The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-14

ing than the mere rewardlng o. in
ventive genius. This decision goes
deep into the trust question for it is
the quintesse,ice Of the monopoly ques-
ltion.
The people upon whom these Be
ioyei Patented cinches are girded viii
get some comfort in the fact that the
chief justice and two Of his colleagues
spoke a word in behalf OF the saddled
public They, said that such an un.
restrained decision would breed evil.
This is like serving notice on CALLED
backed horse that the saddle is going
to cause him pain, but that neyerthe-
less here goes the cinch several more
notches.
The decision was made IN the case
of a manufacturer OF a rotary duplicat-
ing machine which copies typewritten
letters Users of this particular ma
chine probably well know that if you
buy one of these machines the manu-
facturer insists that you use his brand
of wax sheet, and all of his supplies.
The benefit OF the duplicating machin-
cry is a sort of bait TO cause a de-
mand for these particular supplies.
And vice versa II you own another
make of machine, operators know how
hard it is to buy this particular brand
of ink or the other supplies unless you
have paid tribute on the machine. 1t
is a double, back-action sort of scheme
The rulings of this manufacturer have
been so arbitrary that the manufac
turers rules have been opposed in
court and have been carried to the
highest court in the land. The court
has decided in favor of the man who
owns the Beloved Cinch and has de-
cided against the public users The
court tells the manufacturer to go as
far as he likes, not only in debating
arbitrary uses Of his machine, but to
dictate the price.
The defenders Of the Beloved Cinch |
were Justices Lurton, McKenna,
Holmes and vandeventer. Those who
spoke word for the users of patented |
articles were Chief Justice White, La
mar and Hughes.
The encouragement and the solic-
commented that the de-
cision is epoch-making.
The decision is also reactionary. At
the present time a new thought is
up in regard to the remuera-
ton of inventors 1t is proposed that
the actual inventor or the assignee of
the invention should have fixed re-
for the labor and the good
luck of the inventive idea, and that
alter a certain reward the use Of the
idea should revert to public owner
ship
It is the history of invention that the
actual inventor rarely profits by mis-
talent, his years of study, or his good
luck. In printing machinery, and in
shoe machinery, and watch machinery, Il
IS this eonspicuously we'll known. The
most widely used of all appliances for
he benefit of mankind are brought up
ind are doled out for tribute purposes
~ big industrial companies. The in
fentor of particular machine spends
20 years or more perfecting device :
Useful to mankind dies impoverished, II
ind the ownership of the device is
transferred to big company, which
to manufacture the machine {
It cost of $500 each and sells the ma :
.hine for $3,5OO each, or else leases
[ to the user at similar ratio of
,rofit.
Human ingenuity in perfecting ma
hines which lesse nthe burdens OF
lfe, which manufacture the necessi-
les of life is stupendous. We are not
edily dppiSSiaetNe ShVa5n ioi TIC
lessings which the inspirations of in
entive men provide for us And one
t the reasons We are not appreciatye
) because somebody buys the idea
or few hundred dollars. and even >
fter operates this ownership not as a
laehne to lessen our burdens, but as 7
Beloved Cinch with which to extract I
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