of decisions establish
ing the law, that each iniringcr is Liable
70 pay rreb!e my actual damages, which
cannot be rated at less than the value Of
the use OF my property during the in
friOgement. have expended the great
est part of long, ardunus, and indetatI-
gable Lille in study aud czertiuna to invent
and introduce into useful operation seve-
raj important aid 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 unjustitab!e
opposition, wasting the profits Of those III
operation, which had intended to apply
TO put others in Opei atiOn which had
discovered but which now Law dormant,
to NY 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, aud in my agents travelling
tor many years to make the utility OF the
improvements known, aid 70 instruct
mtlwrights 10 make, and millcrs to use
them. The law cOntempIates that | shall
receive ample remuneration, and by it l
was encouraged to risk the great ex-
penSes. have repeatedly published that
TIE price of NY license Tor the remainder
Of the term should be, the full price Of
the labor aud boarding saved by tue use
of ms improvements in one year only,
with lawful interest until pad; but 10
those who inlringcd my rights, and re.
fused to pay when called on, | would,
beginning with the year ending January
%, 1918, count the sum saved in labor
aud boarding during the lat year (equai
to the first price, as a new sum becoming
due, aud running on interest also; and
so Oh, the 22d day ct January in each
and every year thereafter L new sum
saved in LABOR and boarding becomes due,
and runs on interest until license 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 of them to meet the eX
penses which they have compelled me TO
incur, The above are now the only
terms OH which my agents are instructed
to grant licenses, ana they are instructed
to institute suits against all in!riDgers
without giving them another call.
Those who wish to purchase licenses
may apply to John Love, esq. auckland,
Pr,nce William. county, or ~ capt. John
Moudy, Richmond, Va.
OLIVER EVANS.
NoTE.-Persons using Mr.. Evans
imprUy emenls, or parts at them, unpaid
for. will b. sued If they do not discharge
the claim IN application. Mir. William
IL. Alexander has, under ny authority
from Mr.. Evans, been empowered to re-
ce,ye payI,elts and deliver LICENSES to
use his improvements. Payments, there
lore, made to him, John MvUuy, u nv
ssil, will q. ore be valid, aud save the ex.
pensc ui sal, ana treble damages 10 tie
defendants. JOAN LOVE.
lanuary2 In