, 1864-10-24

which works it, but in different manner,
Tile WHEELER g. WILSON MACHINE,
WHICH Is THE ONE BEST CALCULA.
TED FOR HOUSEHOLD WORK, MAKES
The LOCk-STIrCH DY MEANS OF 4
ROTATING aooK, WHICH IN rERLACEs
AND. DOES AWAY WITH THE NECE5.
S1TY FOR THE SHUTTLE, WHICH rs
UNNECESSARILY NOISY IN THE DRAW.
ING ROOM OR BOUDOIR. There are
other machirea which substitute 8 looper for
the shuttle. and make a single thread loop
stitch which is apt to unravel. SOME OF THE
SEWING MACHINES ARE yERT E1TRAvAGANr
IN THEUsE OF THREAD; ONE OF TIE MOST
NOTED OF THOSE MAKING THE DoUBLE.Loop
cHA1S-s1ITcH, U51SG sN YARDS OF THREAD
TO ONE OF SEWING. This ia serious mat
ter, looked upon In manutactuter's point
of view, where the great aim ls to econo-
mizc the material.
THE SEWING MACHINE AND IT'S ADIuNCr5.
The sewing machine proper does nothing
but plain stitching; but there are several in
gen!ous appliances Tor hem ming, tucking and
biod1Dg. By this mechanism the machine
prepares its own hem, and stitches it at the
same time. lays and sews simultaneously the
binding on the edge Of amp material. the
plaits and tucks Of an almost founce Width,
sewing them with mathematical regularity
anu precision. Everything, in short, that
the most cunning seamstress can do With her
needle, the machine eau do vastly better and
quicker-With the EXCEPTIONS. namely. but.
ton hole making and sewing buttons on :;
and we hear that the former will shortly be
an exception no longer.
STATISTICS or MACHINE WORK,
Many tables have been published by the
patentees of different machines, showing the
comparative speed Of machine sewing aud
Ordinary hand work. That some machines
not using the shuttle can be- driven as high
as 600 stitches minute, is doubtless true; ;
but this rate Of speed implies the use Of steam
instead Of the foot as motive power, The
labor, however, is not 3d. heavy in cloth and
linen work but that the human foot is quite
capable Of performing 1t, and with advantage
to the worker ~ far as health is concerned
On an average, lock stitch machine makes
between 500 and COO stitches minute against
Is to IS by hand.
THE MACHINE IN ENGLAND.
-. At the present moment, with the e1cep-
tion Of one trade, the Sewing Machine may
be said to be wholly In the hands OF the wo.
men, and that one is the boot and shoe trade,
The opposition Of the Trade Union must be
held responsible for this. but to maintain It
much longer is mpossiote-outsiders, OF
non Union men, are beating thoseBuffer1ng
under trade protection, both in the quafitS
aue q4aentity Of the work they are turning
ont: The slop-Rellers and the great ready:
made houses almost exclusively sew BY ma
thinerT, and the consequence is that the
1abo1ing classes get fur better sewing than
the gentlemen who employ the crack tatlore
Of tho Weet.end. That the competition OF
these outsiders, or ''black sheep,n as they
We have no doubt. Meanwhile the machine
will have to 60 through the same ordeal us
the tbreshiDE machine and other labor say-
Ing implements have already done in Eng
land.
4 HUMANITARIAN VIEW.
The Sewing Machine has everywhere in.
proved instead OF lowered the wages Of nee
die women. 1t has practically rendered
Hood's semastpess "with fingers weary and
working at It earns go little as 81. week,
which with the common needle would have
been high wages, and they NO longer labor
for such p}ttance sixteen hours day. In
the v"rious factories where 1t is employed,
ten hours daJ is the average time Of labor.
The poor ehtrtmaker, who threw out such a
dismal shadow on the wall in the poets pic
tn1e, need doBo no longer. We visited one
Of the largest Bhirtcolfar makers in London
the other day, and found the young girls en-
ployed at wages ranging between 12s. and
EOS. week-an healthy looking, merry
aid bright These wages, We heard, were q
tatr sample Of those now given in this
tn ~ as.sIta. uHue' onu .aaH VI SURF uaAing
1ntuogauae @ ha ~, ens u. ~ Meslo2ons ana Wnat y
~ .1e. tne ~ " " ~ ~ manus, - los lanor. ~
ers," Is the constant complaint Of the mann.
facturers. "If I had a Thousand women
~ Muo cou!u "olh tne Se"us MaCuns,. sala
sht ase4s VI oas W III lar5Est oswine Ma.
% ea.ne manaaac!oi1es, ~ Eonio nnG places az
States, where the Sewing Machine has be-
come q domestic Institution, YOuuE girls
Wasu Nv scnoo! Me tIalneo 10 lts use. fos'
s,ols IL may oe SO WIN ~ US Wneq @ 1ne maehlne
becomes more "lde4y kno"n. What is want.
ea ls IlalnlnG estaoilsnment, IN which the
NacuInes Oh ~ tne pa1entees IN general use
may oe taaeAt glatls.
An ERRAap or MERCY.
And the Machine promises to do more for
the seamstress than to shorten her daily toll.
aid to improve its remuneration: It viii en-
able her to pursue 1t under tar more favor
able conditions Of health. Dressmakers. and
Indeed all persons working any length of
G.a ians With The needle, are subject to specla!
the 1ysneoeia nrodnced hV 1on1 hn11rs or 1T. r..
action In shopping position, are as well
known In our Lonoon dispensaries as the
hands'' Of the plumber, or any otter we'll
defined trade disease: In working with the
needle only one half Of the bodJ-Iadeed,
little more th9n the arms-are employed,
while the chest is contracted and the
epiue bert. On the other hand, work
iig with the Machine PRODUCES none
oftbese disorders : the necessity ofemployfng
taSans - - a,ara;s65 hntwaan Ia -,n,.ar a..5
lower extremities, and promotes the circula-
tioD. Moreover, in machine work there is
none Of the eternal nouotouy which the
eternal stitch Of the needle makes so depres-
cling to the mind. That the needle has de-
stroJed more lives than the sword there can
f. yy Ill., @ s sape wsa IT, es tS aSssi @ga
amopp ali occupatIons-of the tailors and
Large cssss Ss ssd
altop ether unneceseaIy mortality, the Lon
don and mnfFs dqg 31s dhs The
nronortion. NJ @ % 10 these poor girls, the Sew.
ing Machine will come to the rescue. It can
work against time and satisfy the reckless
of Parliament that has ever been framed for
thtir benefit,
FERTILITY OF AMERICAN INVENTION.
While the original p.tent had been lying
idle in this county, valuable Sewing Ma