[LB057361], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Du Bois and Du Bois, Inventive Age, May 9th, 1893
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[LB057361], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Du Bois and Du Bois, Inventive Age, May 9th, 1893
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1893-05-09
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LB057-F
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143:339
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LB057361
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Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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May 9, 1893.
Messrs. Du Bois & Du Bois,
The Inventive Age,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
Your letter of 2nd instant has been received by Mr. Edison. With reference to the first question contained therein, he does not believe that the formation of trusts interferes with inventors. In reply to the second question as to how invention and inventors would be affected by free trade, Mr. Edison says that "If wages are to be kept up to the present standard, inventors would have a broadened field for equalizing wages by the invention of labor saving devices." He says further, that "As long as the U. S. Courts give the pirate of an invention the benefit of the law's delay the inventor has no protection whatsoever."
Yours truly,
AO Tate
Private Secretary.
M.
Messrs. Du Bois & Du Bois,
The Inventive Age,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
Your letter of 2nd instant has been received by Mr. Edison. With reference to the first question contained therein, he does not believe that the formation of trusts interferes with inventors. In reply to the second question as to how invention and inventors would be affected by free trade, Mr. Edison says that "If wages are to be kept up to the present standard, inventors would have a broadened field for equalizing wages by the invention of labor saving devices." He says further, that "As long as the U. S. Courts give the pirate of an invention the benefit of the law's delay the inventor has no protection whatsoever."
Yours truly,
AO Tate
Private Secretary.
M.