New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-20
DlIAY AND INEFFICIENCl IN TIE PATENT
OFFICE
oNMIs-IONEE SEYMOUR GIVES The oFFlClAL
G\ZfTTE TO PUBLISHERS WHO
CANNOT PRINT 1T


Washington July 10 G,pecal.-Onc OF the most
,mporIan, and useful publications of the Government
l. The Patent ONCE Gazette which appears. or
sbouId he published every Monday. II Is a period
ca, iu which every inventor we'll n every attorney
and agent interested In claims for patents Is drecnS
and personally Interested and 1t Is hardly necessary
IN odd Tint its usefulness, and value depend not
wholly upon lie accuracy and inteliiglblly oi lne
lhorrn phic reproductions Of specifications and draw"
,pgx I'm, also TO n very large extent upon the
nromp,nes, and regularity Of publication Another
fac, which II il proper 10 mention here Is that the
EXPENSES OF this publication, n we'll ~ all the other
cyucpscs Of administration OF the Patent omce'
including all salaries Of Officials. examiners ana CLERKS
are borne by inventors themselves, VINO are rei'i''"
10 nav heavy fees. From the surplus OF these ices
over expenditure there has been paid into the United
states Treasury since the patent system WIS c''"o
lished more than if,OOO.Ooo.
For many years the phoo-lithographic and other
work. Including press work. on The Gazette has
becn done by "A Washington concern III manner
beyond criticism, In fact 1t was rot surp"SN'u' !"
VA, cq,allrd, anywhere else In the w"rm' anu NOT
only satisfied tie inventors and other persons directly
concerned but was highly and universally praised 10y
EXPERTS and other competent Judges "l Su'h "or"
There was no compliant from any quarter regarding
either the quality or cost Of the publcHon
soon after the beginning Of the first Cleveland
Administrations eight years ago, an attempt was
undc 10 take the work away from the firm wlch
had done II 80 long and satisfactorily aud 10 ave
n to a new and rival establishment. on the oslel,bie
rr,,,ud of ECONOMY The attempt failed th"h
bcc,u,c ia. worn turned out By the new concern Wa
IN crude and inferior NJ To excite storm al protest
from inventors patent attorney. and all Others con
cerned As soon MS the present Democratic tollihis
sIoner of Patents took charge the attempt was re-
Moved In behalf Of the same rival concern ana on
the same rornd. economy
Mr. Seymour decided take THE work away from
the old Establishment. which was doing for what nc
uas pIenscd 10 regard as excessive price, anu
oy, Il TO the which failed 10 do II properly
eight wears ago one Of the consequences ct this
action thus far Is thnt The GaIettc" has not been
publlshcd since last month and the issues Tor July
If and Is are still In the hands II thr photographers
suohr consequence IL that the commissioner Of Pat
EMS Is In daily receipt OF complaints hom Inv ntor, IN
other persons concerned. all parts 81 the country.
II, has also received number OF petitions aud memo
rial, protesting only against the unreasonable de-
lays bnt on account Of the inferior work already done
by the new establishment
I'm behalf OF The change II + argued that the work
T., now done or Is TO be- done. time, chcaply
,hau If was before that It Z" is n'ary as good the
average Of the old work. and that material progress IS
Icing made In the matter Of time" The issues due
I,lv 4 and II are promised before the end of this
rr.k-iust ~ they were promised before the end 81
last wcek. commissioner seymour stands by MS
,c,lon and he lid to-day that not one drawing had
hrn accepted that could not BE- readily Understood ana
road by any poison familiar With mechanical draw
iugs and he believed that The ends sought TO b. at
,aiucd werr sufficiently important and desirable TO
;ustify at the outset some little delay In the issue
., nacnts lie confidently believes that the work OF
the new company will In very short time be salts