The Edison phonograph monthly (Mar 1903-Feb 1904)

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EDISON Copyright 1902 by Scientific American. MR. EDISON OF TO=DAY. THE Scientific American of December 27, 1002, contained a half-tone portrait and sketch of Thomas A. Edison. The portrait is so characteristic of Mr. Edison as his associates see him in their daily work that it is here reproduced by permission of Munn & Co., publishers of Scientific American. The photograph was taken in Mr. Edison's Laboratory at Orange, N. J., a privilege accorded to few persons, and is marked by a naturalness that it would be difficult to attain had the subject posed before* a professional photographer. It is the latest picture made of Mr. Edison, and for faithfulness one of the best. The article that accompanied the picture in Scientific American was very interesting, being written in an anecdotal and sketchy style rather than biographical. WITTMANN COMPANY ENJOINED. LAST Fall the Wittmann Company, of Kansas City, Mo., and Lincoln, Neb., began cutting prices on Edison Phonographs, Records and Blanks, in violation of its agreement with the National Phonograph Company. We at once instituted proceedings against the Wittmann Company, and on January 30th, 1903, Judge Munger, in the U. S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska, ued two restraining orders, one enjoining the Wittmann Company from "directly or indirectly selling or causing to be sold at prices less than the prices set out in the terms and conditions of the contract set up and described and referred to in complainant's bill, all Phonographs, Records and Blanks furnished and sold by the complainant to the defendant and its predecessors." The other restrained the Wittmann Company from selling or using Phonographs from which the numbers have been erased. LIST PRICES MUST BE MAINTAINED. FOLLOWING is a copy of the final decree of the U. S. Circuit Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, in(the case of the National Phonograph Company against Kaufmann Bros., of Pittsburg, restraining them from violating the Edison patents by cutting prices, and assessing the damages and costs to be paid the National Company at $1,500 : U. S. CIRCUIT COURT, Western District of Pennsylvania. Edison Phonograph Co. and National Phonograph Co., vs. Jacob" Kaufmann, Morris Kaufmann, Henry Kaufmann and Isaac Kaufmann. In Equity No. 8 May Term,igoi. And now, January 30th, 1903, this cause coming on to be heard on final hearing on bill, answer, replication and proofs, it is adjudged and decreed that the plaintiffs are entitled to the relief prayed for in their bill of complaint and that a perpetual injunction do issue against the defendants as prayed for in said bill of complaint. And a reference to a Master being waived, it is ordered that the profits, damages and costs to be recovered by the plaintiffs from the defendants be assessed at the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, and that execution do issue therefor according to the rules and practice of this court. By the Court. This decision is the final result, of the policy of this company in promptly and vigorously prosecuting all violations of its contracts. Kaufmann Bros, operate one of the largest Department Stores in Pittsburg. They were on our list of suspended dealers ; and, knowing of our established plan of business, they purchased Phonographs and Edison Records from one of our jobbers, who had signed the regular agreement. They then started in to cut prices. The Court granted us two preliminary injunctions, declaring Kaufmann Bros, to be infringers of the Edison patents and enjoining them from using or selling Edison Machines and Edison Records ; which preliminary injunctions were followed by final decrees in due course. The decree printed above is a complete vindication of the legality of our position and furnishes a precedent for any similar cases that may occur.