Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-27
To the Flour and Rice Miilers
OF THE UNITED STATES.


OF THE UNITED STATES.
ENTLEMEN,--H appears that ma.
VI ny have refused to pay for license
10 use my improvements in the art Of
manufacturing -four. and in lessening the
'abor 10 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.
Tiers be exempt. There has already been
sufficient na.nber Of decisions establish.
ing the law, that each infringer 10 liable
70 pay treble my actual damages, which
cannot be rated at less than the value Of
the use Of my property during the in.
fringement. / have expended the great
est part Of long, arduous, and indefaii-
gable lie in study and eIertions toinysnt
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 WIS prevented by the unjustifable
opposition, wasting the profits Of those in
operation, which had intended to apply
to put others ia operation which 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 l 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, and to instruct
miIlwrights to make, and millers to use
them. The law contemplates that ! shall
receive ample remuneration, and by it l
was encouraged to. risk the. great ex-
penses. IhaVe 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 en-, would,
beginning with the year ending January
%, 1878, count the sum saved in labor
and boarding during the last year tequai
I to the first price) as new SUN becoming
tdue, and running on interest also; and
SO on, the ed day Of January 10 each
and every year thereafter 4 new sam
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
II can receive Of them to meet the cx.
penses which they have compelled me to
incur. The above are nov the only
tterms on which my agents are Instructed
| to grant licenses, and they are instructed
fto institute suits against all inirioger'
without giving them another call.
Those who wish 10 purchase licenses
nay apply to John Love, esq. auckland,
Prince William county, or to capt. John
Moody, Richmond, Va.
Nors.-Persons using Mr.. Evans
improvements, or parts Of them, unpaid
| for. will be sued If they do not discharge
the claim on application. Dir. William
| n. Alexander has, under my authority
from Mr.. E7ans, been empowered to re
! ceive uaype nts and deliver licenses Il
use his improvements. Payments, there
| fore. made to him, John Moody, or nv
self, will alone be valid, and save the ex
lpense Of ssit and treble damages TO tn
defendants. JoHN LIVE.
! January I'm