Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-08-15
lFor the Empirc.l
The DELL Among the TallOrs.

Eds. Empire;--The circle Of human knowl-
edge has become so vastly extended within
last few years that even on editor is no longer
supposed to know everything, and until friend
REEDrR can supply each Sewing Machine
with an average of Sllbs of brains, and iuves,
It with the quality Of thought, he will never
realize those vast advantages to the dear pub
lie so fancifully set forth in his article Of last
Monday.
Besides tailoring has ceased to be a merely
mechanical branch Of daily labor and by the
force Of human progression, has, in spite of
itself, il YOU please, risen to the dignity Of an
art
The modern Tailor, especially that portion
who appeal TO the fashionable world for sup
port, aud few, indeed, are familiar with the
difficulties which beset his daily operations, in
his vocation it is essential to please the bodies
as well as the minds of mankind, and when
the capriciousness Of the genus homo is fairly
taken into the account, proper estimate OF
his difficulties and trials may be easily arrived
at
ANY person who has seen Sewing Ma.
chine in operation will at once concede that
with the assistance Of mind Il can be made to
do some things very we'll
Its utility in the construction Of first class
garments is of the most shadowy character.
But rs the article of Monday suggests-the
economy of its use for this purpose is fair
subject of investigation, and may be disposed
OF in the most summary manner In conse-
quence of its inability to think, or to take the
various parts of garment and work them
into the required form, it is almost entirely
useless--so much so that there is not a saving
OF more than two hours time in the making OF
line coat--smaller garments in proportion.
Contrast this with the statement in the article
alluded to--that a coat can now be made in
one-fourth of the time required when REEnER =
'old coat was new and, believe me, if that
same old coat had been made by a sewing
machine, after a lapse Of four years there
would not have been enough of il left on
which to found the ghost of an article on the
economy of labor
In addition to this, you have sadly mistaken
the purposes to which sewing machine is
best adapted A carriage-maker, sadder, a
shoemaker or sail and awning maker, ma
use it with considerable advantage for this
reason that it does their peculiar work bet
ter--not cheaper--thah it can possibly be
done by hand labor and yet after all this is
the only advantage to the three first named
branches of industry; for seriously doubt il
they save a single dollar annually by the in
PRODUCTION of sewing machines; hence the abb
surdity of expecting so much where there is
so little to give. But, friend REEDER, you
have told the story of their vast economy so
often that even you with all your newspaper
experience have coaxed yourself into the be-
lief that you were printing the simple facts in
the case and thereby comforting great benefits
on mankind in general but truth is stubborn,
and n misstatement of fact cannot be sus-
tained even by the most extravagant eulogies.
So, in word, beg You to dismiss from your
mistaken fancy all visions of cheap coats and
gaiters-it being absolutely impossible to fur
nish you with either of the above articles,
warranted to stand four years, at less price
than you paid for them when your "od coat
was new. IN"