The Green Forest tribune., 1910-03-25

vent, the buS1neSS W00Ia taHe care 6I Itself. AS a result, we were made nation of inventors, and we have out. stripped the werld In the field of me ehahfes
 Yet we have no system to-day whereby inventors or the owners of patents can be surely spared the enormous costs and loss of time incl dent to endless litigation. I would venture te say, from my own expert enee, that more than half the patents which the people have tried to use have been in litigation at their ex- piration The period consumed in litigation, of course, comes out of the life of the patent and every month of delay Is just so much loss not only to the owner, but to the public who would get the benefit of the patent. We have industrial concerns in this country that spend from $500.000 to $2,000,000 a year developing patents. If the validity of these patents could be assured promptly not only would the gain to their owners be great, but the value to the people of the United States would run into uncountable millions.
 Salaries Not Adequate.
 With issues as great as this at stake. it would seem that congress should look broadly at the question and establish the court on a generous basis. I believe a salary of $12,000 for the chief justice and s11 900 for the associate justices Is not too great if we are to have court of patent ap- peals composed of the ablest judges in the country. The present bill pro vides salaries of S10,000 and $9,500 respectively. This appears to be large remuneration. but 1t Is not un- der the circumstances. I fear it Is not adequate to enable the establishment of the court on a proper basis"
 Presidents Forthcoming Tour.
 President Taft, who is apparent ly extremely fond of travel, not so much. his friends say, for tray els sake, but because he has thought that he ought to give to the people personally and by word of mouth his ideas of government, will start from Washington March 15 on an eight days journey. It Is perfectly true that an outline of the presidents speechmaking program, as already prepared, shows that as far as texts are concerned, he has chosen only one great legislative subject on which to speak, but if precedent counts for any thing he probably will say great many things concerning matters of legislative moment while talking on announced subjects that have no par ticular bearing on legislative matters.
 The president will go from Wash ington to New York. where he will ad dress a meeting of the members of { the Society of Foreign Wars. He will have something to say about patriot ism in time of war and this naturally will lead to a discussion of that high CT patriotism which induces men to take an active interest in their coun- try's affairs in time of peace
 In Chicago the president will ad dress the newspaper men. the Irish Fellowship club and a great meeting of persons interested in conserving the natural resources of the country. This conservation meeting Is the only one at which MT. Taft, as far as his announcements go, has intimated that he Is to speak on subject which Is before congress for legislation.
 Firm Friend of Conservation.
 Because of the widespread interest in the Ballinger inquiry and the charges and countercharges that have been made by the men who are involved In the trouble, 1t Is said that MT. Taft fears the people will get the idea that he is not the same firm advo- cate of conservation that he once was The presidents friends say it was be- cause of his absolute desire that the natural resources should be saved that he separated his messages to congress and gave one over wholly to the cause of conservation This mes- sage was sent by itself so that there would be no other matter to draw the attention of congress away from the prime subject which the president wanted 1t to consider.
 Outline of Probable Law.
 It is probable that congress will pass law which, so to speak, will separate the surface of the pub lie lands from the deposits which lie underneath. In other words, there will be one means of disposing of the hidden mineral wealth and another means of disposing of the right to farm. The government hereafter, If the Taft idea Is to be carried out, wants to retain such control of the mineral wealth underlying the pub l1c lands that it can lease the deposits and derive some pecuniary benefit rather than to turn them over to great corporations as has been frequently done in the past. There are other conservation measures, however which have been recommended and which probably will not get ths force of law at this session. The president probably will have word to say on these measures to his Chicago audi ence of conservationists
 From the City of the Lakes. MT. Taft will go east to Rochester. New York, where he will deliver an ad- dress, and from there he will go to Albany to speak to the delegates to the Tuberculosis congress.
 The president will remain two days in Albany as a guest of Gov Hughes. After leaving the capital of New York state, MT. Taft will go to New Haven to attend a meeting of the Yale cor poration, of which he Is a member.