The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-27

resources; the introduction of labor saving
machinery, the sale and use of which are
governed by the patent laws the personal
and pecuniary interests of non-residents in
our quarries, manufacturing establishments,
and transportation lines and with the
practical workings Of tho internal revenue
laws, the citizens of Vermont have been
brought into direct personal relations with
that court, and they now look at it as
possible, il not probable, court in which
their rights shall be finally adjudicated and
settled.
Although the majority Of us may not,
and it is to be hoped will not, have cases of
our own carried there for adjudication, yet
our interests are none the less direct and
personal All of us, whether rich or poor,
have direct and personal interest in the
development of our industrial and mineral
resources, and in tho chcapness with which
the products Of orr farms, diaries, mines,
quarries, manufactures, etc, etc, can he
afforded and that development and
cheapness depends upon labor saving
machinery-and these upon the validity OF
patent rights. Questions relative to patents
can only be determined in the courts Of the
United States, and, hence, the supreme
court, its constitution, methods OF doing
business and the delays attendant thereon,
are brought home to us, because the ques-
ton of cheapness in producing and, neces-
saiily, the cheapucss in which the product
can be afforded, are dependent upon the
unqnestioued right to use that which aids
in producing. So it is in railroad matters,
as the history of railroad litigation during
the past year shows.
There are, already, pending in the United
States courts for this district, as well az in
other dstrcts, large number of patent
cases in which citizens of this state are
parties litigant, all involving large personal
pecuniary interests. and in which the gen.
eral public are, also, interested and, also,
of railroad cases, involving the right to run
and control a large proportion of the trans
portation lines of this state, all of which
are reasonably certain tn bring up in the
supreme court of the United States Tor fna
determination. The supreme court hold
only one session year, the last one being
if we remember currec ly, some five month";
in length and disposing of three hundred
and ten out of eight hundred and thirty
cases. AT this rate-and it was nm unusha
and extraordinary years woik-even If nj
new cases were entered, two years would
be consumed in clearing the docket. Blu
new clses are constantly coming up, thu
number increasing year by year, go tina
unless relief is afforded the court must con
tinually be at least two or three years il
arrears, and the arrears constantly increas
ing, instead of diminishing.
1t is to enable the supreme court to dis
pose of this gut of business, and to guar
against its recurrence, that the chairman o
the judiciary committee of the nationa
house of representatives, Mr. Knott o
Kentucky, has repor ed the bill summa
rlzed in our Geographic columns, Wednes
day. His bill will, probably, need amend
ment, but it seems to furnish the "bones
of the remedy in it's provision for a cour
Of appeals in each circuit, consisting Of th'
judge of the supreme court, the circui
and the several district judges-in this cir
cut, Judges Hunt Of the supreme court
Johnston of the circuit court, Smalley O
Vermont, Shipman of Connecticut, Batch
ford OF southern New York, Benedict O
eastern New York and Wallace OF norther
Nav york-tn finally hear and detarmin
all question OF law which may arise in til
several districts, subject only to Unite
right of appeal to the supreme court !
is to be hoped that the congress will spar
time enough from buncombe resolutions
financial propositions, and proposed const
tutional amendments, to consider and pei
feet this, or some other, measure, 80 that i
the United States courts, in practice, as
theoretically the case in our state court,
every person may find "a certain remedy,
obtain right and justice freely, and with
out being obliged to purchase it; CON
"pletely, and without any denial prompt
ely, and without delay, conformably I
"the laws.
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