New-York tribune., 1874-02-09

NrrFs-RErREsENrArIvE sAYIER PRESENTS
AsIRKING ARRAY Oh FACTS AND FIGURES
IBY TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBUNEl
WASHINGTON, Feb SIT has been so long taken
for granted a matter which admitted OF no douDt
that our present patent system greatly benefited
the people at large by encouraging inventive genius,
that it is rather surprising TO hear this idea seriously
controverted. During the Saturday session of the
House Mr. Sayler of Indiana delivered carefully
prepared speech IN which he took the ground that
the existing system of patent laws was exceedingly
burdensome to the people and practically OF small
benefit TO the inventors while enabling powerful
manufacturing corporations TO reap immense profits
To show how heavily the people are taxed by the
manufacturers who hold patent rights on articles IN
general demand, Mr.. Sayler presented strikug ar
ray of facts and figures.
The India rubber industry, heIsad according TO
the census paid 50 per cent profit upon the capital
employed. The cabinet organ business paid I'll per
cent profit. In II months, the capital invested in
the manufacture Of sewing machines doubled itself
besides paving for all the materials II used and the
labor employed, the profit on q $50 ,machine being
S24. The profit on patented agricultural implements,
according TO Nh Sayler, is SO per cent and ON patent
medicines 11S per cent In these five branches OF
industry the aggregate capital invested according
to the of 1870, SjgOOOOOO. and the prOht
$3LsO0,OO0, while the same amount Of capital IN
vested in producing pig iron would not only eleven
and two-thirds millions and in manufacturing cot
ton goods only ten millions.
Mr. Sayler has n bill to permit any person 10
manufacture 1t pategted article by paying a royalty
to the owner OF 10 per cent upon the market value
II the article. This. he thinks would give the in
ventOrs as rule more money than they now re-
Ccve and protect purchasers against the ovcrcharges
Of patent mOnOpOsts The following are the main
features Of his bill
The FIRST section OF my bill provides that where a
machine other article IS manufactured OF com
pounded by virtue OF siIgie patent, u may be manu-
factured used, sold by any person. whether in bis
individual associated capacity by payment OF roy
atty to the owner OF the patent right Of icper cent
upon the market value Of the article manufactured and
that he shall protect the OF the patent right b.
filing the Patent Once bond IN the sum OF $4,000,
conditioned upon the accounting, every xix months, fog
this royalty and the payment thereof He is also to
give notice through the Patent ONCE Of ll, name place
OF residence, and place OF business.
The second section provides that whenever article
or machine pas in It's construction composition
improvement protected by letters patent, wdeTe II IS
| constructed compounded under and by virtue OF
combination consolidation OF two or more patents,
then any person in his individual associated capacity
20 into the United states District Court in the dis
tric where the of those patents the majority
Of them reside aud bysproceedings such now
provided IN civil causes therein have tho royalty deter
mined by the Court and that This first proceeding shall
be at the cost Of the applicant he protecting the
OF the patent by a bond, have before indicated. and
It beng altogether impossible that the first adnst
meut OF the royalty would be inadequate unjust.
The bin further provides that in the desirable,
the Of the patent 50 days notice may have
rcadument OF the royalty aud that that readusment
shall Dc at their own coat aud final. The pro-
vision applies 10 copyrights.
TLoPosED NEW RULES TO GOVERN THE COMMITTEE
on PATENTS.
lGENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHl
WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-1he House Committee on
Patents wiz probably, at their next meeting, adopt
series of rules 20 govern them in the consideration
Of the business before them The rules were cOusid
cred on friday, bat there was not ful attendance
Of members II is known that heretofore, bills have
been reported from that Committee for extensions,
and passed. when the persons interested had little
TO standing az the Patent Office in tho merits OF
their CLAIMS; or when the did not clearly come
under the Patent OTice law. Ia other words, there
has been IN former Congresses special legisla-
ton for the benefit of particular persons,
irrespective of its effect The public at large But
who has not realized money on useful inventions,
and whose rights have been infringed, an opportu-
nity to have a fair hearing before tue Patent Ohice
in behalf Of an extension of his patent; and where
il is shown that an inventor or patcntee has been
largely or reasonably compensated and not present.
ing sufficient reasons for extension, they viii Of
course report adv ersely.