Show I 1 il eats no doubt farmers have derived ancil benc liLs through alio inventions of mechanics and the work of alio man of patented tools and implements alio number 0 patents which have been granted or inventions relate to agricultural processes anil domestic anil convenience to many thousands alic fol lowing list numbers ho inott of them vi li arrows and diggers 2 plows seeders nal hac dairy appliances mills and for Hi etc ga 10 presie i etc for garden and or cliart gia nun of callac cl 1232 total 33 GU in addition to this vast number elicio aro 1 la 10 1 l patents relating lo 10 in anco of 1993 pertain 0 o the laundry and to beds and bedding besides all these tharo arc relating to baths anil closet alwi to pump i to water lion to lamps ami gas bitting and to stoves and healing apparatus very much of nil the labor of brain and liand in alin maii of and manufacture is doubtless of no practical use but on alio llio oilier liand so of it is of ind value to arro farmers suddenly deprived of it all agriculture would bo brought to a dead stop and the firm work would ceisl kven iho light useful hops would leavo to bo dispensed with and ahn farmer would have to dig liolis with a sharp filipk burned to a point in the lira to plant II 11 N corn and potatoes we gratefully acknowledge all thi wo on tike other hand point to alio fact eliat iho at least if not the hai 0 been repaid in a manner a hundreds ol 01 millionaires who owe their fortunes tc their paolita in this direction might testify so that alie farmers hiva acu they have canceled obligation by having paid for everything they have received on tho whole perhaps to iho extent of three times 01 more tho actual necessary value to a fair adequate return for ru but at alio same timo the farmer have buan beyond patient en dirance di rince by a fiock ot vultures which azro around aliis grand army oj paten lee and have swooped down upon them and made them a prey lly deceit and tithe representations chich hivo bacu or in some cases liast been old to farmers at full prices of as been not and soon after claims have been made for infringements of tl c patents which alic farmers have been obliged to it is aliis injurious operation it th patent laws farmers object to and all flioy h that alio purchaser it good faith of any patented article should nol be held liable for infringement but eliat this burden should be upon the real allt ador aho and of such articles with aliis amendment farmers would make no complaints in regail to alic pi csont patent laws although ome other changes might b desirable V 1 times |