The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-29
The Woodwork Patent Monopoly Exten-
sson-s Royal scheme Sor Spoiis and
pluntsY.

The Woodwork Patent Monopoly Exten-
sson-s Royal scheme for Spoils and
piandsr.
Tie woolwoIth patent mcnopoly-second
lease Of fourteen ycars-cxpircd, We believc, last
Saturday and the power OF the Patent ONCE
being exhausted, The boldc.s OF this gigantic
monopoly are moving heaven and earth to get
from Congress a ,hird lease Of fourteen years.
4 fox facts ard figures concerning this patent
case viii show 10 or rcsdcrs-including, per-
haps some incrcluion- members Of CongreS-.he
cDormiiy ~ The taNation Of this monopoly upon
The mechanical iBauriry Of the county aud the
pockets u The people Al large.
bis patent i ~ = machine FIR planning boards,
and has beer sccascJ g. ,hc exclusive benefit OF
he paroles cotccruod ~ two grants from the
Pat, n oaloe running through thc long period ~
tvcuty-dsh, years. puring All tbs period, tn
right a. ~ his isvcntoa anywhere In TIE
United States "a trgR FIisecl 10 a heavy
bounty y he patgn',cx And when We Goa
sider thai thls plaling nsehiac bcars about O.
same oosparizon - iso 80 systcn q rlaninr
hoards W hard mat on y Hoes fsss prioslu
putsu bears - d. pfimitst taaehiae In {
ruicrt CHlcc urou ~hioh H.. Fsanklia worA
as loafusynani "a when ~ cocsidsr M VAT
Hmount - plarsd bard auaaaly co0samed
throughout fhi, eouGgy Il baildlags. shps,
steamboats,. dc. ~ r.4s form syme vague sp-
pack nation - ~ iItnas,lous yrocE " IL
pairfi meroyoig; 90. IN shis eonasction. vl
thc resdsr - - ~ H. Ggares and facts
which follow.
W utdaiiard lss lie sErernic gross ~
ccp'. from NJ psiia monopoly, daring te
tRuu'y. csh ycars = a. sSstrDce, have no.
been ic.s than go hsaa,ad wal.esss " d..
ard that shc clrar Tf0ats 10 a. pa,entecs "a
their assigns have hcn faily up 10 tbe mark n
81 lzz'.sas ~ pocke, mooy. One you'd sur
rosc that the object % thc rs'cnt Ofsoe. whicA
= fair Remuneration 10 Inventors for thclr
inventions. IN toe exclusive right for q liulltc
period. 10 A che same had hem fully AID most
hbraliy accomplished ~ this wcodxorth ca-e,
and that nov, 'be people, having pad TIE
prinorly price ~ hundred millions fcr the ma
chine, were clearly cn,itica 20 Ne 90. frs .,
taxation or bounty from this tine, bcnscfor''
and forever. Tie holders Of this gold miae,
however. entertain altogether q dilicrcn, opin n.
They naturally enough want another iea~a u
fourteen gears ard II a portion q the ca
pTof,s which thcy have drawn IRON the people
vii result IN convincing a majority ~ bo'l
houses 81 Coner,s of thc j0ltce AMI cxpcjlency
q ano.b,r leasc. they vii e., i'-ibslt al
The company rocl1s ard appliances bsfor
Cougros are imnease. and a splendid oltlay
may ~ ju.uD,d ID view " lesss
which vii give 0cm for f0ur,eon ycar
a clean cash account " from three "
eve millions pr arnun. They have already
sp.ns some seventy thousand doliars among the
INC nlers and tho lobby q n present. Congress
for this extension; and they hove . contingent
lobby fund in reserve a tao huadrcd and nfiy
thousand. with resources "a colarve u 70 nve
Hundred thousand. called for. W. n seward
i The counsel and sdyoc ate, manages and god
fa,l,r a this exiortionatc concern 10 she Senate
and before The courts iiis professional fees 70
this rcapaciiy have enabled him 10 -, up tbe
LIQUOR busiLoss In Auburn, tcommon whiskey
~ cents pni) ard with thc suoces q this pa
INT extension, W should not be surprised II Mr..
Seward were IN a year Or two 10 csiabiisa
n wholesale distillery or q mammoth liquor I'm
ror,nr hc,uc IN Now York This Woodwork
Company give con idcrsble employment here
ard there h. lawyers, IN suits agaiosi parties In
fringipe. or cha god with infringing. this planning
patent IL this way certain Mr.. Bushweli was
crush,d. and ere Beardsley-gentlcmen whose
putsts veto not long enough 10 compete AZ law
With IBIS rival monopoly. Tho services Of W.