Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

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controls the brain Of his employee and
is entitled to any inventions which he
makes during the course of his employ.
ment, but In this country, the inventor
Is treated more literally, for the U. S.
supreme court has held that, In the alb.
sence Of an express agreement between
an employer and employee. wherein
the employee obtains service with the
employer on condition that any Inn
proyement be may mako on the ma
chimes Of the employer shall be for the
exclusive use Of the latter, the employ
er Is not entitled to the conveyance OF
patents obtained by the employee,
though II the employee uses, to devel.
op the Invention, the time, tools, and
Workshop Of his employer. the latter
has an equitable license to use the In
vention In his business.
Edward Atkinson has written q lot
ter to friend in this city, in which he
makes, among others, the following
caustic comments on the Philippine
situation: ~ observe that q very large
military display took place at the In
auguration. But, observe that when
the question is put who will enlist in
the Philippine warp very few but
desdbests and degenerates answer the
call. The total enlistments for the last
two months have been about 4,5On. 20
per cent. of those who offered. That
number will not make up for the de-
pletion of the regular troops In the
Philippines during that two months
1t does not increase that force and adds
nothing In the place OF the volunteers.
This marks great progress in the intel
ligence of the people. There are few
poor enough and few belonging TO the
second order of fools not the natural
fools-who enlist for this ghsstly service.
I observe too, that each regiment Of
volunteers returning under arms num-
bers about three-fifths the original
force. The rest are dead, wounded
diseased OF discharged" Apropos of
the Philippines, 1t may I've mentioned
that the prevailing belief here now is
that the supreme court will not decide
the insulsr cases until 1t reassemblss
next fall from its summer vacation, 1t
beingIreported, apparently BY authority,
that the questions are 90 complex that
1t is impossible to reach any agreement
without several months of uninterrupt :
ed time for consideration.
The Russian sugar war will not
do Rn Recently committee OF Illinois
manufacturers appeared before Mr..
Gage and formally demanded thnt his
action he rescinded but were tMrne.l
down hard ly the secretary. who too.
the ground that he WIS merely enfOrc
ing the law. The law Is bsd enough,
but the point of objection to Secretary
Cages action lies In Its application
Mr.. W. L, Saunders, Of the National
Manufacturer Association Of the
United States In an open letter, having
directly accused Mr.. Gage Of bad faith
In taking preeipltate action against
Russia when he had, but few days
previously, assured representatives Of
non-sugar interests that the QUESTION
of Russian bounty WAS M yet und.cid-
ed, and that sample warning wu,.li be
given" before anything decisive was
was done in the premises. The axe
fell, however, without motto after Mr..
Oxnard, of beet sugar and Hawaiian
opposition fame, had been twenty-four
hours In the capital. Mr.. Saunders
says: 1.-THE control Of all national leg.
islatIon by the sugar trust is 80 great
that 1t will soon become useless for