The true northerner., 1871-03-17
Sewing Machine Sales for 10
TEE SINGER
Still Triumphant!

Iu 1859 we sold, as our readers will remem-
Der, s6,7Sl Machines, bnt we sold last year
[1s70l l27,S3 machines showing an excess
beyend the sales of1sGg, of over forty thousand
and as shown by the table below, over 1900
machines more than any other company.
The reader may naturally ask whether this
! is mere boasting, in answer to which we have
| to say, that those figures, and the ones given
below are from sworn returns made by licensees
to the receiver appointed by the owners of the
most valuable sewing machine patents who Ii
cense the companies of lesser Importance.
In 1870 We sold over the
Parham Sewing Machine Co., l26.067 Machines
Finkle & Lyon Mauufg Co., 125,4l3
Empire Sewing Machine Co., 1928
Etna Sewing Machine Co., 122,O27
Gold Medal Sew. Mach. Co., llS,92l
American Button Hole Co., 1920
Florence Sewing Mach Co., 1l0,173
Wilcox d Gil bs Sew. Ma. Co. 9S,9i3
Weed Sewing Machine Co., Q2,S3l
Grover & Baker S. Ma. Co., 70,43l
Howe Machine Co., 52,677
Wheerer q Wilson Mfg Go. A, 4,625 90
From the above figures it will be seen that
our rivals in trade are fur behind rs, that the
popularity Of what is known as our NEW
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE is steadily and
largely Increasing. We are not so vain as to
suppose that these large sales are due to supe-
rior business capacity so much as to the merits
of orr machines, as we'll as the observation Of
those who buy and use, and are personally in
terested in comparing the merits Of the differ
ent machines before making selection.
Few have denied, in fact it has been the hab-
it Of sewing machine dealers, till recently, to
speak in laudatiOn Of our manuft cturng ma
chimes, bat in the same breath to deny the
merits OF our machine for family sewing. 1t
was usual to say to lady looking for sew
ing machine, Go II, madam, you want a manu-
featuring machine, the Singer is the BEST, as
if We made but one kind Of machine only, and
had no Fomity sewing machine at all, though
our .Ae'c Funitg' was our greatest triumph,
and even then the favorite, ever ready and
never wearying soamstress Of many a we'll reg
ulated household Our machine, however, told
its own story in the great range aud variety Of
excellent and beautiful family sewing which il
is capable OF doing. and the sales show that its
story was not entirely disbelicved or we would
not have sold last year l27 1888 machines, being
moro than twice as many machines as there are
words in the English language, and all this has
been accomplished with little aid from exhibi-
tions and fairs, excepting only the worlds fair
constituted by the homes Of the people
where we received the great award OF the high
est sales.
The Folding Gases and Attachments for
Hemming. Folliug, Braiding,
Gathering. Cording, Trimming,
Binding, Tucking, Embrod,ring
aud so forth, are not only numerous, but now
brought to great perfection. Most of them can
be attached or detached oy a simple move of
the hand. The quality of the work can only
be fully appreciated on observation and exam
ination. SINGER MANUFACTURING co.
No. 4jS Broa way, New York.
xs!' Any person having machine that runs
hard can have it attended to by letting me know
=. GODFREY.
S33ly Agent for Van Buren, Co., Paw Paw