Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-13
To the Flour and Rice MiilerS
or THE UNITED STATES.

or THE UNITED SI.9TE!S.
TEN rLEMEN,-it appears that ma.
" ny have refused to pay for license
to use thy improvements in the art Of
manufacturing ficur, and ia lesseuing the
labor in rice mills, waiting the decision
of the United States courts; while many
others have paid freely the sums de-
mauded for my license; there can exist
no reason why some shouid pay and o
Tiers be exempt. There has already been
iug the law, that each infrinser is liable
10 pay treble my actual damages which
cannot be rated at less than the value vi
the use OF my property during the in
trinsement. have expended the great
est part uf long, arduous, aud inGeiatI-
gable lite in study and exert;ons to invent
and introduce intl useful operation seve-
raj Important and highly useful improve
ments, from winch great benefits are de-
rived to the users, and could have put
in operation many more equally useful,
out was prevented by the unJustiEablc
opposition, wasting the profits Of those in
operation, which had in,ended to apply
to put others 10 operation which had
discovered; bat which now lay dormant,
to nv great modification and the public
injary. come into the courts claiming
remuneration for my time and labor
the great expenses that 1 have incurred
in advertising repeatedly over the Uni
ted States, aud in my agents travelling
tor. many years 10 make the utility of The
improvements known, aEd TO Instruct
millwrights to make, and nillers to use
them. The law conlempla,es that shall
receive ample remuneration, and by it |
was encouraged to risk tue great ex-
penses. | have repeatedly published that
the price OF my license tor the remainder
Of the tenn should De, the toll price vi
the labor aud boarding saved by tue use
Of M improvements ID one year only,
with lawful interest Until pad but lu
those who iniringed my rights, aud re.
fused TO pay when called on, ] would,
bcg'unins with the year ending January
90, 1915, count the SUN saved IN iatvv
and boarding during the last year (eqaal
TO the first price, as new sun becomi <
due, aud running on interest also; and
so OIL, the 22d DAY Ut January in each
and every year thereafter new sun
saved IN lapor and boarding becomes due,
aud RUS vi 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
| eau receive Ut them to meet the ex
peLses which they have compelled me 10
i,cur. The abo.e are nov the ont,
terms on which my agents are instructed
to grant licenses, anu they are instructed |
to institute suits against all Inl.Hger.
without giving them another call.
Thuse who wish 10 purchase licenses
may apply TO John Love, esq. Bucklnnd,
Prince " lillian, county, or IL capt. John
Moody, Richmond, Va.
OLIVER EVANS. !
NsrE.-Persons using MIR. Evans
improvements, or parts OF them, unpaid
for, will be sued il they do not discharge
the claim on application. Mr.. William
II. Alexander has, under my authority
from MIR. Evans, been empowered to re-
ceiye payments and deliver licenses to
use his improvements, Payments. there
fore, made 10 him, John MoUdy, or nv
self, wi! a:one be valid, ard save the ex-
pense Of SOFT aud treble damages 10 tie
defendants. JOHN LOVE
January I'm