The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-03
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d 440Fg4n on that posats And il I.hays
s3spt ytdyssin urging the merits OF nay claIa
upon the afternoon OF Congress, ! am only in the
cendi ton ofotkers in that and cannot be to blame
Fhe application before Congress was as in laH
other s''nstdy cases, sufficient notice to other parties
to incur no extravaganza expense that sniobt h,
| sacrihce&pa the passage Of the bill And ,b,s
statement made OF ssiny estmcnts in the suapy
facture Of Reapers, by ftsese isfri,gers is welt
Understood to be merely hssnbag. have probably
maaS1ayger investments in the erection Of exrcn
sive machinery for the express manufacture OF
keaperS {rrctusively,) than all the other man uiac
turefsla the country put together-able to sacri-
ice scittont the relief sought for
Finally, the selling price Of Seymour g. Morga,'s
machine, and others, has been the same of mine
for more, and sour farmers cannot euffer ON
that ground. And while the statement of Sey-
mo s,i Morgan OF my profits realized are
scholly untrue, they have just as much right toin-
quire into profits realized by me under the pro-
lection OF my last patents, regards the frsf,-as
they would totake an account of the proceeds OF a.
gold mane-and no If any other man had
made and patented the improvements embraced in
my last patents, there would have been no question
as to ing right 10 an extension of the first Can.
then, my rights under the fret patent be less be-
cause persevered for SO long time, and finally
succeeded in perfecting the same, and making it
OF great value to the country than If had stopped
short with the first paltnf- (as Moore & Hascan
did with theirs (Which, in the language of Judge
hazard Of dedication''-and thus permitted the
thing to become a dead letter? What profits
haze made have resulted from the rnost iabori-
Gus application in the manufacture and sale Of
my Keaplng Machines on strong guaranty-not
speculation; so that when ] have profited, pur-
chasers and the country have proited more. Bat
from having sold my Reapers on time, with delays
that have occurred in collection, emigrations to
California, &C., no one can know what my ulti-
mate profits may turn TO be-certainly much less
han any paper calculations would seem 20 show
them; while the estimate of Seymour 6, Morgan,
based on certain statistics found some time since
n pamphlet remonsfrdnce, signed by three of thesl-
airyers, several Of their expert Witnesses and the
balance (of twelve, all told) interested manufac-
urers and infringers, have shown TO be without
oundation; and while the expenses, liabilities,
md hazards of keeping up my business have been
'reot, have expended in the erection of machine
y, &C., for the manufacture of the Reapers ca
lussrely, from-$ 30, 900 to $50 600, liable to be
asst statement of Seymour Moore, TOO, they
bandon their reliance upon their assumed ssearly
American inventors,'' as claimed in the pamphlet
circumstances in question, and e1posed in ma repEq
o IT.
Now, appears in the report of the Senate
Committee, my time, labor, and expense being es-
lmated, l realized no profit whatever under the
OF my fret patent; and therefore when
What has been accomplished is considered in con-
lexion with the disadvantages under which have
abored, and the character of the opposition with
Which have had to contend, ought ! not for the
inc proposed to have with my last patents the
protection of the first leaving Others for that period
time, to look their resources for their means
business aud profit?
ALI can by law secure to themselves their own
improvements, as others have had to do; and instead
30 avaricious a thirst for share in the product
anothers labors, tolls and brains would it not
e more becoming in them, at least, to betake
lemsetves TO their studies and workshops, there
tD0'k out improvements that would be both avail
BILE and honorable to themselves and the countrys
YAK VI 8its G. III, MCCORMICK.