Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-14
THE AMERICAN INVENTORS.
An Effort to BE Made To Secure More Roous
for the Patent Once.

An Effort to BE Made to Secure More Room
for the Patent Once.
As stated in The STAR yesterday the annual
meeting Of the American Association Of Inven-
tors and Manufacturers will be held in this city
next Tuesday. The association will be called 70
order at the Inventive Age building.
The officers Of the association are: President
DIR. r. J. Calling, Hartford: first vice president,
Gardiner G. Hubbard, Washington; second
vice president, Thomas Shaw, Philadelphia;
third vice president, Prof W. A. Anthony,
Manchester, Conn: fourth vice president
Benjamin Butterworth, Cincinnati; Soc
rotary, J. Elfreth Watkins, Washing
ton; treasurer, Marvin C. Stone. Washington.
Directors-Chas. +. Brush. Cleveland; Otis T.
Mason, Washington; r. b. Munger, Birming-
ham, Ala; +. 4. Sickles. Kansas City. Mo-;
John Y. Smith, Doylestown, Pa; 0berlin
Smith. Brideeton. Nj; ID. NJ. smyth. NORTH
wood. NH; Robert II. Thurston, Ithaca, ny;
David @. wecms. Baltimore.
The American Association OF Inventors and
Manufacturers was organized April 10, 1891.
during the patent centennial celebration. upon
the anniversary Of the signing OF the first patent
law by George Washington. The constitution
declares the objects OF the association TO re:
ITO promote the progress Of science and
useful arts.
Tine diffusion Of practical. scientific and
legal information respecting inventions
The encouragement of favorable and the
encouragement of unfavorable laws respecting
TO secure the cooperation OF foreign in
ventors for reciprocal regulations under patent
systems.
"The proper. Just and adequate protection Of
the rights Of American inventors authorized BY
the Constitution OF the United States"
ANY person in sympathy with the objects"
OF the association rs eligible 10 membership
under conditions stated in the constitution
upon the payment Of a membership fee Of s5
for the first year. No initiation fee is charged.
To the executive council, composed Of the
seven officers and the nine directors Of the as
ISOLATION. has been assigned the duty Of COM
pleting the organization begun with 90 much
earnestness at Washington.
One special matter to be brought before the
coming meeting will be the need Of legislation
for the benefit of the patent Office, and espe-
cially for providing additional room for tho
Office. The secretary of the association has
sent out an address on this subject, in winch he
says:
The entire building. substan tally a Il nov
exists, was planned about 1886 ms a patent
office (see act of July 4, 1886, 5 Statutes at
Large, ll6). That was thirteen years before
the Interior Department was created. Nov
the examiners and their clerks, wf.h their
desks, so crowded in the rooms that it u
with difficulty they move about They are 90
cupying a great number Of basement rooms,
never intSnoeu 70 DC uecu a. olncet Inc neki9
are lined on both sides with unsightly cases Of
papers. This state Of things interferes with the
health Of the force and IL retards their vork
most materially. The general land Office 10
occupying q great number Of rooms in the
patent office building. and IL the land ofhcs
were put into other quarters IL would give the
patent Office force much OF the room IL needs-
In the last Congress some good friends Of the
patent Office procured an appropriation OF e16,-
boo to rent other quarters Tor the general land
Office but the substance of n remains uusx-
pended and the substance Of the land ofice stil
remains in the patent Office Over esd, 900 Of
moneys taken directly from patent funds have
been incorporated In the patent once build
ing, and the treasury now has Is, 900
Of patent funds unapplied in its custody,
easily more than enough 20 pay for the entire
patent ONCE building. and there IL no prospscs
that this money will ever be applied otherwise
for the benefit Of inventors Again, the patent
ONCE urgently needs IN increase Of force, not
only 10 bring the work on applications for
patents mp 20 date and keep ii there. but 70
inaugurste and carry on certain classss q
work, the performance Of which h absolutely
necessary 70 the future needs of ths pssssa
system-"
Hon George q. Crocker, chairnaa e -