, 1863-10-25
TIE MOVEMENT OF TIE SEWING HACHfNE
COMPANIES AT TIE LATE STATE FAIRS

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THR HRMoyrMENro IN Tpr sFw1uouAcHrNg /
COMPANIES At TIE LATE STATE FAIRS
DFF1NED.
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movement aas been ,naosasssea " 7eses4
se~irg Machine Companies for the purpose ofen-
desvo.ipg TO guard against n proving evil stst.ta
Faa's. and to seenrc to Sewing Machines s"ards
upon the basis Of merit and mcrit alone,
The position taken by the Companies ia, thst
The men,bers OF an Awarding Committee selected
BY Tue Fair shall, by quallfcs.lon, as jurors gre
ona1ned IN de trisl at caae orove n The extih.
itor OF each se"irg Machine, or any othe7 nsehin'
cry on exhibition. That they ass wholly without
pfs,ao,sa or oae; aao at' competent 70 maze
metitorions award
Ttla Is to be clearly proven before eutati1g upon
mo e1aminasson o. tne maenlaes' 40 mat 10 e.
hsostor viii @lof recetv'ng1nstfce or oe placed In
~ Is.a, ~ "N,-s, ss r... sas.'.e
TO this end, the eevera1 Sewing Machine Com
xs,.'. ~ sNI,.1,..'
as 'nes uehe,so' ~ iosa.o ups. s4Ss'ss w cs7sS
Sewing "sea1hs on eAn1o'l1onA 1ae 4aest'ons aso
% Ao4Ao"s' -.-...
ouEs11oRs'
What Is yonr onslness7
ne{nhsr Of rnnf fau,iv tte nossassor ar = s.viny
Mayhtner
nave ron evef bao, or l1t msrCeo) has any
= ~ whn.3s9 40N"' e'el "ea oe" 4haeniae'
Have you ever used Sewing Maehiness
Ate you or arc you not, familiar with the opeta-
t'99 a. o. oewlnE ;racnints !,t e. genssatys
oeaer0Xv are yOn fau,iIiar With anv ms r., .nsT.
sicu1ar. I'D Whit onc7 ''' p'1
Have you an opi1 ION l'asea tn favor Of. o. NC
jualeed against. any Sewing M1chsnes
trecets Of any Sewing Marhi.. o. exhibition ut
Have Jon any agency: or any reaative acting as
chine, and wDst relattvey
Have you advocated or expyesssd an opinion
ppon the erits Of ary Machine. to secure lis s.o
Have you had any communtcatIons with the
agent o. k9b-sgent OF any Sewing Machine. eithss
before or slree Jour appointment e act n2oa thia
teM:tssc seis.aSsto s. e asWang Maen1aes on their
u 20. f:on whom received, and the nature and
pn1poit or them .-...,-
WI on gre ml1 ana 'mpa1tssi ~, I.nSsst'gsatlon
M o9 eno nh,,n aaaa t. as ,eSin o9se n
machines 1on constdeE the most me:ito,ious!
These Companies assume the pogltlon, that !. is
better 10 have no award than TO Lave On award by
a biased committee, NJ sacn verdict dscelyes
tne peop1eo1 1ae "ho4o soaA'ty' ana M1ssepse'
senta the merit OF tue achine tnas takes lie pre-"
4 mfn1n-
rms noScmen1 pas a1leaus son'mennsu aa ..sei1
10 INC pto".hehs 9l'se's VI .ue sess'u e'a,c
aa ~, s "a .,rrno1s srnnorts, hy ,hs ~ n-ess '''
- 49, ~ s,s,.s.s ~ ss,.,a Es;rs -.
AS Tue commhtees a. ssa1a fa't7 arc no" up
pointed ana ae' !. ~ 'mp0ss,o,e 1essas onsess 70
INV tI,es nj mach;neTv' ,rbss ia fsoGa no Itck af
s;snos',jo on ti,e nit of these oficcrs. hnt M.
to b. fauit III Tue plan coiuu,it.
'egT H. neon,c ,nav not he familiar pitb tho fart
| thsr In Ja,'uary nr Feh,uu.y it ia the custom oj
tbc ofics1s Of he Boards iof State Fare1 to meet
s[e1 ssettons 81 ths stata Tpa nau,rs Of lbasc
gssIssss sa i: S5s%S% Il
~ ~ nn,,s.s a.+e s,o5 =, ~, Ss& ~ "Ff'-A ~N''
WIZ ia nI sSaif II tsEr n,sce in sent,nb-- q,
tno ,na nar r's1, a ~ =,
semfn,ssee fien. te!sg present 4 is tha e4stou
n - ensa eassa 10 aaEsu9 s>leGt psteona 10 ass IL
j. the reelection q tiese committee men, from
tostea.e impartial judges oi the machinery to &
For example, the committee upon Sewing Ma.
| cbineswil1 be composed Of Eve Or a-vsn peTsous
Sewing Machines ate going into general use, aad
and bavDg their bueiut1s represented by the great
estnnmber o. agents, would pc TIC most nksfy, ,ou
to sasr xst acss msof
dc.d, there might rot, at times. and this WITH no
collue!on. be one Or another memher Of tue com.
| mite the eEent OF poe=css0r of that machine.
No tmpa,tihl selection. however, w6n1d be likely
OF Rny tin:le machire
Statistics prove that Wheeler i Wi1eoa a.e cell.
| ing Considerably the most n,achiree; Singer Man
ufactusing Company being ne1s in Numbers GRO
T yer Il Eakcr cniy third There are returns ma1a
/ to Elias Howe, Jr., New York City, from
every respectable Sewing Machiae Company in the
country. (as the original inventor Of potion Of
tue machines common to ali therefore thes. sta-
tlstice cannot be IL error.
These statistics chow that, starting 10 early as
ls5. when these cosnpanies con1ncnced to sell
about tho came nuulbe, OF machines, tho prspon.
l<ranee OF gales has been growing Ia Hyor oI
Wheeler l. Wilson. -"
Wheeler i Wileop, therefore, WITH an III.
PARTIAL, CH.iiNCE0R PRESENTATION or co Il.
M1TTEES 10 act at Stste Fair, wottld, eaeh vsar
In an Increasing degree be tho most 1ikely to ind
Tie members Of a committee p'edispose.1 10 thelt
machines, Singer, by the sa4.c rule ttaudtpg Eext
14EA EESAA 4utAVuAEktOif hUAlA ala1A t0t lEaok