Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-26

vention, perseveres in attempting to
see the officials. he is looked upon as
the man with a glitter in his eye and
the blue-coated officials with police au-
thority are given warning that he is
not to be admitted to the presence OF
Official greatness.
Occasionally influence. which the
real inventor hates to bring to bear. en-
ables him to get an audience with the
highest official in the department He
has reached the criminal stage by this
time. for he has taken to the chief that
which courtesy and custom require
should have been taken to the under
ling.
The three stages of suspicion are
gone through again by the persistent
inventor-imbecile. lunatic and crimi-
nal--and occasionally his persistence
wins out. for in passing through the
degrees he may happen to hit upon
some oficial. also regarded as lunatic
by his colleagues, who takes In that
which other lunatics produce.
Such was my case, and won out.
The officials to-day who treated me
with something worse than scorn are
taking credit to themselves for discov-
ering the merit Ia that which had to
offer.
Different In Europe.
ION the continent Of Europe things
are different. There the inventor 10
not treated as II he were fresh from an
asylum for the feeble-minded. but 10
turned over at once to the official
whose duty II is to examine such
things as he has to offer, and the exam
ination proceeds forthwith. The contf
mental governments take interest In ev'
erything that is new. especially II IL
pertains to warfare and the inventor Ia
treated like what he is In most cases
a gentleman. The United States gov
ernment when 1t gets a thing gets II
by accident after having exhausted ev-
cry means likely to discourage man
whose brain has produced that which
finally is found worthy by those who
had met II at the outset with sneer."
1t may be after all that truth Ia
stranger than fiction. though people are
given to a doubt of the old saying.
After hearing OF what this inventor had
said. a character in one Of Charles
Dickens novels came to mind and
looked him up to refresh the memory.
The American said that the continental
European governments we're interested
in all the schemes of inventors. He
said nothing about Great Britain. II
may be that Edwards government has
reformed, but in Little Dorrit," az
No NAV find who chooses to look. Daniel
% MIR. Meagles friend, had an experience
oficialdom much like that OF the yankee.
,oyce Mr.. Meagle said:
This Doyce is a smith and engineer. :.
zen years ago he perfected an invention
living a very curious secret process) OF
Importance to his country and his fellow
tures | won't say how much II cost him,
ow many years of his life he had been
I IL. but he brought It to perfection .
Becomes a culprIt.
He addresses himself to the government
moment he addresses himself to the gov.
lent, he becomes a public offenderl +.
ceases TO be an innocent citizen and be-
ss a culprit He is treated from that
mt as q man who has done some internal
IN. He is a man to be shirked, put on.
-.beaten. sneered at, handed over by this
" connected young or old gentleman TO
highly connected young or old gentleman.
DdGk dkdlng TIC 10 u 1850 "-N-- -
Is In his own time, or his own property;
ere outlaw, whom II is justihable to get
II anyhow; a man to be worn out by any
ible means"
he inventor who had some things to say
i the manner in which he was treated by
American department officials when he
d them humbly to look at his invention
ID also that once upon time he had an
ointment with a cabinet officer and that
waited beyond the time set for two hours
re he had his interview, which lasted less
one minute.
must be borne in mind that this was
} years ago and no present cabinet official
nplicated.
might also be borne in mind by present
ais that at least six governments OF the
d are each spending millions OF dollars
Ially In adding to their store OF weapons
ffense and defense the invention which
man had perfected years before he could
the officials of the government OF his own
try to look upon II with anything thai
smacked of interest.