The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-05-05

Wish 10 work for a commission. To vi.
nltlak their game, offer them instead Of
Tho money IN advance thai you viii
double. triple. auadruplo thar commits.
sion, or oven give them nnety.nine
dollafa IN O hundred and seo how quick
~ thoy viii let yon aIonq, Tbls WI
praye 20 you eoncluslyely that lhos,
people have no intention, means, or
prospect Of selling your patent but a'e
after tho fee IN advanoe only. do not
believe there are any honest patent sale
agents no matter what they publish
claim and swear Men who 30 into that
business must 20 into Il TO deceive ana
10 gct money on false prsiense, Pat.
euts arr not sold by agents. or IN that
way, The large majority 0f Inventions
bAat ara sold are disposed Of 10 neigh.
bora, friends partners or hackers of tho
Inventors before the patent Il granted
or while The patent II prndinng Then
Gftor the grant ~ patent the inventor
ana his asaRnees sell by territory or
form companies 70 manufacture OF sell
on rpalty. IBul the large majority OF
patents granted never bring anything
60 the inventor Or owner. but nre like
tho larger half II all human yc1turpa-
failures.
Another scheme II 60 urge thr Ame--
tfsap tsaa-n4a. H. e...t Ifufs.tsaa,a ,.at a. ~
and there in one western tlrm THAI pre-
tends a. bear ons-half the expense OF
$40 for procuring a German design
patent or Gebrauchsmus,cr provided
they can have the privilege II selling
the foreign patent. claiming 20 have un.
eauaied facilities for selling. The sug
gcation Of sale II only bait what
they call hair expense or so la four
times as much a. the German &c.
brauehsmunter costs. ana nans time
out of ten II ln not worth a cent. for
they viii never sell II; or think about II
after they yet the $50
10 not be Deceived with the rcfrrcn.
oos that thOse people give. They vii
refer you 10 the commercial agrnrleH.
Dun and firadAtr~-, but lh.Sc agcncics
only atiirm that they have a CONNER.
oiai iaiina that they haze money. ,hey
d. not tell that they got IL by tho
which they ARE prac,iclng on
ypu Many m"n with good commerc al
rating ough, 10 10 IN the states prisj, ..
Do ND be- deceived by their rcfemnco'
10 distinguished meu-sonaiora and |
members OF oongrcus, II II well known |
Iha, some senators and congrcsSmen IN
viii Hign almost any paper
that H brought 20 them provided II Ia
not subscription iigt or 4 check.
The number of patents granted In the
United States aione numbered Oh April |
Tho 18th. SSo.ss1 Al that were granted |
II years hso have expired and become
public property. Not even uhe eatA-
cnmba ~ ancient cities AFFORD morr
suggestive lesson 10 moralists than the
arciavca OF the unitci States patent
oficc. for here are buried the wlldes,
hopes and struggles OF u most prcgres
aivc p-oplc.
Not half nA many patents have been |
granted by any other country, What
iorr rlia mean but that many useless
and worthless patents have been gran.
cdr II means also that American IN,
vcntlvc genius. SO called. has been over |
stimulated and lurcd by offers OF prEes
medals. riches and by dciicions tales
about the value of patents, Very few
patents and fuwcr inventions bring the
owner wealth, They more frequently
ruin than enrich
our government IS very remiss that |
It does not lay ita powerful hand on
thcae schcm-ra and stand betwyNtn rap |
loioua swindlcrs and the Ign rant CID
zen. Thvrc IL hope that the present ad-
will make a record IN
,upprsSlng frauds. a good start has
pcan made by placing the Dean Broker.
age lottery on the fraud iis, The APP
poinimcnt ~ Hon. Benz Buttcrwor
N head of the patent oti.ct IL understood
by many TO mcan that patent lotteries.
prizes and ~ called agencies must 60
Inventors and owners Of patents who
have been swindicd by patent sharks o.
lny kind send their complaints 60 the
Pn,tmastcr General az Washington. He
,,iu have the cas-. Investigated, AMI, II |
IL cln be proved. the swindler will be
placed On the fraud ls,, To sholt stop
ihierr r. duty that every man owes
10 his country and to his kind.