New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-10

4 bin has recently passed the Senate o. the
United States and is nov pending M the House oi
REPRESENTATIVES 20 extend the patent OF Jetnfo
Wood Tor seven wears. which he obtained IN l7l4
and renewed in $40 claiming 20 have invented the
Cast Iron Plow share, &c. This bill proposes 10
grant 10 the heirs Of Jetnro Wood, the privilege OF
exactipg fifty cents from the manufactured Tor every
Casa Iron Plovg made in the United States iors
en- Gears after the passage oisad bill.
Az there are about four millions OF farmers
and planters at present in the United states and as
scb would REQUIRE on an average at least one Piow
very four wears this privilege would be worth
FJALF A MILLION OF DOLLARS ANNU-
ALLY. all of which would be taken from the hard
s,,c. NJ the planter and farmer And what makes The
matter more lust IT, that the interest Of the heirs oi
wood IN Ibis patent have been pBrchasei for mere song
tins res,iy the whole beneat Of II viii inure to COM
--ss Of greedy spectators
'"' 's'.'.- Wood as shall proceed TO show, was not
He o'ssi inventor 80 Cast Iron Powshare nor did
nc ever 'ne rI'w IN The --hies degree he was
consequently ehteo !" n" rnes IN this hing much
less 70 patent and had the facts s.a been known
by the Commissioner OF Patents, in 1874. he wouin
hsv. granted lin one renewed It In 1919 neither
,veuld the Urted States Court have confirmed him In
after 1t had been.frsIted.
The Cast Iron Flow snare lnsenIe1 0y nJuert ran
some Of Ipswich England and be obtained patent fors
in 1885, twenty nine years before Jethro Wood obtained
his The Cast Iron Plow, with the share and mold
board in parts kept for sale by Peter T. Carte
MUS in this City, early 1905 snd IN use In this
nelghborhood. Jeihro Wood undoubtedly obtained his
knowledge o tho Cast Iron share from one or the other OF
these for the Cast Iron Pow WHOLE and in separate
parts will be found figured and described IN almost every
Encyclopedia. and work agricultural implements, pub
lshed In Great Britain. since 1899 These works coon
found their way into the United States and It be
proved by the testimony Of the Intimate friends OF Jehro
Wood. that he WAS familiar with these publications.
The history Of the Cast Iron Pow and Us improvements
is simply this
James small Scotchman. constructed Cast Iron PloT
on true mechanical principles early Iio and was the
first inventor Of the castron mold board. Robert Ran
SOM OF England invented the cas,-rou share In l7ss An
EnslIh farmer in County Of Suffolk Invented the cast
iron landslide shortly after that as early as 1880. the
Cast Iron Pow complete. in three distinct part well
known and In use in Great Britain. and figured and de-
ssbed In nearly every work OF any value published
on the subject Of plows and agricultural implements.
without any knowledge OF these Improvements Of the
Cast Iron Plow IN England. Charles Newbolt Of New
Jersey about the year $780, took Up the pow with view
.
June 1897. he obtained patent for the Cast Iron Plow
skeleton, piece complete Subsequently he made
his plows with casron mold board and land side, and
attached wrought share shortly after this ne
often spoEe Of still farther improving bis plow by subs
fuiing The ossron share. But having spent upward u
$50 900 in his improvements and efforts TO introduce Il
In the Unlted States and elsewhere he got dis
couraged and gave up the business.
Peter T. Cur,enus, stated above, kept the Cast Iron
Plow for sale in this City the share ard moib0sd IN
separate parts, early - $500. Who was the manufsc
n fha.el AMI nafIa ftl aarn
In 1904. think. David Peacock Of New-Jersey. OBJ
tanned patent for pow. The nodboArt and Landslide
iron steel edged. He copied Mr.. Newbods pow In part
for thu privilege Of which he paid him 81 900.
Iu 1914. Jeihro Wood obtained patent for plow the
modoosrd, audsts, and share IN three parts and OF
esst-iron. He was familiar with Newbolis and Pea
cocks piows and his bunglng imitation Of theirs
and perfect 10 form construction as the
old therhsm pow, which had been In In Great Br-
tain upward OF seventy years before Wood Obtained his
pAieat.
is said that the Cast Iron Plow in three parts. viz
mod-bosrd Landslide and share In "a Virginia
previous 20 1sl4. and that Wood was aware Of 4.
With these facts before Them tie public vii now see
how great an injustice would be for Congress 70 extend
the patent OF Iethro Wood ard give his heirs rather
company Of greedy spectators, the privilege for seven
years Of exaeng 80 cents per plow from every
gsged IN their manufacture.
hope these facts will be widely disseminated By the
press throughout the United States; for the hsrd working
farmers and planters ought be Immediately asprzsa q
Wat viisly them. A the bi st pending
before he House OF Representatives let all those opnoset
to nJasaee sni special privileges take pains call the
attention OF every member 70 the subj t that the H.
iQuiious measure NAV be defeated. A b. ALLEN
Aelc York Feb. 3. ls4-.
SMALL Po1.-The Report Of the Health Ofhcer
shows, that ST Louis, (No) still troubled with small
Pox there have been many cases, and vaccination Is
very properly recommended TIE best Of all known pre-
veniaiives Even for those who have had small po1,
vaccination is the suggested for destroying the .u