New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-04

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~ To tbe Editor of The Tribune-sr: In your
nucle On Sewing Machines ia The Tribune Of SATURDAY.
last notice several important errors by which the public
OF that part interested, NAV be misled
My proet are, for Cloth Machines $780, aud for Lesher
hschnes, s1et-instead Of SIS, as stated.
You remark tiet the Machines OF Singer Wilson, No
5ey and J0hnson needles Of kind different Hoe
Tina is an error The needesn all the Machines mentioned
are s and substantially alike They are al attached 20
vibrating They all have the eve near the point and
are Cptiated alike and perform the sne Office OF function
That junction 49, 10 carry thread through the CLOTH and
form loop with atthread on the opposite side OF the
cion winch loop may be secured by secOnd thread cur
HcS"-" Hcc-es VI &c
operation Of which shall loop, thereby Ornns
the stitch and II 10 irnnateYial In law
sense whether the needles are straight curved or other
wite OF tier seton perpendicular horizontal ohefse
20 long az theJ perform the function Of carrying the dread
ana forming the loop for the purpose, described And
me ans OF shuttle second needle, otherwise, ~ ioug
~ required fouse the loop formed By the needle Ta
loop the expense Of invention, which 81 icDe by
necessity must They differ not in principle and ba
slightly mechanical detail The nstrumen; generally
used t. cure the loop and form the stitch - shuttle q
its n ech 6ncal equivalent.
Az TO the Machine OF Dr.. Avery II my do l
ceye me, that identical Machine exhibited oy hIn al he
late Far OF the American Institute, similarly Ike
was also exhibited by Stafford Boston than 40
yetr ago ana cor denned by the trade Iou remark that
it IS npletely Oginal" The truth tie needles and
Their operation precisely like those OF ell the obst
Maehnes They carry the thread through the cloth, and
form tb loop BY which the stitch secured precisely an
substantial ~ the same monner Ii IL nothing than
q Double Iambour Machine sewing two seams with two
resds where thread end only required
and it sefeyIdent that If only the threads and
cut YOU describe, the remaining thread and
uncut, will OF bold the cloth together Tam
bourngit process Of knitting thread into ootl and Wien
done tlcknefses cloth, will form a sesn. Any
child knows how to do it. and also knows that i VIII
f8ve like knitting and that 10 totally upservceable ANY
stitch IN tie may be slipped or dropped without
breaking either threads tie whole viii unrayel the
the ends When done with threads. the
pense of thread alone condemns asde from many other
obe ctons Ia all these Machines the cloth carried by
the Machine with regular intermittent motion which
governs the length of the stitch and in none s the cloth
bN nd q Cr IN rem mi
The whole question Of Sewing Machines may be condensed
into a nutshell As you correctly remark. Mr. Hoyye's i
the first practical Machine invented" Nearly three years
Fnce commence several actions in Boston against inng
es 10 test the validity ofmy patent unable 70 bring
these actions 70 trial iii last summer when after proong
cd trial. of2 days duration, my patent fully confirmed
aud sustained BY the Jury and Court These actions
defended BY J. NJ Singer Co. Lero Bodgett and other
infneers Of my patent, assste d BY able counsel.
As inventor am tenacious OF my rights That which
invented belongs exclusively during the existence Of
my patent and will and shall defend my rights by law.
That which did not invent does not belong 10 me There
fore If any peIson will invent and make Sewing Machine
to,ou using essential aud fundamental parts thereof invent
cd by me- and shown ard described in my patent will be
the last modest say aught against the machine ts in
venOr But the Is entirely and altogether 20 the con-
tray. Since the date of my invention twenty differ
patents have been granted for Improvements Sewing
Machines" The fundamental plrt Of all these
allie ged machines all that which constitutes makes
them Sewing Machines Is shown and described IN my pat
ent lhee s9Dst ga, nj patehts io Impoyemehs telate
only 10 trivial alterations parts of the mechanism or
movements i'll the addition Of patentabe novelty
totally useless unless the fundamental aud egsentP parts Of
MY invention also used-which they all do in greater
these subsequent patents themselves considered but do
and shall cOn,inuc 10 object 10 the full extent Of the law
against my inv .nton being used connection with them
unless am properly remunerated therefor.
DESTROYS thar my Machines should GET into the hands
Ofintellgent Seamsesses where they nghtfuy belong.
offer them upon such terms in this city and vicinity that
the Machines with proper intelligence cooperate them Will
coon pay for themselves he large clothing manufacturers
say they do lot wish % the Machines themselves
they generally prefer giving their work by the piece but
at the same time prefer the machne-work II done by
pettnt operatives. regret that many persons OF limited
means have purchased Machines which infringe upon my
patent, against whom am compelled TO proceed legally
There many however who have purchased and such
Machines with full knowledge of my nights These bud me
defiance hope that when the end of litigation IL arrived
at, they may not be found men ofstraw.
ELIAS HOWE, JK.
r. S.-Tbe Machine Of Walter Hunt made ia 1884, and
suOra specification and description thereof mentioned
the Gard Singer Co. Tuesday last were both pro
cd in Court by The defence in the tra OF casee IN
Bottom and ADMITTED in evidence together with the tos
ony Of sereydi persohs who the Machine operate II
clearly proved 10 have been nreRon Il hlvng
completed and also proved 10 have been
experiment only Besides Hunt that "he never did
don the public but always intended TO complete
and take Patent but neglected to doso All this was
cooosted by the testimony OF sreroI persoH' who saw
the Mac inc operate apart from which the Machine itself
pIima acie and conclusive evidence that was not
completed and Dot an invention. T. H., Jr
T.. e.. tla tofth no