Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-10-22

pircd we shall have Il without further
payment We cannot pay you m money,
Ne will pay YOU in time" | submit that
this Is fair bargain. A new thought de
velopcd, explained, described, illustrated,
put ON record for the use Of the nation
ibis on the one side. The right to the cN.
elusive benefit of this new Thought for n
limited time, and protection in that right
this on the other. This Is the patent
system. A fair contract between the in
ventor and the publc--idcns paid for by
time. II Is manifest that the utmost good
faith Is required upon both sides. On the
one hand there must really he an inyon-
ton; no stealing Of the ideas Of other
mon, no crude notions resulting only In
experiment The inventor must have
| something to sell. On the other hand,
there must be prot, ction no infringement,
\ no piracy, no stealing Of the soul of the
| Invention by clothing II in immatcrial
| changes of form.
no secure this fair dealing we have, on
the one side, the Patent Office, with It's
| examiners, its drawings, It's models, its
| books and It's foreign patents, 30 scan and
| test the invention. On the other side we
| have the courts Of law TO protect the in.
ventor and punish the thief 1t is posi-
BILE that these instrumcnialitics may do
their work imperlcctly. This may some
| times happen; but to the extent 10 which
they do 1t, n fair contract for an honest
( and useful purpose is made and is main
| tanned. This IL the American system.
| Under its protection great inventions have
been born, and have thriven. 1t has given
10 the world the steamboat, the telegraph,
| the scwing.muchinc, the hard and soft
| rubber. 1t has reconstructed the loom,
the rCnping machine and the locomotive.
II has trained up each trunk of invention
| until IL has become Il graceful tree with
many branches, adorned with the fruits of
many improvements and useful modilica-
| tions. IL has won from the older homes
of the mechanic arts their richest trophies,
and, like Columbus who found new
world for CASTLE and Leon" IL has cro
ated new arts, in which our nation has
neither competitor nor peer. Without
the protection of our Patent laws, no such
exhibition rs this would have been posi-
bic. BY far the greater number of the
inventions which now crowd the shelves
of the Patent Office would be missing.
No doubt many weddings would
thus have been spared contact
with cold and unlecling world ;
| hut many vigorous children, that have
| come To robust manhood, would
have persisted long since for want of susie
nance. Men will not take the risk of in.
Producing new inventions, of educating the
| people in their use, of overcoming oppO
sition and prejudice, unless they can be as
sured of reasonable protection in thciI
work until their capital has made return
They will not sow that others may reap
and, when the land is ready for the har
vest, come forth with greater capital nnt
more laborcrs, and thrust aside the pio
necr who has borne the burden and hca
of the plowing and Cultivating. For the
proper administration of such system u,
have attempted To sketch, il is maniles
that much skill and honesty are needed il
the Patent Office, in all its departments
Speaking for the gentlemen associated will
me, believe them To- he both skillml ant
honest. They pass in review many valua
bic interests, They are ATTENDED by
body of skillltl practitioners. They ar
/ hcsCt by an array of eager inventors
in the examination of 10000 application
they make no errors, they would dcscrv,
statues of gold. That they make no moro
and that in all these years and in all thei
number wcll-toundcd charges of corrup
ton have been few and far between, ar,
strong tributes to their integrity and abli
ty. On behalf of this great American bu
rcau OF invention, bring you greeting To
night on behalf OF the 100, 900 American
inventors whom il represents, | bcspcal
for il your cordial support and sympathy