Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-01-26
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LABOz-sAv1xe MAcIr1xE<-The following are
extracts from lecture by J. Payne Dove, on
the susjeet Of IabOr-Sayfng 1Eachines:
onstls subject Of prOduetida. the speaker ur-
ed the idea thaf nations become PopulOus IN
FEoportiou TO the ftbd produeel Man, said he,
10 have the means Of support, must he Produ-
Ger. It being fact that he must labor, 1t IS Of
the greatest fmpoEtsnee to abridges human ton,
As much IS possible, 50 that the larsest amount
nav he obtainei at the slightest expense, and
Tzith the least labor and injury to the source Of
production IL every man feels that the PRO
titOf tie earth Is for AL, be VIII be an indlVl-
dual gamer by applying the tT1tlus Of science
with view to decrease labor as much IS posi-
BE, and thereby give greater scope . domestic
and intellectual cOufuTts. In relation to labor
saving machinery, he sid, that notwithstanding
the low prize Of fabric, the cost of :he clothes
tisef bv the human SfrsilV has not decreased IN
proportion 70 the increase Of useful machinery
for lessening the price Of the material used;
but that IN eOnseqnenee Of the Singer Sewing
Machine to which reference was made very
fully, this difficulty would be ObEIated, and e.
peeiaIly Of the very important improvements
made upon the machine, since the American In
stitute awarded to its inventor the Iast premium
This machine took the first prize at the Paris
exhibition, and the gOveEnmento Of France, look
ing upon the subject as being Of much national
importance, purchased many Of them with the
view of lessening the cast Of making clothing
for the army II Is mistake to suppose that
the introduction of the sewing machine will
prove injurious to persons who have depended
upon this use Of the ordinary media for . living
Ii Is 4 recognized principle of political science
that laboT-saving machinery lessons the cost Of
manufactured articles, and that as consequence
there Is increased consumption and demands; for
which reasons the persons who use the ordinary
means Of accomplishing the same labor are en-
ployed IS operatives on machines In addition
10 IheSe actS, il may be added there IS now
being exported to foreign countries, large
amounts Of manufactured articles sOvn by ma
chinery. The recent Improvements on the Sin
ger Machine arc very important, because thick
leather and the finest cambria may be sOwn with
great fzcility, since the alteration in that POr-
tiou OF the machines construction regulating the
up and down motion Of the needle, The yield
ing pressure is so adjusted as to permit cloth of
any inequality Of surface to pass over the ma
chine, and be sewn without interfering with any
of its regular motions The sewing done IS
stronger than THAI executed by hand, because
the tensions may be so regulated as to draw the
threads TO the greatest degree Of tiGhtneSs that
they viii bear without breaking or injuring the
cloth The length of the stitch may be altered
even while the machine is in motion. That kind
Of sewing known as gathering, may be doHO
with great facility by adjusting the machine for
such purposes. There Is an arrangement pro-
videCi for the waxing of the thread, CWhen leAth-
er is being sewn which is operative for such
purpose during the running of the machine as
well as many other interesting facts connected
with its construction; highly interesting, to
which reference might De made would time
permit.
This subject Of sewing by machinery is of
much importance IN national point of view,
and especially for the reason that the health of
females IS 50 much impaired consequent upon
the almost perpetual use of the ordinary needle.
To be assured Of these facts, it Is only neecS-
sarv TO think Of the countless stitches that arc
daily executed in the United States alone, as
well as to take into consideration the almost
death-Iike appearance of many females Of largo
cities who have to depend on the use of their
needle for daily support The mothers Of our
race having to undergo such arduous labOrS.
must necessarily be inCapaCitatcd from the inn
portant duties they are required TO perform
Persons who have to sew shirts and other gar
neuts already cut, have not the slightest mem
tai recreation from performing the tiresone task
of repeating stitch after stitch Then let Us
take into consideration the almost incredible
amount of labor to be performed by person
who has to support family. 4 true picture of
such a woman would be fearful in its charac-
ter. Her wan and haggard countenance would
bespeak diseases lurking in the system. What
does she know of the music-Of nature, confined
within her little room, needle her only com
panion, except when poverty, hunger, and
dirt make their fearful manifestations.
11eTe Is no Q0uOG t0aG the OVefLaXlnR oil IDe
female frame, lays foundation for many of the
diseases to which the human family are subject
1t is generally admitted fact, that females have
great powers of endurance. Every medical
practitioner bears evidence of this truth. If this
power of endurance were to be engr2fted upon
the male portions of our race, we might present
. people, which, in point of physical strength,
would be second tonone on the face of the globe
Adam Smith has said that mans success in
life Is due to the performance Of mothers du-
tieS
What woman who spends from one-half to
thTee-fourths other time sewing, can perform
her educational duties towards her children in
the remaining portion Of her tiuIe2 While there
are many colleges for the education Of our sons,
there are but few for the education of our
daughters. In order that SeEninaries for the
education Of the better portion of our race may
be supported, it viii be necessary that females
shall have an opportunity to become still more
aspiring in thought then they have been, and
also freed from the Oaerous duties they have now
70 perform
The inventor Of the sewing machine is enti-
tied To the thanks of the community for the great
boon conferred on the human family.
Mccormick invented reaper, by means Of
which our fields Of golden grain may more easily
be gathered; Fulton made more useful appIi-
cation Of steam, in consequence of whose expen-
size power the commerce OF nations IS sent 10
and fro for the use of man; and Singer, vino
portion of our race, invented machine, the
practical use Of which assures US that they no
longer viii have 70
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seEing At Oaes With double threat,