, 1864-10-23
TINE "lONpOH.TlMES" on
= SEWING MACHINES.
A sTERL1EG BRITISH TRIBUTE
TO AMERICAN 1NVENTIVE
GENIUS.
The Great Thundcrer Among the Heodle-
W0rkers-A critical Discussion.
Machines, Stitches, Distinctive Fea-
tures-A Humanitarian VieW.
from the London Ttme1,l

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mhiis nn nnu ~ LUG stn mos+ ~ uegnn -
tbn sh;et ;, ana ,,e,n4ipg with the t,n1s of
das,e3r the 1,not eaan.s1.s"a s1av,no ~ hE ~
ae1Fef morhsnic o1nnst aarai1u nnvartv.
sstr,cSsn ~es wnr2;na- o,,+ ~ ' an An,er,c:n poe
oa-r.t H.. msana - Ssr - ea,nc;nst;on
s EIn poVerty n e'n hnncer. ~ M and d;1t" paE Elias
Howe. native of Masascbusettss
surrounded nv vdune f.miiv for whon,
he was ohiirtH to lahor 1,nr,1,p tba 1av. d..
voted 1fs aifer honTs RI fha cGnstrncttnn nf a
sewing m,rhine. This waa ahont the vpar
1S41 snd hsa career a;nca that ns,ioa M to
tie present @ ' lime line Affords an epis.de % 10 ia the he
annnfs of intrl1irs M 1shor nreonantS xjth in.
ciarnfa - aud aRanSered are1A lii S1ohts md
ehad4s, which efTn1S ann,ber illnsfra,fon If
rho oId sapina thot q 1ont "a atssnver than
f;ct,on y Jn5,r;,1 ,nvast;gat,ona h5ve dem-
onstTaiea ~ tha cie s1sa{ . Mnnner Ma' thst to
- an9 ~ ns a. stone, 1elomh eiSut ntn
II ~ +g NC had sns tried sIT ~ ~ at he had
sccon,1,shsd h,t taiisd. w. .na a. q, Emo1iahmsn
nav 1airlv taGe The crcait nf ooino with;n nr,
ace ri the irventinn withont knowing ROW
near ie Was ~ fame ana fortnnn
~ sowr m n7sT,scT,T NJ ~ u 80 ou.p.nTrn,zrsca 1v
-, eoAh p.etiSeils6 oaAaAotaAlsfscs' s
me pubic 10 SO familiar with the Sewing
1lnen.ns. eone.snpg o. an iron arm anu an a1-
t1nseAeut u pafts IL l.s e4t1emlty Wnlcn
ntiuoet A1saa tne Auuu1 nano IL ueaicacy-
1uas re ueeu nuI eutel luto Auy Paruealar
ueeCilpllou "a 1Le appearance Ut mooe Of op-
elatlon. Ine metnoo however by which the
uec, and the character OF the stitch itselt,
vary very muen. Iae majority OF these ms
cnlnes MAKE Inc "iock' 'stltcn," oy iar tue
a.o ,ne5a ~ ;ntas1,ot- witEI, ~ ~ "
sawed vev ,myfnrtont fa.tnra inaonannh
ar ne faaten;nr X rha thra"s Il nrotacted
rom m the @ fr,cti6n If WEAR md wasbin~ al
mschines nse,, in traae where atranrth Ia 70.
ou,red make this stitch: Indeed. Cloth and
leather work would not bsar the 1oon-stitch
fastening which ia made ont,,Ie of ths ma.
1eriai seTed. and forms a r,ipr vorv lish1e fo
h. worn nwnv Hnwr's Thnmas' and sincer5a
nower,ul mannfactmriae machines naEe the
lock stitch. .Thera ia also anooher machfne
which works It, but In di(Ierent manuer.
The WHEELER g. WILSON MACHINE,
WHICH Is THE ONE BESr-CALCULA.
TED F0R HOTISETJOf,n W0RK MaTE3
7HE LOCK.sTITCH NJ MEANS 0F
ROTATING HOOK, WHICH IN TERLACE3
TIE THREAD ON THE UNDER SIDE,
AND DOES AWAY WITH THE NECE5-
61TY FOR THE SHUTTLE, WHICH Is
UNNECESSARILY NOISY IN THE DRAW
ING. ROOM OR BOUDOlR. There arc
other machines which subatltute looper for
the shuttle and make eingle.thread loop
stitch which Is apt to unravel. SoNE OF TIE
SEWING MACHINES ARE VERY ExTRAvAdANr
IN TuEUsE or TunHAD; ONE OF TIE MOST
NOTED or THOSE MAKING TIE pouBLE-Loop
cuA1N-sTITcu, USING SIX YARDS or THREAD
TO ONE OF SEWING. This is q serious mat
ter, looked UPON In mapufacturet's point
of view, where the great aim is to econo-
mize the material.
TILE SEWING MACHINE AND IT'S ADJuNcrs.
The sewing machlne proper does nothing
but plafn stIicblng: bnt there are several In.
genious aoplIances Tor rem miug. tuck,ng ami
bipding. By this nechanIsm the maebine
n,enarea ,ta avn hem AMI st;tches - a. the
s,me time laws and seTs simnitanennsiv he t
hjndtnn IN tnp ed,.e of ano materia1' ina
nlaits and tucks of an almost lnnncs within
sewinr Them with ma1hematfcai Teon1sr;ty1
tho most GINNING seat1stresa can AZ DO nsth tes hcr
nesaIN the macS;ne can a. vsstiy hstter and @
nrfot 10 tla exaent,,pa ~ aa
inn hole maE,nD and sawio11 hnttnnna pu ~
and and W We hear that the ,ormer RIlI shnrt1r ~ H.
an exception no longer.
STATISTICS OF AAcHEE WORK.
Many tables have been published by the
patentees of different machfc es, showing the
comparative speed Of machine sewing and
ordinary hand work That some machines
uos natng 1an lue snat0e GU ne ullseu ~ HEn
M th;s 4ats ~ snaa1 in,n3,as thsnsaSS ..as.i
,ns,esd oS No fant aa In91va o5 Tsa
nen orr ths ~ hn aot ~ IlJ1 ~ ni ana
hissnf ,e1for1ninr = and W;th o5as9taoe 80
s1,ha ~o.e -, ~ 49, :. - aa1.h ~ n-e5,
a., a., sv.,a1a ioct9 M H. ati,"h 1,acbioa
hs+raa., a IN sr5 en- a+itaha., r.es,,nt .-"1et
1s ~ vs ~ ~ sn4 Wv ot''ee7 u n'Ana'e agalnsL
TILE MACHINE IN ENGLAND.
At the present moment. with the ercep-
tion OF one trade, the Sewing Machine may
be eaid TO be wholly IN the hands OF the wo-
men, and that one 10 the boot aud shoe trade.
The opposition Of the Trade Union mnst be
much longer Is lmpossible-outsiders, or
non-union men, are beating those suffering
uooer sraue pfotectlon, eoIa III Tue quality
aus q4antlty OF nae Wors taey are turning
OUT: Inc sloP-sellere and the great ready
maoe houses almost exclusively sew oy mR
laooflng classes GET 1ar better ReW1uE than
the gentlemen who employ the crack tatlors
o. o. tne MesEena. Iaat tne comRetitlo1 OF
tnese oo'sioels; Or niaek eheep," as t6ey
NJ sre . an"sn' W. o1eah ooMn ~ pPposltion
Vii nsEa ~ to oo t6ronvb tha 1ne mac1lne
~ ~ Lave ~ ~ tu,ousn t1e saue olaea as
tne t.nIesnins masnne aud ot9er iaoor saw
1ng implements nave a1reaay aone IN Eng
1ana' Standardization.
nuAAS1fAR1AN VIEW.
The Sewing Machine hns everywhere i'm
proved instead Of lowered the wages Of nee
die women. It has practically rendered
dooda semastEes6 WAN nIgers weary and
mosH :. LILLE & W W ~ pass. 60 woman
,nStn, Elk ~ rU sstn az W.
heen h,u1, waprs and thev ~ 3"n"ar iahos nhso
for sncS nitfancs sIxtae9 hnn,s 5a1 iAD1s
tha v.Iiona factorias 1ohe-a t. is ono nio,aa
ten ten hours cav is The aVeraee vera time Of ' Iabor'
The nnor shirfmaksr Vim fSrsw n,t onoh :.
dis1ngi eh.dna ~ IL ,ai1 ~ T.; ~ ous ruen
tuTe. need do so m 1onper " We We vpssfes peHt pme
Of tie largest ahirteolar makers in London
nioved a. wsaes u1 rann;n1 '4u hsiwsag Is, snd
50s. weekSau :hea15bv iooEino - noerW aqu
~ ~ ~ Ttaa. sa'y 4naasy loIhG' xnsliy
ade saie D1Gat aaa 19 ~ th wass, W. leara' were
ta,l sa.P s ~ tuuse ~" gMEn ~ LUIS
alpt tal..cI1el tlIoe' ana tna5 OF sni11 Making
No. 49, .as \, m3essogons any wnat ~
a1, ~ emS SiS on ~ ~ t asnte1 ~ ior ahno
nsa ~ IL ~ rnnstsn+ nt " .ha moh-