New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-01
Office and lef to embark in this prolific scheme

pa,~,, (ce and left II 10 embark In this promo schenc
Of mbline of influential politicians, Il not OF Members
nj Congress; and OF men OF wealth wbo from snh,i
investment seek TO anass their hundreds ana
81 The expense of the public good and the general wei
fare OF the country. 80 ;,
Another source Of greet evil under the assignmen'
eystc L. that il admits of the organzn'loh o. cooa
tions, who seek, By concentration OF niHuc.ee anu
wealth 10 create o6Ous monOpOhes with so reslstiess
power o. to break down and crush indir'dsdt enterprise
and iridvsrH Let illustrate this proposIion by par
tousrzing few Of the many instances Oh Ins Aa ~.
every Intelligent man VINO has tuiheu is a''e W ~
sui ioCt knows 10 exist. . .
First there is the Woodwork Planning Machine the
Ticht to which has been proven to be IN the us OF e
cIss OF sreculators to which alude 1t has not only
been extended once nut Application L. now before
Ccpress Tor second extensicn. the owners OF the Ia
tent relyng upon the potent argument Of ne" Sta 10
csrlv il through Congress- in spHe OF the circumstances
NJ t6e recrje end the sccn Of several of the Legl-a
ures Of cur States Beth the States OF Ncwf ork ana
Maine through their respective legislative Doccs nave
adopted resolutions against It's extension ana P.t'ol
mostly from the industrial classes of community to the
uurnl er OF enc hundred thousand have demonstrated
to Congress sesnst continuation OF this odiou' nohop
DIV But in tire sce of this though 1t l. o0Hceasa tat IL
ys the people under daily tax OF ten thousand dollars
or rI,ETF MILLIONS DOLLARS year, the spectators
who own il bid defiance to The Legislares OF our states
end to the people and feel confident OF carrying through
Congress n second extension.
The eirktwhCel car patented by Ross Nlnans, Is
aaot elsIDg illustration Of the abuse under tie present
patent system The fret term OF IA years was allowed
lv the pftentee 10 expire without attempting 10 enforce
any legal rights under it. permitting the various railroads.
in our country 10 use without moestaon or hindrance
thus virtually dedceting to the public use IL tails INTO
the hands Of SPECTATORS, G beng teadea y0T sereH
Sc1Ys who hy int resting eminent counsel glvng teIi
certain proportions Of al eXOred under dures or
the fear of litigation from railroads and car builders, and
the institution OF their quits before what are known rs
"e Patnt JndQes not only anticipate the accumulation
of immense fortunes but TO recover for the fourteen years
that TIE patertee abandoned to the public use, beside the
unexrired term of the extension. II they succeed IN
their schemes the railroads in the United States accord
in TO the estimate of the spectators in this patent rgh
will have to pay them million and hd or t'co noHs
of dollars But for the law allowing the assignment and
exte nsion of patents, all the litigation and injustice
threatened by this lasnamed patent would have been
obviacd may be proper for me to say that the rec
ords of the Patent Office show that this patent Is IN the
hands Of assignoes.
The great Rubber controversy which has just ernll-
mated in the Circuit Court for the District OF NewJersey
is another Illustration of my position. That controversy
has been conducted in the OF Charles Goodyear as
paentee while the testimony taken and read in the case
Shows that he has no interest in IT, but that Is owned by
a vast and overwhelming combination who are strug
cling for monopoly throughout the Unon and through
whose combined influence and wealth they hope finally
TO succeed. -,
There are other instances equally as obnoxious as the
above three cases that could enumerete the limits oil
your columns would justify and have no other motive
in selecting these three from the mass than that they are
now prominently before the public, the one IN on effort
to extend it, monopoly through the aid OF Congress Tor
third term and the other two in the prominence they
occupy in cur Courts Of Justice in seeking through the
assistance of the law and outside appliances to coerce
from tie public what in strict justice they lay no
claim TO- Ii is fact wish the public to bear In mind
that in these patent suits the soma sonsn.law, and
brothers Of Judges OF the Federal Court generally
retained to enforce the Patent ANrIMoNoPoLY