New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-28

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'asssJ machine wss much cavalier shan ,hse now Ia
NfN The CYLINDER wNs vNlN tuN ENt twc Nehrs IN
NNsO Srd an inches IN dsmvtcN This wes tN,ned b,
hand, sud VSNi,vA Che stvNs'h vt cne man ~ Aecr "
81 c,p,tsNS mc,ioN IL " the stated tash," save Nv
Whitney, ~, cee Ncsso 80 clean 90, wrtsht oI einped
" cotton NVm he gwen secl kiad IN dNN,' AZ The
cloNe y, ltNH Mhlpe, Was 81 tptnm With hs Sins 10
Teau.,a whcN che planting VI coiion had been largely
NNNSsca IN anticipation W separating h'l, roHnds q
SsN evm The sced by enc NJ those new Yankee re"''v
srccx
PREVIOUSLY sn che ecitcn hal hecn separated srom
he scci Nv the fpccrs. Che tatk Coz nrero Woman
Ncs enc pound day. and th's at The black seed va
,ist,. ~ which hnt ds not adhc,c, as Il docs ~ th'
st.ta sccl which Is the Mind known as upland or
short stSye Gotten. while nc hlacA seed variety IL
called Sea island and NET 90 productive as The o'hor
away tfVm the sos ctSst 80
Ar e,i scn,lrnsn Ut thc name Of Burden, on Eiisio
lslsr : C. rclstcd 90 usN few Years ago great deal
IL tlc earl, hSter, 1T CouongroWine m that state
MI Burden states that the first bale ot cotton ship
vc irOm Charlcstoa Was in lsio In ls9i lac assisted
SIS ,saCr 10 raise crop 81 Sea Island Cotton whleh
scld Tor ,nt, FIVE cents pound. There was then
INT one cotton buyer ia that great cotton mart OF the
present day
AZ thar iimc it Was the regular practice for ali the
family ever, nieht to devote themselves aboliousy to
picking and separating it from the seed lie remem-
hCr,d dwell what an excitement was created .! lho news
Al tie invention of mtncls CottOn-gn. Fortunes
were predicted for the entor and those WHO assisted
him - rcrtcct and introduce his machine, which
thew would undoubtedly have acquired bur for
the injustice donc by the people of Georgia. A
lswlCss mob Of persons at Savannah, broke IN ana
carried of the model aud thus having obtained the
secret of It's construction persons set about the manu-
fscturc al machines in defiance Of Nhiineys patent,
AID Georgia Courts decided that they had right TO do
So PRINCIPALLY from tho fact that the pirates made use
If non plates instead Of wires 10 form the hooks az IN
the original model. and that Whitney only used saws
after be fled lis petition AID model for patent before
which some Of lie Georgans had done the same thing
TIE decision however mainly Supported upon the
ground that as the introduction Of gins would open
up boHndless resources of wealth TO the plan
tiers il too great power to allow any one man
monopoly of the right 10 furnish them with machines
by which slcue they could make the production of cot
ten profitable. Thus the inventor defrauded out
Of all advantages Of bis invention IN that state South
Carolina did q little better. In lo0l the State
sereed 10 give him fifty thousand dollars for
tie right to make gins in that State This" Mr..
Whitney wrote is selling right for song but il
will enable Miller & Whitney to pay all their debts
and divide something between them" The introduc-
tiCn of tie Gin raised the value of cotton lands from so
10 90 per cent in all the cOttOngrOwng States In
December 1862, Mr. Whitney sold the right 10 mako
gins 10 the State of North Carolina for annual tax
levied by the Legislature upon erey sdW employed in
ginning cotton, for five years. of two and slxpence 20
=. 1 1.lf .rl~s lie
Whitney considered liberal reccompense, and the
money was faithfully collected by the sheris and paid
over to him. In 1903 the Legislature of Tennessee
passed act to pay similar patent fee in that State,
for four years, Of thrtyseyen and half cents saw.
In the meantime the Legislature of South Carolina re-
pudiated tier contract, leaving thirty thousand
dollars unpaid, and suing Miller " Whitney for
the twenty thousand already paid upon the
ground of nvadity in the right owing to the constant
exertions made by the GeOrgians to dscredlt Whitney
the original inventor and particularly as ne was not
entitled to the improvement OF saws over wire teeth
Notwithstanding lie proved that that was of his
original ideas. But it claimed, and perhaps with
truth, that HOdgin Holmes made the first saw gin.
1t these grounds that the Governor OF Georgia.
in bis message to the Legislature in 1888 repudated
the idea of granting anything to Whitney for the inven
ton Of the cottOngin A committee reported in the
same vein, and endeayOred to show that the saw-gn
had been in use forty years IN Switzerland to pick rags
and that one Edward Lyon had a miniature machine in
model They also talked about the oppression to the
" South" of such patent monopoly, and asked Con-
aTess TO repeal or modify the law else pay Whitney
for Lis patent and throw it open for the benefit of the
cOttOn-growing States
Popular prejudice was now excited by the sordid
motive Of making money by growing cotton against
paying anything for the privilege OF using Whitneys
patent and Tennessee followed the example of South
Carolina in repeating the law. In the session of 1904
the sober second thought Of Sonth Carolina came
back TO her. and the legislature restored the inventor
of the coton-gn TO his right The committee reported
their full belief that Whitney the original inventor
and he furnished two models of his gin, OF such
perfect construction that fcry-saw gin could be
turned with the hopper full of cotton, as easy as
common grind stone.
Mr. Miller died December, 1903 leaving Whitney TO
contend alone with the manifold difficulties which had
constantly beet him since his first effort to produce
machine which has done much to improve and civil
ize the world.
In 1907 he obtained decree in the United States
Court, in Georgia fully confirming him the original
inventor of the gin Upon this point the evidence was
conclusive but il did not stop the pirates upon his
right and at the next session Of the Court he had two
more suits, recovering in both of them. But now,
when Justice had been obtained after nstuting sixty
suits previously bis term Of patent had nearly expired
The expense aud yexatons OF these numerous suits
and dfappontments would have discouraged any man
but one who lad mind capable Of cOnceying the idea,
and with bis own hands, almost without tools, within
ten days, producing model Of machine which has
stood tie model Of al the cottongns built in sixty
five years to clean the many millions of bales which
have been since produced in this country
Since the time Of Whitney, the coton-gin has bsena
prolific source Of 20 the Patent Office, both as
a whole machine snd in all ts parts. Perhaps the
most perfect, whole, Of oil the Improvements that
lave been made upon Whitncys original model, - now
10 be- sfen in operation in thesnaelnerOom OF tho Ex-
Ii.ffn Ilfg girfk gaV. gin uhfrufc1 by II. Car