| Show SEWING MACHINE rA PATENTS TENTS teets 1 I I 1 4 i 1 j i at adverse verse iielo aielo keiiort t oi of the mouse house committee adopted by the honse ulrch jmnrch unrch 10 the memorialist ailen alien B wilson on the 12th day of november 1850 obtained letters patent covering the invention of the device feedin feadin feeding sewing ma machines chilles letters p patent xtdut wer were refasued relsued reia rel refa rei sued in parts jan 22 22185 22185i 185i3j i and arid arld dec 91856 arld and arid at the expiration ezplratio n of the of thejettera ohp thp liptte liotte rs patent an extension thereof v was granted by the i commissioner of a patents for foil s even seven years the extension expired november 12tb1871 12fb1871 so sothatforjtwenty that foriftwenty one years mr wison whson nvilson has had the benefit of the protection pre te e nou dou non of the patent laws and ha haa ben den the recipient of great adv advantages ritages accruing therefrom the invention was a very impor in3por imbor tant and useful one supplying a mechanical prin principle cipe cipo elpe iu the manufacture and use of 0 f sewing se ing machines and had long been felt cesary necessary 1 ie to their succesiliui successful operation its itsvalu valup calup valu was at once recognized 0 and by various vz reous r1ous arrjngements armug6ments arrangements with the inventor it was adopted by all the m13ter motffltnpoiunt itnpoitant and extensive nis manufdctories ntaa6tofies iu in the united states the inventor becoming a stbckholdr stockholdr stockholder in OAQ one of efthem ofthem them in irl lyl addition to thi this thl the several sewing machine companies using this invention inventimiconceiv conceived the tlle tile idea of forming a combination for forthe the purpose ofbuying buying of buy ing upand epand up and using for t0elrjolut their thein joint and sole benefit the several patents which had been recognized as valuable to their trade their combined wealth enit onit engl awed amed them to do this and taking this invention as a basis they did inform form irform an ass6ciatibn association known as tw the ise iee tse sawing sewing win g machino machine combination b by twhich nxljich they hey haye have succeeded in coun trolling tiie tile the trade throughout throughoutthe iT United states for manyyear many year years jears blthe althe nithe fc the power thus con eon consolida consolita c&nsolidatedin solida tedin atheir altheir athe their thein hands irha has been used opprel oppre4 oppre sively and tyrannically in many instances it has been able to keep the prices of the machines ma chimes at an unusually unusti2lly exorbitant figure it has brought great wealth to the com paniedand panie daud saud dand and aud individuals belonging tol efad toitand ifad toi I tand fAd it has stifled the growth wa ora ofa loreel lfreel free fren and healthy competitiqn cqmpetition competition and by 1j aj this means ihas has kept from the pulec pulhc pjillc other an and useful machines ghi ghines chi hies fies which could have been sold at hae hat a mueh much iliehless less price I 1 your committee are satisfied that 1 the me memorallst memorall morall t has haa been fully and I hmplr amply recompensed recompenser for all his trou brou oie die bie oleaad ble ole and and aad geoe 1eoe expense n s in the invention aud and development oftnis dflfils device in indeed from a position of comparative poverty poverf povero he has been raised raided by it li not only to competency but to wealth balth 3alth from the 10 io statistics furnished us in the examination of this thia subject it IL appears that this sewing combination in one of the companies panies banies of which mr wilson and is a stockholder sold trees trfes year is70 1870313599 1870.313599 343599 tua machine chhie it t 1873 1873442813 1873442.813 442813 tt 9 t 137438959s 9 ff f 9 making a total of or 1175918 ma machines I 1 tr r clil eili nes neb p thesomachlnes nhesoinacuines are retailed to c ldt67 tue the sublid yublid ifublid at an arf ari average price 0 of t 65 and it further 4urther aurther appears that they can cap be manufactured and aud i6ldinciuding sold including ihcluding a reasonable profit proft at 3250 32.50 3250 this 6 corn combination bi nation it in 1856 fixed the fee for licenses to use this thia and other patents owned by it at 15 in 18go 1600 it was wan reduced to 7 lnl8g3to7 in 1803 to so and in 1870 to3 toa to sa s3 I 1 in addition to his hii hi profits profita as stdckhold stockhold ei er in 6ne ane one of the combination companies banies panies mr wilson was entitled to and no doubt did receive receive a portion of the royalties paid in license fees under the above scheme with ODO exception which will expire next year all the patents L s lhtioducedand introduced antl anti used by this combi nation are at an end and the molnes for sucu such bucu a combination will herdd herid n a with them aud and then it I 1 is lb believed lieved lieveld that the bale baie saie gale aale aid nid and ald mann manufacture of sewing machines a trade now so great and extensive affect antict afrect ing directly almost every family in the land will be thrown open to a free arce 4r6eaffdjiealthy frce ardd arid jieal dieal thy competitionwhich competition which bauno eauno cannot be but highly advantageous ad vant ageous aro nao to thpublic thekvublic th public jjyjour gfc&your committee committevure committe vure are satisfied that wpublio public havepaldvery have paid very vers heavily f6vald fosalu invention and that the in v venter ventpr pntpr has been fully rewarded aodlhey gilld illd they therefore are arc of the opin ion fon ineat intat rawat twat that the prayer player of the thememoiial memorial ist ought not ilot to bo be granted and rec rep recpjumend nimond nimcnd that the memorial do 10 le jig upon tilg the tvo tihle tyo it i |
