The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-30
Tulsa Has DistiH-
ouished Visitor.

ST. Cameron OF the law firm OF
tNsuro. Cameron, Lewis d kerkam,
'u IN the city from Washington, d G..
looslng after business interests. Mr..
cameron is am enthusiast in lliS pro-
e,sion and his office has been con-
rtrted with "a number OF the great
revolutionary inventions OF the age.
The Bell telephone patent was
/ taken out Of our office as well as tho
rslsn's Of tho foundation of the talk
rE machine are; the automatic sew
linz machine art and many relating
10 aviation" said Mr.. Cameron.
Alexander Graham Bells modern
ihghspeed boat which has a record
4 d 73.2 miles per hour, was also
banded by our firm, and for more
Than a quarter Of a century we have
represented Hudson Maxim, the in
,entor Of smokcless powder.
The average American does not
recognize what America owes TO its
patent system, Without the incen-
/ tive offered by this system, we would
. bs without the telephone, the sewing
Inachinc. the talking machine, with
\ ogt the air brakes on our railroads,
our modern methods of recovering
previous metals from ores and re-
timing oils--in fact without those
t thlngs which are absolutely essen
h tA 10 the advancement of Civiliza-
4 aon
ut Is the peculiar privilege Of the
patent lawyer to be in intimate
touch with the inventive minds that
+ tu on the very frontiers of the
arts and his daily work is with the
h'w and marvellous.
For many years congress has
4 hed TO adequately support tho
9hent office, but in recent months
here has been a complete reversal
n u policy and congress has now ap-
h ropriated large sums for increas-
A lNg tho force in the patent office and
'Ssquately paying the highly skilled
uperts who handle the important
work OF the office"
II Mr, Cameron was first I'm Okla
II roma In 1855 and rode from Fort
9lbson 10 Kansas City. the most
i ''Nerp railroad point in the United
,a'es In that time. He was a mem-
n Dor OF Payne's Oklahoma colony.
II eaich forced the opening of okla
n .ona to settlement and was at ont
II ~ the Oklahoma editor OF the
Fl Nmut Valley Times, at EldoradO,
n En.
'h response 10 question as 10
n 'nN ne regarded his most remark
a eve experience in connection with
a ,''ehls he said that he saw Glen
n yl'us on July s, 1908, fly over a
measured milo at Mammondsport
N IT, IN the first machine that ever
y" mat distance under its owr
Y goser the first flight having beer
"@1e by Curtis on July 4. 1903.
H| Cameron said that Curtii
4 N not Know how 60 turn his wa.
June and had 10 land in a hay field
Ia lhe machine around on thC
s'Oaod' and then fly back TO tht
Il Starting point
n ~" cameron regards the West,
,nouse ar brake patents as prob
'yl having done moro for the de,
Il DPmeht OF America than any ont
"a rs ana points out that Westing
FL W. works would never have beer
!" ,,-s5'aken but for the reward al
y yu through our patent system.
Fl IN INC old days of hand brakes oI
,,.Noaus' said MIR. Cameron
.H Iysht trains were composed o
yu 10 cars running l2 to 10 mile
~ qour and each ear carrying abou
"a IONS Of freight. The length o
"A t'ugs, speed OF movement ant
lrtu,, carried per car, was thu
,or..lr sI because the train had to b.
'ss,,g!olI'd boy hand.
T,.a 'uer tho air brake system de
n ,y. by Westinghouse we nov
Al tr,s ughu.cd-car trains, OF on
n1,. 11u'ed tons TO the car. moving 8
n n, an hour; and aur railroad
s,s,.,oWded by those trains. T.
nv. b...'lnoda'c the traffic OF TODAY
r., would have to he nearly 10
r5 !, ran whore now there is on
A S,ne cost Of this would be pro
ma. and vet without the rail
~ a.. Ae development Of the grea
/" ,hMH,,ot'd have been an utter i'm
~ M ,,..y This one suggestion wi.
A am, sle some idea OF the import
M We patent system has playe
III ~ development Of our country
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