, 1863-10-26
TEE MoYENNNTO OF TEE SEWING MACHINE
COMPANIES At TEE LATE STATE FAIRS

TEE MoyENHNT OF TEE SEWING MACHINE
COMPANIES At TEE LATE STATE FAIRS
DEFINED.
Arnovemont has been iaAugutnted by several I
Sewing Machine Companies for the purpose ofen-
deavorisg 10 guard against growing evil atstste
Fairs, and to fecute to Sewing hachiacs Awards
upon the bsBts Of merit and merit afoao
Tho poeition taken By the Companies is, tbst
tie menbt rs Of an Awarding Committee aolected !
by the Fair etall. by qualification. a. Jurors ara
qualified In the trial of case prove to tho cxhih-
itoro esch Sewing Machine, any other maehts-
ey on exhibition, that they are wholly without
prvjudicc OR bias. and are compstent to mike
ncfito1ious award.
This is to be clearly proven before catering upon
the examination Of the machines. 80 that no ex-
hibitor will f.ji Justice or be placed In
tho embarrassing position Of asking that justice
ray te Ecle ct the hands of packed comml.t.a. !
To this end, the several Sewing Machine Com
pA1tce srrzpged eerlea OF qucatiooB calculated,
as .he5 believed. 10 iusare inpartsA,ls1 to evsry
Sewing Machine on exhibition. Tho questions arc
as follows:
QUESTIONS.
What ia your buslaessr
r,e@bsr Of your is@ijy the posssesor Of Sewing
Have you ever had. or gt msrrlea} has s,y
Havc you ever used sevtag Macbiucss
Are you. you cot, tautlf AE with the opera
! ton II Sewing 8arrin-a generally!
| II not familiar With the operation Of nachtaes
gene,o1y> gre yeu fsmiliaz with any oao in PAT
Have you an option Liased IN favor Of, o. pre-
| iudiced sgafnst. a.y Sowing A[4cht1el
| Arc,ou. nearly Of remotely. interested In Tao
Gar.{ ~
SEC Fsirs ssy o.
Havc you any agency. OF aay relative acting as
agrnt Tor sry se"iaE Machine; If 60. what ma
upon the @erits Of any Gaehiae IL secure Is as!a
Have you had .ay communications with the
agent Of sab-sgent ii any Sewing Machine, either
g
exhibition at this State Fa'Ef ..,
If 70. fon. whom received, and tho nature aud
viii lou give full and impartial Investigation
on exhibition al this Sta Fair, and to tas best
| Of Your ability make al award to tho machine or
machines yon conaider tae most meEftortoas?
These compsnies assume tho position, shat itis
better 10 hare no award than to have au award BY
biased committee, as such vctalcs dsceivcs
tue people OF the whole country, and misfepre-
sents the merit Of tho mscano that taEes tho pre-
miun.
This movement has already commended Itself
TO the prominent officers Of the several State
Fairs, tn the favorable consideration ofhonozab1s
I men, and is strongly supported by the psras.
As tho committees At Stats Fairs a,e now ap-
poirtcd and act, 1t IL impossible for tho ocers to
, cra,:1tec an unbiased msrito.ious a~asd to
apy e1.ss of machinery. Thsa il from no lack OF
disposition on tho part OF taese officers, but ap-
pei1s to be fault In the plan commit
, Tic people may not be faz,lliar with the lat
tLat in laLt,e1y Of February + "a tee Custom .!
tue officers OF The Boards (of State Fatss} to meel
ard 1GnlIratt committee nea to act. fIoh the sev
eral ~. t,ots Of tue state. :rne n4neb OF these
cou.mittees arc published with tbs Premium Lisl
o{ tht Fatfb. committee men 20 appointed arc
/ Vixen til Fair Eball take place. In September o.
!: committee hon bcihg present 1t ID the cnsto:1
in such cases to hastily stlset pe1sons to at II
In he selection OF thcee comuaittec men. from
Ill ntCtloIs Of tic state 1t il doubtless Intended
10 st cure Impartial judges Of the machinery to b
For example, the committee upon Sewing Ma
chinssw,lI 6e composed Of dse or s3ytn p=rzons
Sewing MacLibea aie gong ihto general use, ao'
y that company which IL s+ll,or the mst machines
and hasirg thes bas1m IS Irp:esnrted By tao gtea.
estnunber Of agens. would BE- the most likey, on
CHARGE selection: to lsye = she ia!EEst m,3o,ty
cted there might rot at tan'cs, and this With d
u co'lusfou, be one or another member Of the con,
's oi 5e ke
to have maiority of the committee The poasessoz
d Of any single nlhchtuc. :,
Is Statistics prove that Wheeler d WILSON, are eeu
10 Ing considerably the most machines; Singer 4au
uIactultEg Company being next In numbers Gro
yer d HnEe1 only third There arc returns mad
to ElIas Howe, Jr.. New York City, from
every respectable Sewing Machine Company In th
y, cnuptrv (es the original inventor of potion O
ID tie machines COMMON to ALI therefore these sta
Ii tietics cannot be tn error:
1852, when these companies comnenscd to se
st about the came number o. machines, the psepor
dcranee Of tsles has been growing In fsvor {
Wheeler g WILSON -,-~,, -, -,
Wheeler & WILSON. therefore. VIII AN ~
PARTIAL. EIIiNCEORGAN1ZA11ON OF Coz
MITTEES TO act at State Fatt, would edca ysa
te In an tAe4t0s*nJ aegTet. pc INC most To "a
u. the mcmoeI6 ot conm1t.ee pseulspose9 " tae
aa machines, Singer, 6y The zane Eule, mex
a. a. Grover q eaker only third while new naehhe
il Just fGeklAE lhIocuelon. Woalo slaaa lae !e0