, 1863-10-25

vately, Of eouree1 beeu used to my dtsadvantage,
whilc did not know Its contents, ald have had no
opportunity thus to prove tacss.
ArxEsoxA1 KxPLAEA11oH.
Here viii state in psItseula- the tgtssEiev hsd
with Nj Tuller 1t the Illinois 8tate Fair. 1871.
When the committee had commence tuetf e1.
amtnatfon OF Sewing Machiuce o. the fest end or
the bnildips wheeler Wilson'S masatnas were
Al the wet end,} 1hu Superintendent q the de-
partment Of building cams to the y & "; stand,
and dctrcd me to % ont Of the building WITH hiIn
an ulusual /. gust, with which hss1tafed 10
comply, Rc s iDtassd: .,.,,na Meh, ~ es a W
when exhibiting to com1ni,tes.
He replied, You aare good opssato's." Or. in
After time had elspsed, returned to the ": &
". ttand, and inquired Of the operators II the
comu',ttee had s1a,niEed our machines. They re-
piled t.Ycs: but ron should hare bern here. for
nnr machines wess hardly looked e. ons Of tho
com1nitte*: eaid openly, inst the Wheeler & VIII
son Sewing Machise had taken the premiums ev-
s.EEw,ss,e 5ts5 ad IL - 'eas QUIT "A' ti'a tAs
/ then songht to know wterc the committee
were, and lesr1ed ttat they had AWARDED ks pre-
"!s ~ y Mi iiiya n!y.sc nosc the statement at e
ccmmtNee Acd completed Aeir examination Of
nqaehines and made iheir o,eoTd. =,
then desired to zee a:n h.Ssan NE ta:SsSaeT ", VIVA
side This WAS the conversation We had. alone
and by ourselves. + said. '.Mr Tul1er, your COM
ntt.ee bus hardly examined our machines: We
hbse been t1cated unjusty-nuttngeonsly."
We have HItgbt to have our machines exam.
{red ard carefully Investigated. and dcm.ad 1t
AZ right. ! 1thluk I understand what il going on
here. lsKsn you have awarded TIL; premium to
Clover & Baker, acdI beeieye ths. It Is hous sht "
"Eo~, Sir, / ask you to stay p ocesdfnrs. to rot
male your eNa ard public untH oar E1chtnes sdsH
ls!e ltesivee t1tr aud impartial examination
TO which liz. Tulfer repl cd hs "conld do no
tti1 z tie cputn}ttee had ex4mtnt knd awarded
to Glover i Baker. Wheeler i WiIeon had bat
obs yotb' I eatd to him, 'Tae W. j. ". ma
cblEe onld taEe tic Premium cScfy time wasn
car fully examined MD Investigated by an un-
binsttu comlzittee. WI wantet tho machine to
eucctf OF not, upon its merit"
We L. maud a full ard Impartial examination :;
with that VIC would atids the result. II our
machine was victorious Q: defeated, 1t would then
b. fair fight. But It is IN outrage to have no
e2arlinattHn.'' He fTulIcr} could DO nothing.
I then faid, s. hi. Tnller, It IL evident there Ia
no Justice to be had here; to stGt -y0ur proceed
{sgt 10 get pour cusnttttee fcgefksr, AID rseran-
tue Ae ltAeeler e lT3ieoH Sealing H1ehinesinp0r-
italy, will give you one hundret dollars"
Mt Teller replied. he s'could do nothing II he
weuld, al tho award was already made. He did
rot II ov nf anything wrong Tith tbs committee"
The affidavit OF Mr.. Young proves whether Mt.
Tu}ler knew Of anything wloog Or not.
lC The proposition to ME- T1HSrhad been &c.
ccftted. tha commltteu Gould has re examiner
our machines hut Tee may not kee4 thaa haps re
cxired {he yrtfatuns at th-t handa. Tne foregoing
re ibe iacts Unwilling, however. 10 leave il up
on my personal statt m mi, rave }rEIet1ed to CD
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