New-York tribune., 1907-06-02

Commissioner OF Patents no caused 20 be con-
Quoted careful investigation OF tho work OF tho
Patent Office for the last several years. and then
promoted Edward Bruce Moore. hitherto assistant
commissioner TO the post OF Commissioner Mr..
Moore had asked Mr. Garfield for the place.
neither had any OF his friends IN Congress or else
where. The promotion made solely Mr..
Moore's previous record.
Edward Bruce Moore. then a young lawyer in
Grand Rapids. Mich. entered the Patent Office as
a clerk in 1883. and he has been there since
He successively promoted the posts OF law
clerk. examiner. chief examiner. and in 1901 was
selected by President Mckinley for assistant COM
missioner. President Mckinley was killed before
he had signed Mr., Moore's commission. and Presi-
dent Roosevelt, true TO his promise TO carry out
the plans Of his predecessor. signed the commits
sion
Fortified with long experience and a thorough
knowledge OF the Patent Once. but hampered by an
underpald force wholly inadequate in numbers,
Mr.. Moore has accepted the charge OF one OF the
Once nateriaIv 10 Increase tSn or Va r % t a.
experienced men through the increased demand for
The Patent Once is now 1900 cases behind. That
Is 20 say, there IS an accumulation OF 1900
Whlch nave not beeh acted upon, or which, having
been hastily acted upon because OF Il recent frantic
the actual Conditions we're made pubiic in tbese
dispatches, have come back for further action on
effect there viii be added to the present force thiro
ance missioner Moore expects 10 make con
siderable progress toward catching up with tho
work, although even with this addition he does
not expect that the work be satisfactorily and
expeditiously performed. His present estimate is
that by October the number OF delinquent cases
can be reduced 10 5000 and that by January l a
reduction OF additional 1000 be effected
Within the last six months the experienced force
has been depleted by the resignation two chief
examiners, four principal examiners and fourteen
or hfteer assistant examiners In the main these
designations the result of Congress having
failed TO grant to these employees an Increase OF
salary while private concerns stand ever ready
TO pay men with Patent Ottlce experience consider
ably moro than does the government The force
is recruited through the Civil Service Commission
but at the salaries offered the commission finds il
difficult to secure competent men, is shown by
the fact that out of l35 who took one or
other OF the last two examinations only II Quali-
fed
When Congress meets again Commissioner Moore
with tho support OF Secretary Garfield, will go be-
fore tho Committees Patents urge that he
force Of the Patent Office and the compeusa ton OF
its employees be made commensur2tA with the vol
ume and character of the work performed. He
Der Of new cases filed each week IS | 200 while ap-
phcations for rehearings and consideration OF new
claims vastly increase this number. He will show
that the Patent Office not only sustains itself but
and that the force be made adequate and tha
compensation satisfactory and still leave the office
a paying institution. He is confident that when
these tacts are properly placed before Congress
little difficulty VIII be experienced in securing the
necessary funds whereby the work can be brought
up to date and maintained there.
Commissioner Moore, who has I'm the mast nd
judcated many OF the which have been an
pealed to the Commissioner in his judicial canactt,
enjoys the confidence of the patent attorneys and
his promotion has had a saIutarv efrart - tL
entire force, that there every rea son 70 evn
that hereafter the condition of the limited Stptes
Patent ONCE VIII not only prove satisfactory to
will reflect credit on the Secretary of the Tf oar ~
ana on the administration. '