The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-06-28
BETTER TIMES FOR INVENTORS.

One Of the most pathetic situations
i'll 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 c%onceives
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 q
practical business faculty can buy it.
This is one 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 tino had
come to turn il to his OWE IN terra
advantage, he found himself help.
lessly confronting a situation witt
which he had never learned to cope.
md the result of his toll would Sill
through his fingers before he hat
line to open his eyes. 1t was nee.
'ssary in those times for an inventor
Who wished to make money, to b(
lot only a scientist, but an acute
lawyer, and a practical business al
we'll. Now, all he has to do il tt
turn over the description of his in
yunt;on TO the Press Claims Company
A moderate fee buys the highes
legal skill and the most perfect bust
ness methods. The inventor neet
not waste a thought on the work o
securing his rights. In due time
patent is delivered to him, perfect il
every detail. He is now In a position
to deal with capitalists on his owl
terms. His rights are absolutel,
secured. Nobody can force him int,
a losing bargain. He a put hi
patent into his pocket If he chooses
and wait until he finds a s~atisfactor,
customer.
The establishment Of the Pres
Claims Company will serve an enor
nous expenditure of brain matter t,
the man whose ideas keep the worlt
moving. There is no branch of tn,
natent business with which the com
pany is not thoroughly qualified t.
deal. In every direction its com
plete organization enables it to d,
the most perfect work on the loves
terms. 1t is prepared to take tn,
full responsibility for attending to al
details which an inventor unfamilia
with patent Office procedure woul,
inevitably overlook. The advantage
1t offers have already been widel
appreciated, and the indications ar
that in a few years an Inventor woul,
as soon think Of trying to get alon
without the patent office itself a
the Press Claims Company. Address
PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY,
eis + st. N. w., Washington, d. {
IoHS wDDERBuRN,
General Manager.
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