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wh, at they are going to do, without assuming responsi­bility


for what this same loom has heretofore done.


The former introducers of this re- named machine also made


large claims. We are ourselves on record as claiming


considerable for our Northrop loom since its introduction


in 1895'. We are willing to stand by our claims, and since


the results have given us some standing as prophets, we are


willing now to go on record as believing that within five


years the manufacture and sale of this shuttle- changing


loom will have ceased, and that the 8,000 looms now


claimed to have been sold by the agents will not then be


found running as a whole, if they ever run at all. We can


understand how some manufacturers are willing to experi­ment


with a new device when offered to them at a low price,


with the understanding that payment is conditioned on ap­proval.


We hardly care to sell machinery on that plan our­selves.


While we do not believe in the general principle


of shuttle- changing looms, we also believe that these looms


could not even meet the approval of trial, if they did not


employ devices covered by our patents. We are not in­clined


to, allow competitors to use oLlr devices, and we shall


ultimately discover whether the courts agree with our in­terpretation


of our own inventions. We dislike to incon­venience


any of the cotton mills of this country, but we


cannot allow infringement without protest, and the proof


of infringement may seriously embarrass the users of the


infringing mechanisms, unless they are carefully protected


against the possibility of loss,


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BREAKAGE TESTS.


When I first sent for responses from cotton mills as to


the advisability of preparing a new table of yarn breaking


strength, several hundred mills assured me they would be


glad to send yarn for me to test. Some two months ago I


reminded these mills of their promise by forwarding tags to


be placed on the yarn to be sent. The returns have come


in very slowly, and I now call attention to the fact that I


would be glad to receive all the yarn possible from all the


mills possible, so that the table to be prepared may be


based on accurate data.


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