New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-01

his country about tie year ls2o.
In lss3 fl hundrod pair o. shoes were imported mo
,b;s e,urt,v and sold II Boston AT somewhat LIeI
dse II becsme the subject scieniihc invetgaup anu
Dr. Ccnstock of Hartford, Conn, obtained IN io-o %
1870 pete ut for dssolviBg IN irrpcniine so ~ !"
make il plastic end sdspi for beng spresa on o
DR. Howe ATTEMPTED to manufacture India Rubber IN
Nev.lCIkin le.9. r =. -,.,.oi
within n recollection Of some OF US in Ne"-Enshhu
in Nrgsgchu,etts and Rhode Island think 1t was IA
the war 1852 the RoxbuIy factory commenced LIS ope
rstops Il was Incorporated In lSJh
Among a people king every avenue Tor Successor
,r,arrrise The appareut prosperity of this company
was sLfic1t encouragement 10 embark IN us inAhuc
ture Accordingly numerous MAJ uiactories were Il,
operation in ls4 ESQ ana 20 n bpI Iss the b.iness
of manufacturing noia Rubber, was abandoned eScep'
by Governor jackson, and DR. Harshorne o. 49,
Gepce, who carried on business unuer Rs'su 49,. 49,
had been obtained by Mr. Goodyear unill MS inFehlon
ct tie vucanizng process superseded his previous IN
yItions and them or their successors OUT Oh e
business, whereupon thty ACE pea we ne" .s - !,
ard purchased a license from Gocoyear anu hiey !"
lcase vorr Honors all these factories, all me earnings
Of individuals cited with the business Came I'd an
emo sud nothing done until the business was re-
yivcd BY Goodyears great invocation OF vuicah1ns;
Now upon every principle OF law, upon every rue VI
right all these prior inventions became nonenhtiesI
thew gave no men eny light to anything except ue sur
nj Invention OF Hayward patented IN 1879 All We
rrest were ai,y nothings they all fell TO the ground
The public derived benefit from them That ess.o-
hsb.d fact proved only that there had been az hsI
me
INF noibpg producing fetal result These various
factories with all that done by Collins stOddSIS
,rd Pratt and the whole OF them, came TO nothing:
they gave up their business and the whole concern VI
nsnuisctu ing India Rubber came to an end
Now may il pless- your Ho nors, it appears rom tne
evidence in ibis cause that Charles Goodyear, in the
year 1884 into the field OF operations IN the manu-
iactuTe OF India Rubber.
am sorry 10 say the defendant went altogether out
Of his wsy in bis answer to say that Gooyear having
fallen in Lis business hardware merchant tnrew
=. ~ Ial-fna
What particular weight that hss in It's bearing on tins
case, have not yet learned. am happy to observe,
that Lis odious statement IN the ans wcr dd no' receive
notice from my brethren OF the bar-the opposing
counsel: they would not defe their mouths Oy utter
ing il. 49, A.,
In 1894 Charles Goodyear turned his attention to the
rubber manufacture. Whatever may be Mr. Goodyeafs
Claims to the great invention spread out to the
ends OF the earth and known 10 all the world TINS re-
cord shows other records chow everybody knows that
he is OF mquisitive, ingenious, laooous turn
of mind.
He turned his attention 10 this subject not as mat
ter Of tusiness trade, but by way OF commencing
and carrying series Of experiments by winch he
could bling the test the question whether this very
extraordinary substance was capable OF rendering any
benefit to society, To whether there was any way
given among ,killed in the arts by which this ar
ce could be cleared OF its sickness its gluey nature,
its tendency harden in the frost and soften In the
beat for it is well known that the articles Manufactured
up the year 1884 entirely useless II they were
exycsod The sun, they became sticky you could not
sci saie them after their surfaces came in contact and
if exposed to the cold, they became hard and rigid.
well remember that he'd some experience in this mat
ter myself friend in New York sent me n very tine
cloak Of India Rubber and hat of the same material
/ did not succeed very well with them. | took the
cloak day and set out in the cold II stood very
wen by itself sumountod II with the hat and many
persons passing by supposed they standing by the
perch the iainer Of Mdrshtield.
CHARLES Goodyear begsn his experiments at Philade
Ihia. When be left that place, Gis waoderlngs began
In The spring Of 1855 he removed to New York In the
sumner Of 1876 he went to New Haven; in the spring
OF 1884, Island in the fail OF 1884, he visited
the almost deserted factory at Roxbury. In the sum-
mer or fall of 1858, be went WOburn, where Hay
ward was irving experiments with sulphur Here
Goodyear bought the Sulphur Patent, and hired Hay
ward to assist him in his operations and work for HIM
q year. He went with his experiments, aud within
four five months that Il TO Guy, IN january, le] ne
made his elementary discovery OF metallic or vulcan
lied rubber In the fall of 1892 he carried on expert
uents 1T LYNN; and in like manner at Roxbury, In
1870 but keeping up bis experiments, nevertheless at
Woburn, whore his family lived. In the tall OF lsiO,
he went to Northampton; in ls4l, he removed to
Springfield. His experiments were sill going on at
WotuIn; Hayward had come into his employment
sgsin for one year. from April lsfl.
At Sprinl field tioodyea continued his experiments,
till he had SO fur perfected his invention to apply for
patent This was in January 1874. He then went TO
Nsucatuck in Connecticut, and started factory IL
would he but painful TO speak of his extreme wsnt-the
desiiiuon of hi family, haf clad, he picking up with
his own hands, little bets OF wood from the waySde
VAIN tie Notwithstanding reproach-not harsh
reprosch for one could bestow that upon him-re
ceivng indignation and ridicule from his friends Here
IL letter written in good spirit and cheerful vein but
particularly affecting from that circumstance.
II written from the DEBTORS Jdt IN Boston, ms
IS ii. | will read it,
Bfr. John Haskins, Luke Bold,rin.
DEBTORS Prison April q, 1910.
GENTLFMES have the pleasure invite you call and
see me at my lodgings matters OF business aud to
muncae with my family and possibly to establish India
Rubber Factory for myself on the spot Do not fail TO call
the receipt OF this feel anxiety of
my feiniy. My father will probably arrange my affairs in
relation this Hotel which, after ell perhaps good
resting Place % any, tins side the grave.
tours unly CHARLES GOODYEAR.
He says it lie coed lodging as he may expect this
side the grave he hopes his friends will come and see
linn he subject CT India Rubber manufacture and
then he speaks Of bis family and of his wife, He had
but Two objects his fsmily and his discovery In all his
distress, srd mall bis trials She willing partci-
rate in his sUelngs, and endure everything and hope
everything; che willing to be poor she was will
ling TO 20 to pdson, il it necessary when he went
tt prison che willing TO share with him everything
ara that was his only soace.
Nay it please youi Honors there is nothing upon tho
cath that compare with the faithful attachment of
wife, creature who for the object of her love is so
mdonrIbe, so persovering, ready to suffer and to
die. Under the most depressing circumstances, wom-
ans weakness becomes mighty power her tirnidty be-
Genes fearless courage all her shrinking and sinking
passes away and her spirit acquires the frmDess of
b't-adsmsniine hrmnets, when circumstances drive
her TO put feh all her energies under the inspiration of
her affections.
Mr.. Goodyear survived all THE and am sure that he
would go through the suffering times again for
the same consolation He carried on his experiments
velngiy and with success, and obtained patent
in 1874 for his great invention With, your Honor's
peimission before proceed to prove the originality of
that invention and the validity OF the patent will paw
sone respect to the argument the counsel on the 9TH
or side snail relieve your Honors of feeling ofre
gre emo even cisuess inflicted upon you by the power
iu sympathy excited by Mr. Choate my friend and coun
sci the ether side in this case for the unlappy con-
diion, The melancholy and depressed circumstances in
to Which Mr. Day has been brought by his unfortunate
and niferable connection with Mr. Goodyear
mere Is no man who gives more impression to
mon ssy ings than my brother Cho.te no one who ex
ceeds him in power Of expression or who draws pic.
lures like him. p
Nj Choste, in the pathetic speech he uttered 80 &C
ieoungy, described Day a deuded rioira 10 whom
Goodyear had promised to afford protection Lut ave
tuch lrc'eoton the yulture gives the lamb coyerin