The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-24
BETTER TIMES FOR INVENTORS.

One of the most pathetic situations
IN literature is that of the unfortu-
nate inventor, who has struggled
through the best part of his life to
perfect an idea, who has impover-
ished his family, denied himself every
comfort, incurred the ridicule of his
neighbors, and finally just at the
moment of success, has seen all the
rewards of his sacrifice gathered
in by some interloping capitalist.
Unhappily this situation is not con-
fined to fiction or the stage. 1t is
too common in real life. The man
of ideas Is not often the one who can
best turn them to practical account.
There is a division of faculties here
as in most other directions. The
inventor and money-maker are diff
ferent persons. One man %conceives
an invention and the other coins the
patent in gold.
Fortunately the same principle of
the division of labor which has
usually condemned one man to the
hard work of creation, and appointed
another to collect the returns, can be
made to secure justice instead of an
injustice. The inventor who lacks a
practical business faculty can buy it.
This is N of the triumphs of the
modern social organization.
Under the old system a man would
devote himself for fifteen or twenty
years to the development of his
thought with a single thoughted en-
thusiasm which left no opportunity
for anything else. Then when his
idea was perfected, and the time had
come to turn it to his own m lterial
advantage, he found himself help
lessly confronting a situation with
which he had never learned to cope,
and the result of his toll would slip
through his fingers before he had
time to open his eyes. It was nee
essary in those times for an inventor
Who wished to make money, to be
not only a scientist, but an acute
lawyer, and a practical business as
we'll. Now, all he has to do is to
urn over the description of his in
vention to the Press Claims Company.
A moderate fee buys the highest
legal skill and the most perfect bust
ness methods. The inventor need
not waste a thought On the work OF
securing his rights. In due time a
patent is delivered to him, perfect in
every detail. He is now in a position
to deal with capitalists on his own
terms. His rights are absolutely
secured. Nobody can force him into
a losing bargain. He can put his
patent into his pocket IL he chooses,
and wait until he finds a satisfactory
customer.
The establishment Of the Press
Claims Company will serve an enor
nous expenditure of brain matter to
the man whose ideas keep the world
moving. There is no branch of the
patent business with which the com
pany is not thoroughly qualified to
deal. In every direction its com
plete organization enables it to do
the most perfect work on the lowest
terms. 1t is prepared to take the
full responsibility for attending to all
details which an inventor unfamiliar
with patent office procedure would
inevitably overlook. The advantages
it offers have already been widel,
appreciated, and the indications are
that in a few years an inventor woult
as soon think of trying to get along
without the patent office itself al
the Press Claims Company. Address
PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY,
61s F st. N. W, Washington, d. O
JOHN WIDDERBURN,
Ganarol Man.oar