We are the only manufacturers in the world who are able to furnish outfits of foot and hand power machines for mechanics and artisans. The past ten years have been wonderfully fertile in the production of motors for driving light machinery. Steam, water, gas, kerosene and electricity have all been utilized. In the face of this, there has been a large and constantly increasing demand for our foot power machinery. This fact, in itself, is one of the strongest arguments we could use to show that our machines possess the advantages we claim for them.
Every good thing is imitated and couterfeited.
It is not strange, therefore, that there are different machines in the market claimed to be equal to ours. This cannot be, because they still contain the radical faults of the old foot power. Our inventions and improvements in foot power are fully covered by patents and cannot be used by anyone but ourselves. There are two classes of foot power machines, one embracing those designed for amusement and recreation, and the other those for use in the workshop. The machines of our manufacture form substantially the latter class.