New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-11
n Card to Planters.

Planters who are about purchasing Sewing Machine 70,
making their clothing and wish procure the be
machine suitable for their requested to read the fol
lowing statement Of facts
very extensive factory for manufacturing heavy plantation
clothing has for three been New Orleans
employ ing over two hundred girls This factory well known
% being under the charge Of the enterprsr Of
Co.. occupy extensive buildings Canal street They
have at work twenty eight Of GROVER BAKERS Machines
and SO complete the eue construction machinery
that the machines hours day power and all
the round and kept in order Messrs
CO. have tried other machines but End that the GROVER
BAKER are the only kind that will perform the required work.
The clothing made these machines is by all
planters who have purchased 1t to be far stronger and better
sewed than made by hand work fact numerous plant
es testify that the clothing outwers any they ever
chased and that The cloth ITSELF heavy is will give way
before tho work will rip No stronger proof the superiority
Of asewing machine be presented than these facts The
strength Of the work done the GROVER BAKER Ma.
chine cannot be stronger forth the following extract
Of letter from THOMAS r. LEAVITT, Esq., an American
gentleman now resident at Sidney New South Wales dated
January H. Is59:
That tent made Melbourne in 1856 in which there were
over three thousand yards Of sewing with one Of
YER BAKERS Machines and single seam of that has
oustood all the double seams sewed by sailors with needle
and twine.n
As further proof that GROVER BAKERS Machine is
THE BEST, the following letters presented:
MEMPHs, Tenn, April e 1855
In answer to your inquiries concerning the GROVER
BAKER Sewing Machine purchased you wish to give
fair and impartial comparison have Singers Machine
in establishment and after thorough long trial. found
an nconvenen and troubles machine The person who
must be well acquainted with machinery to operate
successfully II has too much machinery and its shuttle aud
other work Is troublesome and complicated. next got
wheeler Wilson Machine and after testing fairly found
would not answer 1t easily gets out Of repair the must
DO wound of ths poos and shu,t and wears 50
readily that found very inconvenent for continuous
adapted either for heavy work. owing to all these in
convenences put aside the other machines after
oughly testing the GROVER BAKER Machine pronounce
the very best In every respect Its work neat any
machine can possibly dol it easily kept order the work is
done from the ordinary spoo 1t is speedy any other
ana taxing all in all would rather pay five prices the
ahoskR BAKER, than have the Wheeler Wilson at any
price, quilt make cloth work. and fine stitching In the shirt
and light work Of my establishment In fact do all the work
Of my large establishment with this Machine Let me- then
recommend the GROVER BAKER Sewing Machine to Ia
Hon. ]. @. Harris, Governor of Tennessee, writes:
Ny wife has had one Of Grover Bakers Family Sewing
Machines for some time and am satisfied that one Of the
best Machines that has invented much
pleasure in recommending i. to the public
~. G. HARRIS"
As further convincing testimony in favor Of GROVER
BAKER PLANTATION MACHINE we take pleasure in mr..
ssH''s hon Hammond, United
States Senator for South Carolina who well known as an ex
ensiys planter having three large plantations on each of
which arc in constant the Grover Baker Plantation
Machine;
Sc WAsHIS6roS, Dec, 1lth, 1885,
SIn reply to letter asking my opinion Of the Goyer
Baker Sewing Machines take pleasure in saying that they
have more than maintained my expectations.
After trying and returning others have three them in op
GRAFTON on different places and after four years trial. have
no fault TO ind Yours, respectfully,
j. H. HAMMOND.
Circulars giving full particulars sent application the
GROVER & BAKER
Southern Depot No. II Camp street, New Orleans.
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