Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-02-05


The List of members has at length been
printed, of which we make the following sy-
nopsis: .,.... ...,, ~
+. Whole number Of Senators, ,35
+" Representatives, III
Clerks of the Senate, 3a.l ,a,i 3
r.1 - q, a,," House, :. a.d s
ar sergeants of the Senate, i, III 9
IS. apritaH 3,a :,
3, President Of the Senate, ~ l.
Total ,.s.g.f 16l
OF this number 76 are natives Of Ohio,
8 of Virginia, 2 of Kentucky, II Of New
York, q Of Massachusetts,, 10 Of Connecti-
cut, 9 Of Vermont, 4 of Maine, Q Of New
Jersey, 10 of Pennsylvania, s of Maryland,
Irof Germany,e1lof Switzerland, lso Of
Wales, and ] Of ireland. Of the entire
number there are but fifteen unmarried per.
sons, or bachelors, SO are so years ofage
and upward; ;68 are between, the ages, Of
40 and 80; 40 are between the ages of95O
and 40; and Is are under'So. 9sThe young
est map, in the body is Nj. HUME 81 Mari
on, who by the way, is one Of, the finest
speakers. He is but "a years of age. A
good joke was played off by the printers on
one of our bachelor friends, whose age is
printed 76! Il should have been SO. AL
fred Kellyis the oldest member, being e6.
81 are lawyers; Is are merchants;i 8 are
manufacturers; 50 are farmers; 10 are ed
itors; IA are physicians; Care minister's; 2
are Bankers; 2 are millers; two surveyors;
machFnistts; sF 10 or lH E. mechanics cshhaas and
teachers ociloul iiams s' cuaJ oi fa11i
To-day Saturday theaprincips topiclof
discussion was on a resolution relative to
WOdds%orth's patent. A resolution was
adopted, after q stormy debate, instructing
our Senators and Representatives, Con
gress To vote against theiaextensionwO Of this
patent. AS this IS rather an interesting
subject We give the substance Of the report
Of the Committee: e.oao,c ,a, 70 sbs,,
b9i Your committee find that in the ayear
1923 William Woodwork obtained patent
on planning Machine, which in its praeti-
cal operation, proved to, be of,httle value.
Subsequently, a successful machine was
invented and patentedby Uri Emmons; ihOt
Woodworth succeeded in incorporating En-
mons invention on his own; athat an extern
sion of seven years was obtained upon this
consolidated machine; that previous to the
expiration Of the first patent, VIM. Wood
worth died, and his son, William w. Wood
worth, as administrator of his father's es-
tate, in connection with James G i Wilson,
private spccnlator, made a second appli-
cationfor renewal, which, amid the hurry
of business, and sustained by false state.
ments, passed without discussion--making
in all twcnty-eight years--sincc which time
he has made sundry efforts for an addition
all extension without success sga4,i "a!
And now, in the last year of the life time
of this mighty tleech upon the arteries Of
industry, we find him a candidate for pablic
clar,iy. pleading want, of remuneration,
and asking a further extension Of fourteen
years. ..i ..ta ,.s .c r.Gss#a8R
/ Your committee deem it their duty to
present, in condensed form, a statement
the amount of remuneration alseady receiv-
ted ID BY the statements made by the
parties, upon the various applicacations,
it appears that William = Woodworth,
during bis life time, received the sum oil
1852, 733 80. Amount received by his son
prior to 1845, $264. OILS 32,, leaving over
Fur years Of The first extension 10 account
for, which, estimated at so. 900 90 a year,
is $1,000 90. He, however, being cramp-
ed for the want Of means, sold the right for
the second extension for the sum Of $780,
-o0000. Add, To this the amounts as indiea-
ted in the abstracts from the Patent Office
Of transfers recorded there, not included in
the above estimates, (being g. ,53l ,486 0O)
amounting in the aggregate to S2,049, 232-
G4, and you have an approximation to the
amount received from actual sales iofrights;
yet this las been by no means tho largest
source Of revenue. The tax levied upon all
D.aebines in which the principle Of horizon
al revolving knifes is used is fifty cents per
thousand feet, orequal TO IS 90 per day on
each machines amounting,to Aboutthe sum
of$3, ,0oo, 900 90 aanually. Nor is this the
worst feature of this monstrous monopoly.
-Theenhsnced, price ofsll dressed lumber %
the consumer, by ruling out competition,
and hatassing all other inventors who dare
to enter the field, is estimated by those hav
!, l,ipG access 70 the statistics, 70 be $4,000,