The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-10-04
BETTER TIMES FOR INVENTORS.

One of the most pathetic situations
u 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
neigbbors, and finally just at the
moment of success, has seen all the
rewards of his sacrifice gathered
in by some i%nterloping 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 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 time had
Il come 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,
and the result of his toll would slip
through his fingers before he had
.ime to open his eyes. 1t was nee
"a issary in those times for an inventor
to Who wished to make money, to bt
j. not only a scientist, but an acute
lawyer, and a practical business Al
we'll. Now, all he has to do Is tt
turn over the description Of. his in
yention to the Press Claims Company
A moderate fee buys the highes
legal skill and the most perfect bust
-, aess methods. The inventor nee
= not waste a thought on the work O
y securing his rights. In due time
y patent is delivered to him, perfect
g oyery detail. He is now in a positio
~. to deal with capitalists on his ow
"e .erms. His rights are absolutel
f. secured. Nobody can force him int
u losing bargain. He can put hi
patent into his pocket If he chooses
lat and wait until he finds a satisfactor
customer.
The establishment of the Pres
Claims Company will serve an enor
nous expenditure of brain matter I
'ys he man whose ideas keep the worl
Oh moving. There is no branch of til
hg ,atent business with which the con
,any is not thoroughly qualified
ed ieai. In every direction its con
plete organization enables it to q
she the most perfect work on the lowe
,gs terms. 1t is prepared to take IL
'g- full responsibility for attending to q
le- details which IN inventor unfamili
try with patent office procedure won
inevitably overlook. The ~advantag
&C. it offers have already been wide
mes appreciated, and the indications a
AXE chat in a few years an inventor won
a. soon think of trying to get alol
axe without the patent Office itself
ght the Press Claims Company. Addrel
PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY,
and J18 r st. N. w., Washington, d,
rouN WIDDERDURN,
General Manager.