The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-05
PATENT RIGHTS.

When man OiIeH to sell mt u terri
tOrial right for patent, set him down
at once for u sharper, and keep clear Of
him accordingly. For, it Is Us clear us
daylight, that il he has II rally good
thing-Onc that there is money in-he
will not he so benevolent US TO 90 around
and give away to strangers the larger
part Of II. Colt didn't do that with his
pistol patent. Howe didn't do il with
his sewing machine, nor Mccormick with
his reaper, nor NOISE with his telegraph,
nor anybody else that had patent that
he believed 10 be really valuable.
But when man hAs something that
looks pretty, and at first sight seems iGasi.
bic, but which he hAs no faith will really
work, then look out for his selling terri.
torial rights. lie Is all ut once exceed
inglv anxious 10 divide and subdividc the
enormous profits with State, county and
township rfghthOldeH. He couldn't stand
II, to keep such astonishing profits all to
himself alone. And so goes around, but
t0n.liOlcing all that are green enough ia
listen to him, HnIl ut great expense OIL
time and effort trying 10 persuade them IA
relieve him Of II part Of the wonderful
profits.
But, my friend, don't you be- taken in.
Unless you plny the same raSCallv game
on somebody else, and get your money
back by Fleeing him OUT of his money,
you may rest assured your money will 20
where YOU will neverSce any return irOm
il. It's plain case Of swindling, on the
very tace oft. II so many people didn't
actually do tho thing, should say that
none but fools would ever be- caught by
such Il shallow trick.
Wcncver yet knew one single case OF a
valuable patent thus sold out. Did you?
On the contrary, every little ways, there
is shop or barn with Il worthless model
Of some swindIing patent right slowed
away in It. Frequently you will find them
piled up In the fence corners. The num-
Der Of people bit by such operations Is L.
gi0n. And yet the rnScally right-vcnder
still find durcs green enough to fill their
pOckcls. II you have money you can
find no other way Of dispensing Of, give ii
10 them. But don't bother yourselves
with their worthless rights.
They tell you they are too poor to con-
Slrtlrt and vCnd the article themselves.
Then tell them you are In the same box,
and can't do ii either. But any really
good thing, when il iSproved 10 he a good
thing-antl no man would he safe in buy
ing Il bcfnrc-will always find capital
enough ut its command. I will guarantee
to tind capital enough to build factories
large enough and furnish machinery am
pie enough, TO manufacture all the Colts
revOlvcrS, or lIOwcs sewing machines, or
Morse's tClegrNphs, or GOOdyCar's rubbers,
Oranything half NJ good, that anybody will
invent and the public buy.
| have had great many Of these rights,
with their wonderful advantages, offered
me. | never bought one. And | never
lost anything by the operation.
But Tint Is not the case with good
many of my friends, who have been green
enough to buy rights" l couldn't count
the number Of them on my fingers and
toes And, what Is worse, some Of them
IRE Just foolish enough, after having been
bitten once, to try 1t again, on some other
fright"
It's u little ike Sctllng iuuuleu, W ncn
Il man has got into tho ditch once, ten to
one II you don't soon find him there again.
When once II man gets into the rights
business, no matter how badly he was
bitten, he frequently goes in again. Some
times, IN his first clNgrin, he goes in ia
bite somebody clse-and goes to peddling
rights-gOcs to cheating othcrs,as an offset
for getting cheated himsClE-bcnLpcrhaps
on showing thnt he isn't the only fool III
Cxistencc-that Others can he fooled as
easy us he was.
The fact is, this vending Of territorial
lmtent rightsi is essentially swindling Op'
Grafton Aud he who goes into It Is CithcT
(tIOI, and can't see what Is MS plain Ns
the nose m ones face, or else Is a knNve
knowingly cheating his fellows. And he
who buys isn't FIR 6ehind-prObably more
frequently the fool element prCllOminatcs
SPIEOEI.