The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-02-28
DOUGLAS As 4 FRIEND Or THE
EARMEKS.

readers that they may see how carefully
he watches the interests of tn, great ,h..
cago manufacturer when they GENE in
competition with the interests Of the
farming community. Farmers, wouldn't /
you like to have Il chance to vote for
/ Douglas !
WASHINGTON, Feb 9. 1861.
Your di>uniun ncirhbor was badly
hoorrd in the Senate yesterday. The
House joint resolution extending the
time ninety days for taking testimony on
the Mccormick application tor seven
years extension OF h,s r"apcr non"l"ly.
was adopted after sharp aud acr'mo'
,us debate Douglas, Fitch, Fugh aud
B.yard fought Tor the m"uopoIs, against
the people aud Wade, Truul uIl, Fessru-
deu, Grimes. Bingham and Chandler d.
! Tended the farmers against the MONEY"
list. On all questions, whether po.'tcal,
economical or moral, ouglas 1s always
found On the wrong side. Yesterday he
made fierce fight against the farmers ot
the West, throwing all his weight into
the McCurmick scale. But he has lost
his Influence with the Senate aS with the
country. aud whatever he advocates is
pretty sure BE- defeated.
/ On the decisive vote McCor2.ick was
/ beaten by ayes IS, noes 20. 1t was near
, ly straight party vote. all the R"ruhil
cans voted uu the side .: the FARMERS,
and all the Democrats, except Green Of
Missouri, and one or two others, voted for
the disun,on mon"poiIst.
Wade movcd to take up the House bill
extending the time to file r. bu'tlnr ties
tImany against the extension If the reap
er patent Douglas objected. The case
not want to disturb the regular op, ration
Of the law
Judge Trumbull said the law authori-
zcs the extension Of patents fer seven
years on certain conditions. One Of
| th IN is that the Invention must have
been new ore, and that after the use of
reasonable diligence, the applicant must
have failed to rec, i've "A reasonable rcmu
nriatiun. In this case rs much as S3,
900 900 had been the gross rccei, Is, aud
of 'ha, sum, H"lt's report showed III ,
one-l alf was pr.iit. Mccormick had made
two millions out Of his Improvements,
and ought to be content, The application
for renewal is made a year before the time
oi his patent expires. The time for ta-
king testimony under the regulations Of
/ >hugrrt, the Commissioners commenced i
Oh the list ut Jo uary aud ended ON the
2Sth, and the argument is to BEGIN on
Monday next; hence tie opportunity fer
taking t,etiinouy WAS altogether too trief
No INJURY can be doue to any body by the
xtcusiun Of the time AS asked by the
resolution.
Senator bingham of Michigan, deemed
! the passage Of the resolution due to the
| agricultural interest, Already the appli-
cant had received tfty-rwo dollars as a
| premium on every reaper made by others,
nd now he will have fifteen dollars ad
di;,ona for the Improvements for which
! he demands an extension. lie had
am~sed stupeudous fortune, aud it was
lIgL time that this grinding monopoly
was ended.
/ + tch Of Indiana considered that the
! contestants had had ample time to put in
! their l. buttiug testimony (hss than
three days. Under the law the qucs-
| ton Is before an executive Office, who
! has formerly decid, d that there Is n ne
cc>sIty for extending the time to take
testimony, and yet Congress comes in to
Ia,
n.an aud man. and IT will be a great wrong
to dcvIate from the legal and regular op-
GRAFTON ia such Gases
Douglas SAID that the extension Of the
time beyond III" 4'h IF March, was for
the purpose OF getting the u2ject before
new Administration. 1t is wrong to
say tina; the farmcrs hav" any Interest 10
this matter ~ |, is only interesting to
rival manufacturers, who want t" pnrloin
the improvements of Mr.. Mccormick.
Mr.. Wade said that in each Of the
rcaprrs having this improvement the
farmers of the country, aud not manutac-
tur"rs would be compelled to pay Sl5;
this lAonry would cone from the pockets
Of The farmers who use aud not the uau-
ufacturers who make the articles. When
the monopoly ceased, reapers would be
sold for one half their present cost. lie
wondered if the "farmcrs had 10 inter
est III that
Mr. Fitch moved to refer the resolu-
tion TO the Committee on Patents.
Mr. Wade deemed thst this was mere.
ly for the purpose of delay, and delays are
, dangerous.
Mr. Douglas said that some years ago
Mr.. Mccormick had lost renewal of
patent by being too late in making the
application Not TO be again behind hand
he had made this application in time
Mr.. Ftch's motion was voted down by
2G to lS All the r. ,ublicans opposing.
Mr.. Douglas offered an amer dmcnt,
giving the patentee fifteen days in which
to take testimony, and the contestants
the same time. /, was unfair to 1--WE
only one party the opportunity of offer,
ing additional evidence.
Mr.. Trunbuil Objected. as the motion
was a dodg' to send the bill back t" the
House. which would be fatal. AS the Com
missioner would have the case decided
/ before the bill would be passed, if II were
made foot ball to be kicked back and
forth .ctw-en the two houses.
Mr. Fesscndcn also objected to the
amendment, and asked Douglas if he was
rot lawyer enough to know that the
Commissioner Of Patents had power TO
allow the pateutee to offer additional evi