New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-17
Trd,o Rubber Case.
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the reading columns Of the newspapers ce't 'ieiesF
deem 1t necessary part Of my business TO deieno
syaius, such attacks SIS have been made upon IL oy
Charles Goodyear and you. his employees Tor the ss'
TWO years by your aticies manufacture pubic opi
ion 90 not intend to charge any OF correct in
,snoo 70 the respectable letter writers and correspond
at WASHINGTON in their paragraphs about the
case before tie Paen, Ohce for believe the writer OF
,f article in the Express of Saturday together with
William Judson. the Solicitor for Goodyear are their
iuforman,s. Then IS with Mr.. Judson or MI Dwight
fhe is the anonymous writer above referred 10 IN sax
u-;sys Express Tia: hsve DO especially in ibis con-
nuncsuon You the corcocters snd writers oil TIE
article in Saturdays Express have, by sinsr means
done all in your power prejudice the merits ard SUITS
before the Courts of New York between Goodyear snd
myself for some two years past and generally by shift
ing the responsibility upon the editors and propieiors
of newspapers cowardy skuking behind such shields
70 give force and importance which the true suihor
ship would not upart and whereby more etectuaily TO
advance your employers (Goodyears n;eres: and de-
press mine.
Now if you will come ont in your name, and sil
ton and character and repeat your published opinion
the world may s,.sch Just wha; importance 10 thst
your bottom will establish and We psrhaps then VIII be
able 10 discover how vausbe your opinion is when you
saw The name of Charles Goodyear is destined TO GO
down 70 posterity along side Of Whitney. The merito
rous author of the Cotton Gin In this opinion have
the mos; substantial reasons for differing with you-snd
time and tire strong force Of truth will conhrm the opn
ion now entertain sir, have exsmined the whole
subject thoroughly and with earnest desire to arrive
AZ the truth and in my soul no not believe ne Is ths
aubor of apy one of the four alleged inventions
he and you are struggling to establish the control
and may add just cause would have found is way
1..-s Ht,,.p han ~
years after the suit had been instituted and especially in
face of and charges such have been bound in
defence OF my business make TO bring you there If
there had been any means within the laws of Congress
for the repeal of patent you should have had the
privilege of repeatedly and cowsEdly charging the
writer with the iisrracef act of infringing anohcrs
patent, l. sir manuac India Rubber years before
GOODYEAR probably thought Of the business and have
spent nearly my whole e less, In the business
and have right to knowledge of the subject and
am not disposed 10 abandon II and although am well
aware heard from various sources the boast OF
my opponents and their friends that should be crushed
and used up" sc. sc. Allow advise you who are
the Instruments and all others who entertain the WISH
and such III opinion that truth is mighty ana
that | work from seven in the morning I'LL about
eleven at night. and eat my meals very quick
and now without spending my time to reiute the
opinion and sayings of IN anonymous writer VINO mas
the GOODNESS to call the Patent Office or lis action
Court" an importan. Court" and attempt to make
out that liz decision upon any question, (nucn less na
one in dispute where. IN legal view there IS no Issue
ined and cannot be from the very OF the case
except or between Warner and the oce has the judi
cial force the s Equity Circuit or Supreme Court
and before which the law says al! actions SUITS con
roversies and cases arising under any law Of the L. :
granting confirming TO inrentors the exclusive rights
to their inventions and discoveries shall be brought
This question about the machine, between Warner,
GOODYEAR and the Office (Which in itself is OF no value
and cannot affect for have not used such ma.
chine since the issue of the patent alleged to be upusty
obtained by GOODYEAR and presume nobody has my
patent machinery is much better say this disputed
a,pcaon has 10 pass one the three tribunals above
named before il can said be decided and before
resches that nge the Judge Of the District Court re-
vises the commissioners decision and after all ths the
patent il not deemed to 5e established until jury OF
twelve men have given their verdict IN its favor There
is no other part Dwghts letter OF the least conse
ouence to me- Tie threat and sllusion to the written
records which are intended to back up part oil the let
Ter which the writer doubtless thought required support
in some shape would CRAFTY me to be fully quoted and
nov otter him Three Hundred Dollars il he will pub
lish the whole testimony correctly in OF the principal
New.Ycrk papers for one insertion in each.
Satisfied however that he dare submit even this
case in which he claims triumph TO the public, will
furnish copy of record obtained by me few weeks
since from the Patent Office quite different ihven
ton and which respectfully submit with the accom-
panying aidavts show the character OF this class oil
patents and call upon the champions of Charles GOOD
year and his patents anayzc the case ana mo IN II
thew can another sroag argument in offending the
10
down to postery as second cotton gin, while Tor the
present will dismiss these champions to their JOY OF dis
covefy that the Patent Office is Court. And II Mr.
GOODYEAR upheld MS side OF the present case at an ex
pense of two thousand dollars presume bread ana
butter" must have been an important ITEM ana .of
their hire | give them JOY if they have got IT, Inc
side on which am fighting did not have ccason 10
spend one quarter of that sum. HORACE h. DAi
THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
tn nh peysons 10 aO these presents shall come, Greeting
This is 10 certify that the annexed true copy upon
the records of this office Of the specification OF Charles
Goodyear's Letters Patent dated 9Th July lsi5.
In testimony whereof /, Edmund Burke, Commissioner
OF Patents have caused the seal OF the z sten! Of
fee TO be hereunto affixed this twentieth day OF
L. g December. in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty five, and of the lndepen
deGce Of the United States the SEVENTEEN.
EDMUND BURKE.
THE SCHEDULE REFERRED TO IN THESE LETTERS PATENT
AND MAKING PART OF THE SAME
To all persons ~ rhom these presents shall come:
Be il known that Charles Goodyear, of the City and
County New Haven in the State OF Connecticut have
invented and useful water proof manufacture
composed OF two elastic substances OF which the follow
! ing is full and exact description:
NJ new fabric manufacture is composed Of what is
termed stocking knit cloth Tor cloth in similar
articles Of hosiery and caoutchouc applied
and cemented lis exterior surface surfaces Of
two or more layers of such stocking knit cloth having
one or shets or layers of caoutchouc interpreted
/ between and connected made 10 adhere 70 them.
The peculiar elasticity Of the knit material by which
il may be stretched any all directions renders it pc
cuarly applicable in the fabrication OF waterproof srti.
ces those whose properties Of resistance to the
ration OF air depend upon caouchouc or
elastic air proof composition applied to
them
For water ooi shoes CATER boots coats and many
other articles whose beauty OF appearance as well as
utility depend in great degree, upon this well hng
the parts OF the body that to which they are applied
and which require elasticity various directions in or
der 10 be easily put and removed, my improvement
will be found specially useful and as obvating many OF
the difficulties attendant upon the rise and sale OF such
articles.
Other very great advantages resulting from the use Of
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