New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-25
FROM WASHINGTON
Wood WORTH. Flaming Mach Extension o
his PaPut.

WocGworth'. Flaming Machine Extension
his PHent.
Correspondence n TIE Totup
wauvsroS, Friday re5 =
Having noticed u the coEmrs Of Tie Tribune
that s5.no ezciteue4. existed ihrougbou, the State
upon the subject ID. an APPLICATION pending betre
Congress tort further extelsioa Of Wooiwor.hs
Patent for planning uachine have taken some
h,te pains o. inquire ~ .hsmsri, o.. suoh applI-
cation Although la.os..y Z tie C5mmittse =
whom it mas been referred tie Senate, have
agreed upol C. favorable repor; granting the SIP
cation OF the memoralis.s, ye; 10 vast and danger
Gus Is the monopoly that VIII Re secured TO those
interested to which for twenty odd wears longer,
the whole United States viii have 70 pay tribute
that will venture - present IN advance the fol
owing facts. derived from readin- tho minority re
port, which Las been ki-diy places al my disposal
II appears, that ia this case, tae original letter.
were issued to w WoODwoRIH on Tie .7'h De.
1879 u-le- the CD Patent Law ilr the term o.. =
wears L. 1871 VIZ. " Wo0DwoHrH. the hei
AID administrator O, the Paten.es, spilled 1nde-
the new Patent Lsw Tor tho renewal o. the Patent.
which was succ ssfll, aid tie patent extended g.
seven years .ousc- making p yeas q. enjoy mea
li this exclusive rlsh, oi The Patc1tee and d.
heirs In lsl5 wv W WooDwoRTH applied 10
Congress. for spec.s &C; iof tie extension OF the
Patent Of s2s for s;i.! further term OF years
commence where tie renewed Patent expired
When THIS last term exI res winch ~. b. sere..
ye4rs f.aln the month of December iast tbs Pa'eu
tee and his heirs VII have reaped the benefits OF
his MONOPOLY '5r the iall term OF . years Which
$ double The Term gwen by tie Patent Law Ia Or
binary cases, and sercg gears more. than q pro
vided even in tue excepted. and most meritoulus
cases TINS same WV w. WOODwoRrH now
appeals 70 Congress to pass blD. 70 ex.en1 the
same Patent for ftl farther term q fourteen
Years 70 commence az tie expiration o. the last
granted renewal o. years. which does not expire
u1tl December 1886 So, that II Mr.. WooD
WORTH succeeds IN this most extravagent demand,
as monopoly viii exist t.r the next twenty years,
securing lo him. as well as those Interested with
him, millions upon millions OF tribute that viii have
20 be paid by every person ID The United ~ta -.
using n board which Is plsaed by any uld Cd. na
chilery whatever
The grounds upon which this asst extension of
'ourtsen years IS asked FOR this monopoly are. lsr
Because o; the immense service rendered ~ me
country by the labor. skill and expenditure o. the
inventor And "a Because from causes u'ttrt
beyond h's control or tnat OF his Representatives.
leitneY he nor ,hey have received compensation
adequate 90 the ga ue Of the invention. when was
produced by bis genius. For the above reasonf
majority Of the Committee have agreed g. report
bill, which Il L passes Congress, wiI give tbc
pstentee and his heirs term o. tory years %
enjoyment Of tins exclusive privilege.
u pom the above state uf facts the mLo1t! re
port Justly remarks The frs, Patent was found
b have been too broad in its claims, and 10 1913,
the memorslsts discaimed IN par; relating 70
the reducing OF hoor boards 70 a width with Cur
cular saws IN july 1915. WooDw0RrH Surrender
4 -, a s.4 -0- ID u a
new and amended Patent covering, as he alleges
what vas the real luvenlon Of the Paieutee, "ho
died abOu, siN years before. The surrender OF tne
original Patent. AMI takin1 out the new and amend
Ell Patent was sboat i0a- months inter thr pas
SAGE OF the act Of Congress extending the Patent
Of ls9s. In the bill. ~ reported b. the commit
tee, the Patent Of ls2- as amended ~ Jug. l5to,
IS extended a wears from and after the expiration
OF the term OF seven wears and thus made 20 cover
any defects IN the proceeding or additional claims
which the new Patent may contain II THIS Is 10
tended 70 patch up detect IN the amended Patent
or 70 enlarge AsrigAtS # those INTEREST," i g coz
hlenily believed, Congress vi. not lend rs aii %
any such proceeding Special legislation Tor indi
vilual interests when the general interest IS pro
,ected by a general laV, Is always TO be avoided
but when special legislation q brought 20 ald one
man, which under similar Circumstances, - TOT
open - al, aa iyury Is corsr7,ttsd spon ~ cor
uuHuy. "uICu 10 Nis = every Lil-'iu a. u g. OIL"
Justice 10 himself
n therefore. vou give 70 one man and IS pos
terty the MONOPOLY OF a. invention Tor nearly HALF
AcENTURY vou pu. stop Tor that tlme - rs III
provement by Withdrawing al lnducenen, % ME
lreut experiments and Instead o. an encourage
u,eut 10 arts and % invention, your Avs would b.
calculated 70 reiard improvement and % tep-ess
M community with useless anu odlo1s e1sctlonS
Either the general Patent Law and the policy Oh
which i i. FUNDED g wror-. which linus tls ex
clnsive endowment 4 a. lnvec.lcn o. The practice
al granting spec a sets % tcaSress i'r extensions
u Patents IS wrong 4 sPecia! at Of ex-sEsioI
ualsss IS an exception i'r some extraordinary &C
cssion a violation Of the genera. law. and serves
70 weaken ;ts force ard bring even legitimate P
t-p,s Granted under he law iato cisrepute
Ths claim 10 The first patent was for the spPlcs
~, of xrlkrown Instruments 70 produce given
-ssut. sa.ng bv machinery . limited extent
bad long before been practlced Inc CAIN Low is
what IS called the p-faGpe combined with tie 7p-
DiftGrI0Ay an1 Is SAID = czc44e every ierI- oi M
cb;aer WHICH can produce the same result. Il nov,
bv - acton Congress cnfrms this pretensson
IT, stop L 81 ne mgch irss rttcs kGre 5erE pa
-tss Tor i.< sank % 81; C-e q which s said =
49, p, slrrost every particular ron WOODWORK
,s-hina ,nd does double he wOrk L. tie sane
time and IN addition the-eto Pais stop % a. IN
u-nvemsuts ~ the usxt tSen-y yeas % cone. IL
would be monopoly Jar grsG'Sf Kan was ever De
flre Granted 70 his cogat- 70 any one nsn ~ con
b5r.s,or ~ men The greater pat 0f a. p.alllg q
~ so-.. bv machinery. SasEes oIl1s an DOR
panels are made BY machinery WIKI c1ttlIz inssrr-
49,, ,,-7,bned win pressure, and rsducias them
~ 90 b. plsninx Nearly al the boards aid tim
be- s.irnsd 70 Califcrnis are p.Sned before Their
sbipmspt Yet 4 WoodVorsh pretsnsion s cor
f-rnsd. IS proposed in ms oil, yea bring al this
business within the grasp, and place a. the In
unovemsu,. Of others AZ tic mercy Of these rncnoP
oI.ss ior the above period OF twenty years
This minority report couclndss with the assertion
TIA, sbcaId the bM be passed by Congress winch