New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-25
Contipncd from Eirst Page.

opposition who viii longer be able 70 deceive the
public by misrepfcscntns tio hsacer and merits OF ths
Wilcox aud Gibbs BY Ibis tGmoFe Thorough than sny Of
the Kind previously atmreda trial before sole and
partal urv the Justice whose verdict dispute
& has been proved decided published the world that
the wilcox Gibbs Dachine. nss wha. has been cainei
10 on 6otletiyoi3 si for the e.a'
tive merit Of the kinds Of stitches made - these two
classes OF machines there subjected g the aos rigid
test. by work done upon machine. tie piece Of
goods and with thread from tie spool ai tie Result
as an unanimous decision that tho Weox Gibbs" or
Twisted Loop steh-nstead q being e.s reliable than the
Locs" stitch Represented by s opponeu..s more
so that while it nay rsve.ed by certain process when
necessary is liable zip than that stitch in
wear
In order to appreca, ally tie .mpoEen-. Of this trial
is necessary 20 consider OF tie peculiar circumstances
connected with the early history Of the Wilcox Gibbs ma
chine and IL relation other leading kinasa which, is
known are ofthe douhe;hesd ,ass Previously 20 the
Introduction Of this machine the country had become so
flooded cheap and worthless and the pubic mind
20 generally pre- udced IN Of tho high priced double
thread machines that people prepared TO accept
as truth the teaching Of ,hoto interested in the latter class
without question: and since many OF those cheap machrs
siRg'c.fTeId ones, II was no ahclt task 10 eau
cate the public into the belief that all single .hgead
machines ss well al cheap ones, were necessarily
worthless And so ishhily was ihs ts.N pe'iothhssa
that the double thread interest WAS thereby enabled
TO acquire, and for time TO maintain monopoly,
and to keep their prces up TO spon which ioIoid the
Of machine. 20 thousands oi persons a tha oas wno
need them but least able to buy IL was 81 this
period and with syew to uPpys sres, Paoe nesd BY the
chine. that the Wilcox Gibbs inverted and placed
before the public.
The double. bread fraternity ptreeiyins at ia great
merit very naturally became alarmed rva dangerous
10 them al 10 he overlooked not 20 be tolerated
vantage ns ~as ali ON he side Each bad ,Sst thousands
Agents scattered over the country who would open the
mouth at their bidding while the Wilcox Gibbs with here
aud there solitary exception had none. Inc WORD
given and tho keynote sounded d" single thread"
single thread and ten thousand Agents voices echoed
single thread Says lady Of their Agents
It's a charming little machine, that Wilcox Gibbs-
run, so easily and quietly "oh yes Madam but then
how YOU tss Nv lister IA, one Of them aud she
does all her sewing H. AID would not change Tor any
other machine in the world" That maybe so.he probab,
used any oh,r By. though It may satisfy her Il yGSls
were tried long .so and rejected as totally %oes IL
. by the entire double thread fra
eny. Scarcely could moro papsblr untfuh be uttered
than conveyed in the spirit OF those four words only
single Tead' because though doe, but one thread
does not make the ordinary single thread 'ifehas these
words In the there used iGpybut N he. neo ans
single thread chain stitch which much objection i
made-it. liability taFayeL 10 stitch moreover whicn
its merits generally known to :uper.eds al h
various double thread stitches now In use And ms
the Wilcox Gibbs Is much feared for who VIII want "
bother with threads when they hnd that one better M
i Again whenever the Wilcox Gibbs company sem nS
cavasss to introduce their machines in new oe
establish agouces for their sale they were sure o
the same spirit and form ofopposltion Even .ni ,nd Ma
right compctias for premiums at our ~. thew hs
c6ancal Fairs ha, been olen tampered WIN @ =,
found Il necessary 90 obtain IN advance, hfor. an
ta treatment tho acting officers 81 ssss FsT. But
though deprived by the oppos sdv.rtisiur there
extent Of any VI the ordinary " af d m
wa. one e snl n"nhi",,on could take away Each ma,
chino sold n'..s.Iy ,oa"srs. s,S" 60 the faith.
Its own sus,,ne cu.tomors and customers built 40
Hsns and tho good wSrs se wen, iOsSa Ss.
,eeY though opposed has steadily progressed 1t Is s
sompsrstysy machine having been Scarcely -,
, in m, msIksi yet 1t ranhs already Ia mo nGmbs. o,
yh,".s odd a. the fourth Sowing Machine IN use And
n, thst ho oppsson ther last desperate effort to
nm ,hsiJ waning popularity have 'Ensiy fAsai now "S'