New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-14
CHANCES AT EUROPE No.XXXvH.
AMERICA At THE WORLDS FAIR
Editorial Corresponde Of The Tribua
LoSpoy. TUESDAY, July %. 1871

last time 10 the subject Of American conth0u'
tions 10 the great Exposition. It shall not be san
with truth that my impulse Is feeling OF sore
less and chaprin. Within the last ie" Gays
very decided and gratifying change ms IiAen
place IN the current Of opinion mere WIN iesi'
70 American Invention and IFS reslits. 'iiS
cause Of this was the iate formal thai oi A.i'e"
can with other Foreign) P.ows, IN the presence
Of the Agricultural Jury winch tral' though
partial and hurried, was followed by immediate
orders for an American Plow then tested (Star-
tuck's) from Englshmen, Belgians and French
men. including several Agricultural Societies. IL
hundred Of those Plows were here, ihey might De
,old a, once IN their absence, the iuli pFce mas
been paid down for some twenty or thirty, 10 De
Skinned al New.York, and be thenceiorth al the
risk and cost Of the buyers. And these ORDERS
have INST commenced. The London journals
which had reporters present, (some OF wnich
journals ridiculed our Farming Implements ex-
oressly few weeks ago. now grudgingly admit
that the American Flows did their work with
less draft than was required by their European
rivals but add that they did not do 1t so wei.
Such was not the judgment OF other witnesses OF
the trla, as the purchases, among other thlhgS'
attest
A still more signal triumph for American lnge-
ouity was accorded on Thursday Mr. Mechl'
formerly London merchant, having acquired
competence by trade, retIrei some years SINCE
10 farm in Essex, about forty miles OIL whefe
ne is vigorously prosecuting a system OF high
Farming. employing the most elective lmp'e-
nen,s and agencies Of all kinds. He annually
has gathering Of distinguished farmers ana
others to inspect his estate and see how ms
book farming gets on This festival occurred
day before Yesterday sour, dark, drenchlh2
dav-notwthstanding which nearly two hun
dfed persons were present Among DINERS, sew
eral machines for cutting Grain were exhibited
and tested, including two 0iussey's and McCor-
mick's) from America, and an English one which
was declared on all hands mere imitation OF
Hussey's. Neither the original nor the copy,
however, appear to have operated to the salts
faction Of the assembly, perhaps owing to the
badness of the weather and IT'S effects on the
draggIed, unnpe grain. With Mc'Cormcks a
very different result YVES Obiained. This ma
chine is so well known IN our Wheat-growlng
districts that need only remark that II Is the
same lately ridiculod by one Of the great London
Journals as d" a cross between an Astley's char
lot, a trcadmlll and flying machine and It's
uncouth appearance has been a standing butt for
the London reporters at the Exhibition. 1t was
the ready examplar of American distortion and
absurditv in the domain Of Art II came INTO
the field at Mechi's therefore, to confront tribu-
nal mot the official but the POPULAR already pre-
pared for it, condemnation Before 1t stood
John Bull, bufy logged and. determined not to
be humbugged-his judgment made up and his
sentence ready to be recorded Nothing discon-
certed, the brown. rough, homespun Yankee IN
charge Jumped on the box, starting the team at
a smart walk ,,setsing the blades OF the machine
IN lively operation, and commenced rakng oil
the grain in sheaf-pilos ready for binding. cutting
a breadth of nlne or ten feet ceanly and care
fully, as fast a. cpon of horoor could cnntorta-
bly step. There was a moment, and but mo-
ment, of suspense human prejudice could hold
out no longer ana burst after burst OF lnvolun-
tary cheers from the whole crowd proclaimed
the triumph Of the Yankee "tread-mlll mat
triumph has been the leading topic m all Agrl-
cultural circles Tn T,AaeS's report speaks OF
II as beyond doubt, as placing the harvest abso-
lutely under the farmers control, and IS ensur-
ing a complete and most suspicious revolution
IN the harvesting operations OF this country. |
would gladly give The whole account, which,
grudcinely toward the inventor but unquallhedly
as TO the machine, speaks Of the latter as Sc
curing 10 English farming protection against
climate and an economy of labor which must
prove OF ,ncaicuioblc advantage" Very well for
"a cross between an Astey's chariot, flying
machine and treadmlll."
Mr. MCoRMlcS, hear, is probably now on his
way hther from the United States, and will be
rather astoni3hed ON landing TO find himself a
hon. Halt dozen makers and sellers of Agrl-
cultural implements are already on the watch
for him, and II he makes his bargain wisely, he
Is morally sure OF fortune from England alone
His machine and It's operator were the center OF
an eager circle to-day, and If five hundred of the
former were TO be had here. they would all be
hough, within month. There is TO be another
public trial, merely TO place beyond doubt its ca
pacty to cut dry and ripe grain as we'll as green
and wei but those who have seen 1t work IN
the States will not care much for that
Mr. Hobbs. OF the American Bank Lock Com
pany, has had a recent trial of the Chubb Lock,
SO long deemed iavlrcbe here and consumed
twenty.fou minutes and a half in picking It.
under the supervision OF Judges OF unqueston-
able ability and imparuahty. He then re-locked
II without disturbing the Detector, and left II
as when II was set before him He has now TO
try has skill on the Brsmah lock under the
challenge for Geo, and, should he he able 10
open 1t, he says he shall there res, the case.
He has been sent for by the Governor OF the
Bank of England, and will respond to tho III
vltation His operations have of course excited
some feeling ameng those whose interests were
affected by them; We, II IS manitesty proper and