Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-01
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As th e agents of the A. B. Howe Shuttle Machine
saw ht in their reply 20 q communication from the
Grover Baker gent, in the Union and American
Of the 26.h, to have their remarks neral, we pur
pose to examine that remarkable document:
ssThe statementia communication from the Gro
yer Baker agent in this ciiy, that are misrep-
resenting and hunbugging the people in regard to
the Howe Machine we prunounce unqualihedly
false.'i This then is your answer. positive deni-
alt the whole charge. Now. we propose 10 bring
tie facts bear upon this case, and let the public
decide whether they are sufficient to sustain the
charge or not Byyour own admission you say that
Elias Howe, Jr., has no more TO do with the A B.
Howe Machine, (there really being NO such machine
as the q Howe" machine than he has with any
other Shuttle Machine Tell US then-tei this COM
m nifty why the name of A. B. Howe has-been sup
pressed and that of Elias Howe, Jr-, continually
used. And here we remark that the suppressing Of
material fact is equiva len; to telling untruth.
Suppressing the name of A B. Howe, who is the real
owner and using that OF Elias Howe ,Jr. in connec
tion with the Howe Machine, is the same as saying
that Elias Howe, Jr-, is the proprietor. Now, we
submit the public If tn is the real impression.
Thus the agents of the A. b Howe Machine
victed en- their own admission. Is the charge OF
humbuggry and Misrepresentation well founded?
We VIII answer this by asking few questions
as long thereafter you could say That you had
the original Howe Machine and that we were allpay-
ing tribute your
Why is your advertise ment, which appears still
in the Patriot, headed 'swho invented the Sew
ing. Machine-E. Howe, Jr., Original inventor and
patientee, established in 1s45s" e.lr-1a
Why in the same notice do you say that the A.
B. Howe Machine is superior to all others, which you
know is false, and insert those twenty articles (sto
len from Ladd & webster) styled &" what constitutes
good sewing Nachine,o informing the people what
a Machine should dor
Very kind to be sure. Why is all this unless to
presume upon the credulity of the public which is
deception, and To overlap the whole listen to the
following: ave respectfully submit tnat our pa
irons are the best Judges OF the merits of Ma
chimes If any of them are dissatisfied they can re-
turn the Machines and get their money! leaving it
to be inferred that their patrons all satisfied If
not they return the Machines and get their uo-
ney freely nd without hesitation delay. Can au-
dacity and presumption go further' Again, we quote
from the record: ''The howe Mac hine is well
known, is, )" mark the language, manufactured by
A. B. Howe, of n. Y, brother of Elias Howe, Jr.,
the original inventor of Sewing Machines. We have
never asserted otherwise" Well there was no use
Of it. The question as to who makes the Howe Ma.
chine has never been involved wholly unmportant.
But it does appear that the Howe Machine is
made by a. b. Howe, or that the "A. B. Howe Ma
chine is made by A. B. Howe In other words to be
more plain A. b Howe is making his own Machine
Hos strangeI Important Information Again.
''our advertisements here have been the same as
used by A. B. Howe in New York" Here then is our
ex;use. Listen A. B. Howe is a brother of Eliss
Howe, Jr., the original (admitting it for argument)
inventor of Sewi Machines. Therefore, A. B.
Howe had right to make a Machine and use bis
brothers. name TO sell it, because my name is Howe
and your mime is Howe, and HOWE l to sell nv
Machines unless use your name for it is better
than any other Shuttle Machine. A. B. Howe used
deception to introduce his Machine N. Y there
fore his agents here justified in doing the same
thing. What code OF ethics have hereP Truly it
couId only emenate from the source whence it |
came" |
There is rule of evidence universal law it.
self, 'ifalse in one, false in ALL. Now we propose
10 apply this to the following s'The Howe Machines
have been awarded the premium at every State |
md County Fair, where they have been exhibited"
They exhb tied at the State Fair here last FALL
md at the County Fair in Franklin. Did they take
he premium No. Will the gentlemen be so kind |
IS TO inform where they ever took a premium
where there any other Machines in competition
Il the B. Howe Mach Inc hadany merits at all over
my other, and the manner it has been introduced
lere is suicie 10 prove this Machine would not
iay word. But KNOWN ?, as (and we intend /
his community shall know il toO) DO, that it is an
Inferior Machine, would BIS doing injustice to
1ur feelings in justice to the interest repre-
sent open disregard of all that is honorab Ie
air and honest in trade, were TO remain silent.
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