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

\ y NoreAn on that posnf! And if fhave
beer :rt ytoysd lin urging tbe merits of my olaiia
upon the ention OF Congrcss am enl in the
condition ofsokkers in that and cannot be to blame
The application before Congress was as in aX
Other similar cases, sufficient notice to other pa r,ie
to incur no extravagant expense that nigh bs
sacrihcG&na The passage of the bill And th,,
statement Haces OF ssinvestments in the span,s !.
foctnre Of Reapers, by shess isuri,.gsrs, is Well
Understood to be merely h,smbttg I have probably
ma9slayger investments in the erection Of xr,cn
sve. Machinery for the express manufacture OF
keaperss rrclusiueiy,) than all the other rnanuiac
turefsl9 the country put togetherlable to sacri.
fee sciiAoss the relief sought for.
Finally, the selling price of Seyaot, 8 Moreo,,s
machine, and others, has been The same of mine.
Cor more,) and sour farmers cannot suffer ON
TINT ground And while the statement of Sew
mour = Morgan of my profits eaiised are
scholly untrue they have just as much right to In
quire into profits realized by me under the pro-
lection OF my last patents, regards the first as
they would to take an account of the proceeds of
gotd m1ne-and no If any other man had
made and patented the improvements ed in
my last patents there would have been no question
as to my right 10 extension of the first Can
then, my rights under the fret patent be less be-
cause persevered for SO long a time and tfnaIlg
succeeded in perfecting the same. and making it
OF great value TO tue country, than If had stopped
short with the first paltnt- Gas Moore & Haecan
dld with theirs (which, in the language of Judge
Netson, was " no more, necessary to prevent "the
hazard OF dedication''-and thus permitted the
thing to become dead letter? What profits
/ haze made have resulted from the most labori-
Gus application in the manufacture and sale of
my Reapng Machines on strong gudrants--not
specnlation; SO that W hen have profited, pur-
chasers and the country have pro6ted more. But
from having sold my Reapers on time, with delays
that have occurred in collection, euaigrations to
california, &C., no one know what nay uIti-
mate profits may turr 10 be-certainiy much less
than any paper calculations would seem 10 show
them; while the estimate of Seymour g. Morgan,
based on certain statistics found some time since
N pamphlet resaonsfrance, signed by three of their
lacyas several of their erpeTt witnesses, and the
balance (of twelve, all toldl interested manufac-
Iurers and 1nfrlngers, have shown to be without
foundations; and while the expenses, liabilities
Ind hazards of keeping up my business have been
great, have expended in the erection of machine
y, NC, for the manufacture of the Reapers eS,
lusscey. from-$ 1000 TO $50, 900, liable to be
acrificed without the relief sought for la this
asst statement of Seymour & Moore too thew
ibandon their reliance upon their assumed ssearly
American inventors as claimed in the pamphlet
'emonsrancs IN question, and e1posed an aag repIq
% IT,
Now, as appears in the report of the Senate
Committee, my time, labor, and expense being es-
lmated, realized no profit whatever under the
protection OF my first 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 i not for the
ime 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 and profit?
ALI can by law secure to themselves their own
improvements, as others have had to do and instead
SO avaricious thirst for a share in the product
another's labors, tolls and brains, would it not
e more becoming in them, at least, to betake
lemseives to their studies and workshops, there
tpork out improvements that would be both avail
bic and honorable to themselves and the countrys
t--t tiftA 0r G.. HI. MCCORMICK.