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is nothing that we will not do to assist and serve those whom we
have discharged. They themselves can seethe greater rapidity and
precision with which the paper is printed. What right have they
to make us print it slower and worse for their supposed benefit?
A little reflection, indeed, would show them that it is neither
in their power nor in ours to stop a discovery now made, if it is
beneficial to mankind; or to force it down if it is useless.
They had better, therefore, acquiesce in a result which they
cannot alter; more especially as there will still be employment
enough for the old race of pressmen, before the new method
obtains general use, and no new ones need be brought up to the
business; but we caution them seriously against involving
themselves and their families in ruin, by becoming amenable to
the laws of their country. It has always been matter of great
satisfaction to us to reflect, that we encountered and crushed
one conspiracy; and we should be sorry to find our work half
done.
"It is proper to undeceive the world in one particular; that is,
as to the number of men discharged. We in fact employ only eight
fewer workmen than formerly; whereas more than three times that
number have been employed for a year and a half in building the
machine."
On the 8th of December following, Mr. Koenig addressed an
advertisement "To the Public" in the columns of The Times, giving
an account of the origin and progress of his invention.
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