The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-12-06
BETTER TIMES FOR INVENTORS.

One of the most pathetic situations
n 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
ncigbbors, and finally just at the
moment of success, has seen all the
rewards of his sacrifice gathered
in by some interloping capitalist.
U%nhappily this situation is not on
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 n 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
he division OF labor which has
usually condemned 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 II 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
, coma to turn it to his own m ,terial
. advantage, he found himself help
lessly confronting a situation with
which he had never learned to cope,
md the result of his toll would slip
through his fingers before he had
ime to open his eyes. 1t was nee
ssary in those times for an inventor
Who wished to make money, to be
rot only a scientist, but an acute
lawyer, and n practical business as
we'll. Now, all he has to do is. to
urn over the description Of his in
v~ention to the Press Claims Company.
A moderate fee buys the highest
. 'egal skill and the most perfect bust
: less 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 or 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,
md wait until he finds a satisfactory
customer.
The establishment OF the Press
"a Claims Company will serve an enor-
=, nous expenditure of brain matter to
# he nan whose ideas keep the world
- moving. There is no branch OF the
\. atent business with which the com :
~ lany is not thoroughly qualified tc
ieal, In every direction its com
-. plete organization enables 1t to dc
:, the most perfect work on the lowest
terms. 1t is prepared to take the
full responsibility for attending to al
details which al inventor unfamiliar
= with patent Office procedure woult
inevitably overlook, The advantage
1t offers have already been widely
appreciated, and the indications ar,
that in a few years an inventor woul,
:, as oon think Of trying to get alon,
al without the patent Office itself a
the Press Claims Company. Address
PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY,
+. G18 F st. N. W., Washington, D. {
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