The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-09


patent office, and when an invention is
induce its originator to back it up to the
bottom of his purse, he writes him a
ticklish letter.
HOW THE FAKIR WORKS.
He says something of this sort: That
he has regarded with deep interest
your valuable invention" Continuing.
he may state that he will be glad to put
the article on sale, and a model will help
him greatly. The last paragraph of the
letter, is to the effect that 'sthe agency
is publishing paper of general circula-
ton, and that description of the pat
ent will be printed for ten dollars; for
like amount the reading matter will be
adorned with cut of the invention,
which is the property of the inventor
after used once, but to properly and
cheaply advertise the invention it is
necessary TO purchase 5000 circulars at
two dollars per 900, which the agency"
will mail to interested capitalists.
Here is a bonanza for the inventor for
only thirty-two dollars! Publication in
an illustrated journal and introduction
to the wealth necessary to make his in
vention marketable. So he replies to
LILO ClICuldE anu luClOSeS CIl0 necessary
amount.
This is how the agency plays its
part. When the thirty-two dollars is re-
ceived {; cheap cut is made and about
two .'sticks" of descriptive matter
printed. About three thousand circulars
are printed, bundle of which is sent to
the inventor. and the remainder fed to
old Boreas from the housetops. The
but still its circulation is general"
The model of the patent which is for
warded is placed on exhibition" for
sale, and thus the agreement is nomi-
nally kept and no law is violated Thus
the agency" is about twenty dollars
better off without much hard work.
When one stops to consider the enormous
number of inventors who accept these
proffers of help it can be seen how pros
perous the business may be.
GULLIBLE INVENTORS.
1t Is said that one man who has been
in this fake business in a city down
east for many years has secured vast
fortune, and that he occupies several
floors of a building with his Offices
1 mo persons are more gullible than in
ventors," is the belief upon which the
falzir works.
But there Are other schemes to inter-
est inventors Another agency method
IS to organize an association for in
ventors, the membership in which is all
the way from ten dollars to twenty-five
dollars. The inventor is not required to
pay his membership fee until his patent
has passed the test of the examining
board. Be that test successful or un-
successful, the inventor receives a highly
Illuminated picture of an examining
board examining inventions and passing
judgments thereon. If his was success
full he is eligible to membership, and if
unsuccessful he must go elsewhere.
There is no violation of the letter of the
agreement which induces the inventor to
join the association. The latter does all
it promises, but all it promises can bene-
fit him little
Recently there came under the ban of
the French government an academy of
invention. The plan of this institution
was to have q gradual system of inves-
tigation of the patents submitted, and
each stage cost a few dollars additional.
When the last one was reached medals
were awarded at different prices, but
the inventor seldom got off for less than
fifty or seventy-five dollars The .sacad-
emy'' was opened by an astute Partisan,
who, while he had violated no law, was
morally guilty of working confidence
game upon thousands of his country
men, indianapolis News.
An Agreeable Dentifrice.
One of the most agreeable of denti-