Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-17
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ufacturers as 10 their relative merits and
claims on public patronage and attention.
have rendered il, for the time being. one OF
Importance TO the whole community and of
sufficient consideration to occupy a promi-
nent place in the columns Of the public press.
The fact is, we are all of us some way con-
cerned in ascertaining which NAV be The
best machine now offered in the market: for
there is scarcely family or individual that
does not, to greater or lesser extent, trust
| to the perfection of mechanical invention as
| applied TO the art Of sewing for the certainly
| of reliance on the durability of nearly every
| garment in common use.
The controversy has been carried on so
openly and conducted so ably, as to enable
almost any one TO arrive at a lust and ac-
curate comprehension of the matter at issue
and the general result seems to be an almost
universal Judgment in favor Of the machine
made by Grover & Baker, Judgment that.
| from present appearances no conpetitiop in
the field seems likely to unsettle.
Simply because the experiments made by
| professional operators, and the experience Of
private purchasers, all go to prove that the
GroFer q Baker Machine is 80 far superior to
any other ever constructed, as to render
selection merely a question of public in
formation on the merits the case.
1t must be evident to the least intelligent
! capacity, that a knot firmly tied and fastened
is more sure to hold than q loop, or series of
loops, with a straight thread runnino
through them, the end left loose; and this is
In its most simple practical form, lust the
point at issue between the advocates of the
| Grover & Baker and manifestations .
The Grover & Baker stitch is the firm and
lasting knot; the shuttle-stitch is the series
OF loops with a straight thread running
| through them.
Grover & Bakers Machines work in their
| peculiar stitch, and fabrics put together bv
it, may wear out and drop to pieces from
original weakness or hard usage, but come
apart or give way at the seams they can NOT:
they will hold together when the cloth or
calico around them hangs in rags and
The sewing-machine in it's crudest shane
was great boon--a marvellous agent in the
great work OF civilization. At once the good
friend OF the poor seamstress and the faithful
servant ofthe wealthy household, it promised
10 orlpg both classes to that near level where
an approach to similar habits, wants, and
comforts lays the true foundation of a system
IN which all ranks and conditions aspire to
be equally free, happy and contented.
But unfortunately, some of the first in
ventors of sewing-machines, and some of the
large capitalists who subsequently under
took their extensive manufacture, were con-
tent to let their machines remain in state
OF partial perfection. They found that the
great rush for any sewing g-machine was
rendering them rapidly rich without further
exertions. So they quietly rested from
theirlabors, and garnered in the spontaneous
harvest, not thinking that the field was hut
beginning to be cultivated and that more
energetic enterprise than theirs might. by
pursuing bold and liberal policy, reap a
handsomer reward than had ever come to
them. Such has, however, been the case.
While Messrs. Wheeler & Wilson and their
less distinguished competitors were glorify-
ing themselves over the lucrative demand
for their "shnttle-stitch" machines, Mr. VIM.
y. Grover was patiently and conscientiously
seeking to perfect machine by which to
overcome the serious objections made to
that stitch on the score of its insecurity and
want OF strength and elasticity.
MI. GroYer perfected q machine which
achleVed these great results-strength, Sc
curity. and elasticity of seam--in 1851, and
from that time his progress in the business
has been an uninterrupted career of mechan-
zeal and pecuniary triumph. Associated in
.ne nrm OF Grover, Baker Il Co., he has in
troduced sewing machines of more perfect
construction to public use than all other
manufacturers put together; and there is lit
Tie doubt that, as the Grover & Baker ma
chine becomes universally known and ap-
preeiated, it will gradually and inevitably
monoopolize the patronage of the whole civ
ilized world
Messrs. Grover & Baker though, were not
satisfied with their first invaluable improye-
ment, which alone was sufficient TO make
their machines the very best yet presented
for public APPROVAL but, having distanced
all rivals, they went to work to surpass
themselves, and their patent of 1851 was rap
idly followed by other patents in the ensuing
years OF 1867, 1858 and 1858, each of which
was granted for some new device which as
sisted in the attainment of their great aim
IN puslness-the manufacture Of a sewing
machine which should be, not merely almost.
but entire perfection. N
In this object they finally succeeded when
they secured their patent for the "noiseless"
machine, which not only runs with greater
ease and economy, and with the certainty of
producing neater and more enduring results
than any other machine, but, at the same
time, is so managed as to do away with the
irritating rumble and clicking that had for
merly rendered the work-room of a large
shirt factory pandemonium of bewildering
noise, and the presence of a machine in a
private house little else than a nuisance to
all who chanced to be in any room near that
in which it was put in operation, r n
Of course, Grover 4 Bakers machines
have their detractors. We are told that their
famous Grover Baker stitch" is absolutely
~ stIOhB tnat IL can not De ripped at all"
The admission of its strength is honest, at
all events; and, as to the impossibility of rip
ping, 1t is true no amount of wear can harm
it; but the instruction given to each pur-
chaser will enable child to eradicate a false
seam, OF take out old seams, in articles that
require altering, with the utm 0st quickness
and facility.
AS to the statements that it necessitates
the consumption of a greater quantity of
thread than other machines, actual compari-
son proves the contrary. In the first place,
unlike other machines, those of Grover 4
Baker can be worked without any apprecia-
bic waste" In a continuous straight sesn
any number OF separate articles can be
stitched, enc after the other, and afterward
separated without stopping to fasten of; as
in series of shirt-frOnts, for instance, on
which, with any stitch but Grover Bakers,
so much time is thrown away in securing
the ends by hand with a common needle.
And, then, it has been found that In a
given amount of average sewing, the Grover
h Baker stitch does not consume a yard more
of thread to form its firm and perfect lock.
than the shuttle-stitch requires to take up its
loose and destructible loop, so great is the
waste at the end of seams.
In brief Messrs. Grover & Baker have
sought and challenged comparison in every
detail with the machines of other man
utacturers, and wherever comparison has
been made, it has invariably ended in the
triumphant vindication of their claims. They
have mad fha Ynorkad ond