The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-03

D aacsgAn on that potnfs And il Ihave
been .lDs yea,s''n urging sbe merits OF my claia
upon the attention OF Congress, / am emily in the
coh6it en of0thers in that and canno, be to blam,
Fhe application before Congress was, as in ala
Other snsiIay eases, sufficient notice TO other parties
| to incur no extravagant expense that 1nirbf b.,
sacrifch&na the passng of the bill And ,h..
statement ufaosss Of sfinvestmentss in the nanu
facts,re Of Reapers' by e,eae iafriagers, is well
uHtterstood to be merely haabag. have probably
mas larger investments in the erection Of expon-
sive machinery for the express manufacture of
ReapersS <fzcausicely,) than all the other manuiac
turefslo the country put together-able to sacri-
ice scite0Hs the relief sought for.
Finally, the selling price Of Seymour g. Morqa,'s
machine, and others, has been the same of mine
Tor more,) and sour formers cannot suffer on
TINT ground. And while the statement of Sey-
scholly untrue they have Just as much right to in
CURE INTO profits realized by me under the pro-
lection OF my last patents, as regards the fSrsfa
tney would to take an account of the proceeds of
gold mane--and no If any other man had
made and patented the improvements EN- raced I'M
my last patents, there would have been no question.
as to my right to an extension of the first Can,
then, my rights under the fret patent be less be-
cause persevered for so long time and finale
succeeded in perfecting the same, and making it
OF great value TO the country, than ii had stopped
short with the first paitnt- Gas Moore & Hascan
did with theirs} which, in the language of Judge
Nelson, was, If no more necessary to prevent "tbe
hazard Of dedicaton'-a land thus permitted the
thing TO become a 'sdead" letter? What profits
i Hdoe maze nave resulted from the most fabOrl-
Gus application in the manufacture and sale of
my Reaping Machines on a strong guaramfp--not
speculation; 30 that when have profteu, pur-
chasers and the country have prohed more. Bat
from having sold my Reapers ON time, with DELAYS
that have occurred in collection, emigrations to
California, &C., can know what my ulti-
mate profits may turn TO be--certaniy much less
than any paper calculations would seem 20 show
them; while the estimate of Seymour 8, Morgan,
based on certain statistics found some time since
In pamphlet renonstrance, signed by three Of their
Lawyers, several of their expert witnesses, and the
balance Got twelve, all toid) interested manufac-
turers and infringers, have shown to be without
foundation; and while the expenses, liabilities,
and hazards OF keeping up my business have been
great, have expended in the erection of machine
ry, &c.. for the manufacture of the Reapers ez-
,lusirely from~ 30, 900 TO $50 900, liable 10 be
sacrificed without the relief sought for In this
last statement OF Seymour & Moore too, they
abandon their reliance upon their assumed ssearly
American inventors as claimed in the pamphlet
remonstrance IN question, and exposed an y replst
10 ii.
Now, appears in the report of the Senate
Committee, my time, labor, and expense being es-
minated, | realized no profit whatever under the
protection OF my first patent; and therefore when
what has been accomplished is considered in con-
1exion with the disadvantag es under which have
abored, and the character of the opposition with
which have had to contend, ought not,for the
lme proposed to have with my last patents the
protection of the first leaving Others for that period
II time to look 10 their for their means
u business and profit?
ALI can by law secure to themselves their own
improvements, as others havehad to do; and instead
Il SO avaricious thirst for share in the product
4 another's abors, tolls and brains, would it not
e more becoming in them, at least, to betake
themselves to their studies and workshops, there
soo'k out improvements that would be both avail
bic and honorable to themselves and the country?
ii tf 49 c. HI. MCCORMICK.