Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-18
newspaper and periodical gablis'

a eopyright law which would protect men
who wrote letters, dispatches and para
graphs in the daily press and in magazines
and other publications. 1t was proposed
that an entry could be made by an author
or publisher at the Office OF the Librarian
of Congress under which productions nom
his pen or articles published by him were
to be protected against reproduction by
other parties. 1t struck members Of Con-
eress. who as general thing, know little
about the works ofauthors and publisher, as
beine somewhat inconsistent and strained.
They believed that that whatever twas cur
rent and whatever was discussed by ton
que or pen in the daily press should be
free. and that no one should be hampered
in using it. So the project failed.
About six months ago some OF the, pub
fishers of the great newspapers in the East
began to publish over their cablegams and
special articles line announcing that they
were copyrighted. Thepractice has grown
until at present the choicest productions OF
authors in this country and the old are
neutrality-suspicious. whether they
are transmitted by telegraph or mail; The
efforts of the publishers to procure q copy.
right for news matter having failed, it Is Q
mystery to many how news articles can be
copyrighted under the present laws. You
correspondent has Just had an experience
which taught him this information. li
To copyright telegram, cablegram OF
an article of any kind produced in the
daily press-say morning paper-it Il
necessary to clip the title, credit and
date line from the proof Slip
in the Office on the night before the publ
cation or Just before the paper goes u
press. place them in in envelope addressed
TO the Librarian of Congress, Washington
ID. c., and deposit them in the mail. The
publisher then sends regularly two oopie:
of his publication to the same address bu'
there is no requirements of such prompt
ness in the last degree. The pubilcatlor
NAV be mailed several days afterward, bu
the title of the articles copyrighted mus
be mailed before they go to press, as tn
act of going to press Is the act Oh puDn
cation, and the filing OF TIT
titles in the mail is equivalent to filing then
with the Librarian Of Congress. The cost o
this kind of copyright is one dollar day
if a certificate is required from the Librari
an. If only entry is made, and that Is a!
good as a certificate to all interests anC
purposes, the expense is 80 cents day. Il
has been the law for many years that IL
procuring copyright of publication two
copies must be filed with the Librarian be
fore the matter is published. For instance
n book which is copyrighted must be hieo
in duplicate copies with the Librarian be
fore copy goes to the public. Thes'
two copies are entered by TITLE
page and description, and thus the copy
right becomes complete. Where there Is
no title page in publication. as in draw
ing, photograph, painting, chrome, statue
&C., title must be printed expressly tol
copyright entry, with name of claimant tol
a copyright. The style of type is inmate
rial and the print of u typewriter Is suiti'
Gent but separate title is required fol
each entry, and each title must be printed
OH paper as large rs commercial note, and
within ten days after publication
for each book or other article
two complete copies of the
best edition must be sent to perfect the
copy right. 1t has been by copyright that
the bulk of the collection Of books ut the
Library of Congress, amounting to train
loads, has been made. Every publication
that has been copyrighted in the United
States clear back to the origin Of copyright
is in the Library Of Congress.
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A good deal of feeling exists between
members of the two branches of Congress
on account of the prolOngation c. tine pres
ent session. With the exception of q few
men in the House who desired to control
legislation by holding back the appropri-
alton bills, everybody wanted an early adj
iournment. The bulk of the men thought
there was no necessity, three or -four
months ago, of staying in session beyond
the month of June. 1t begins to look now
as though the session would extend into
August. Each House is busily engaged
now making faces at each other and accu-
sing each other of being responsible for the
delays. The heat is very oppressive here
at this time. The masses have gone away
to watering places, the business houses
close at or 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the
hotels are without guests, and it is alto
gether an undesirable place to live.
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Representative and eX-RepreScntatives
from different parts of the country who are
cOngratulating themselves just now that
they secured public buildings for their
principal cities in previous Congresses and
thereby avoided the veto of President
,,hn they
have everything in those buildings that
they want. Mr.. Cleveland does not intend
to permit any improvements unless they
are very greatly needed, in any of the Gov
eminent buildings in the small cities, be-
cause he does not believe, rs he has said
in his vetOcs, that it is good business
sense to put the public money in
those places. A number of Congressman
have called upon the President to see il he
would not sign bills for improvements OF
additions, or the completion of buildings
in small cities, such rs he has refused pub
lie buildings for, and he has informed
them that he would not, The very posi-
tive stand taken by Mr.. Cleveland on this
subject has checkmated the growth Of the
sentiment that there should be buildings
constructed by the Government for all
pOStoiliceS of the second and third class.
Few people dare to say now that there is
any hope for this, while three or four years
ago they were talking about putting ny
buildings for all Presidential post
offices. The trouble has been
in asking for public buildings in
small places, such rs have been vetoed by
the President, that too much money has
been asked for. One hundred thousand or
one hundred and fifty Thousand dollars
have been demanded for city of 10, OOC
or $1,000 people, when probably there
would be no building in the place which
cost above 5000, aside from the Court
House, which in many instances did moi
exceed $40, 900 or $4,000 in cost. 1t is
this thing that has disguised the President,
and he has set his foot down upon the
whole business. ..