Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-22

knew such tpbc the TACT before the date
OF his alleged discovery.
rruIw nrfs
was learned German, who died IN 1874,
two years before the date OF the Bell
grant. These opponents Of the Bell mo.
nopoly insist that IS early az 1861 or 1862
said Refs discovered the art, and named
the instrument employed IN IT, use The
! telephones that he nade improvements
on the art from time 60 time M to his
death; that he constructed Sen diGcr.
ent forms of transmitters and
four Of receivers That he
successfully employed Il as an electric
speaking telephone; that others Improved
and successfully used 1t iU his lifetime.
the metal plate, or diaphragm, being suy-
gcsied by Prof. Pickering, of Masssrhn-
sets, In lieu Of the animal membrane
as early as 1870, and successfully used In
that year by Prot Wander wydc, of the
state Cd New York, who made aud used
an
IsrRovRr RKiS IrLIpMoR
prior TO AST2; that at the very time Of
Bells alleged discovery of the brad ar,
there was one Of the Refs telephones, anG
by no mcaus one ef the best OF tlNon,, I'M
the custody of the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington; that this Instrument was,
aud is, an electric speaking telephone,
fact that can DC easily established by the
United States electricians in charge of that
department IN said institution. Yet those
owning the BeA patent managed TO secure
decision, from an inferior court, that the
Res telephone was not capable OF speech,
but a failure, because Inherently wrong In
principle, aud that no mere improvement
In construction could ever make II an
MISUNDERSTANDING rRLKruoNE,
Upon she truth or falsity OF this assump.
tlon depends the fate OF Abe Bell monop-
oily. III untrue, then REFS anticipated
Bell dozen or more years, and the broad
art belongs to the public and valid pat
ents can be obtained only for Improve
ments on that art. The reign of the Bell |
monopoly and the millions which Ii annu-
ally eNtortS from the puhlic will be a
thing of She past as soon ~ Il is made To-
appear that the Refs art Is not . mute but
a talking art. Those who are Nrghg this
suit say that they have In possession, and
are ready to produce In open court, scN.
eral Refs instruments, constructed In
precise
ACCORDANCE WITH ms. PRINCIPLES,
and that they are the expression and rep. |
rescntatlon In, aud of themselves, of |
talking art, and, speaking for themselves, |
viii demonstrate that they are electric !
speaking telephones, and that l,rrSiS'thc |
founder and true head of the art. They |
assert that no well-lnfomed scientist |
and electrician, not In the service of the |
Bell monopoly, doubts or questions the |
truth of that proposition. They assert |
that they will establish their theory of |
the suit by well-authenticated descrip- |
tons and models of the art left 10y Refs, |
himself; by descriptions OF the art made |
and left by the contemporaries of Refs |
by the
EVIDENCE OF ms CONTEMPORARIES
whose crcdibility Will not foE moment |
be questioned, and by many learned and |
dlsintercsted witnesses IN the United |
States. They do not propose to leave !
this vital point In doubt, but 20 establish |
IL adversely TO the Bell monopoly TO a |
moral certainty and beyond reason
able doubt. In every wax, there |
fore, such contest is of great
moments First, in a scientific point of |
view: second, in favor of wight deter. |
Mutation of the question; third, In view |
of the Immense value OF the monopoly; |
fourth, Of the great and constantly in- !
creaslng use OF the telephone. TO
improve II is to benefit the whole world.
This viii result from an overthrow
of the monopoly. This invention
has become one of the firmly estab-
lished agencies in all business and
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
The parties who are pressing this suit be.
lieve they are right They only ask an
opportunity to test the soundness OF that
belief They are not wanting In the nee
essary power and influence To secure a
fair and impartial hearing The suit
being by the government can bc advanced
and speedy hearing obtained The
Bell monopoly cannot eyade the issue. II
II succeeds, its title to its untold millions
VIII be secure; II defeated, then millions
of people will be benefited Such litlga-
ton Is OF transeendent Importance