The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-02
Sewing Machine Sales for 20
THE SINGER
Still Triumphant,

lu 1869 we sold, as our readers will remen-
her, S6,7S1 Machines, but we sold last year
LlS7Ol ~, 1913 machines! showing an excess
beyond the sales Of 500, of over forty thousand
and as shown by the table below, over ~ coo
machines more than any other company.
The reader may naturally ask whether this
is mere Boosting, in answer to which we have
to say, that those figures, and the ones given.
below are from sworn returns made by liceb sees
to the receiver appointed by the owners Of the
most valuable sewing machine patents who i.
cense the companies of lesser Importance
In 1870 we sold over the
Parham Sewing Machine Co., I26.O67 Machirse.
Finklv & Lyon Mauuf'g Co.,, 125,413
Empire Sewing Machine Co., 12G273
Ktna Sewing Machine Co., l22,O27
Gold Medal Sew. Mach. 90, IISq2f
american Button Hole Co., 1920
Florence Sewing Mach Co., ll0,I73
Wilcox Git bs Sew. Ma. Co. 9S,9l3
Weed Sewing Machine Co., g2,sSl
Grover s. Baker 5. Ma. co >. 1881
Howe Machine Coz. 52,G77
Wheerer & Wilson Mfg c.. i4,G2j
From the above figures it will be sec d. t,a,:
our rivals in trade are far behind rs. dat the
popularity Of what is known rs our NEW
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE i stead. ~ and
largely Increasing. Wo.are not So VAN as 20
suppose that these large sales are due 20 slre
rlor business capacity SC much as % tie merits
OF or machines. as well rs the observation Of
those Who buy and use, and are personally in
terestel in comparing tAe merits of the diser-
ent machines before making a selection.
Few have denied, in fact it has been the hab--
it of sewing machine dealers, till recently, 10
speak in laudatiOn Of cur manufi curing ma
chimes, but in the Same breath to deny tho
merits of our machine for family sewing. &
was usual to say to lady looking for sew
ing machine, "If, madam, you want a mani.
/ foo Vrrfre oh 81 tawN
/ if we made but one kind Of machine only, an'
! hal no Family sewing machine at all thong
our " .Ne,7 Fomily" was our greatest trump }
and even then the favorite, ever ready ~ b,
never wearying seamstress of many well sc 2
ulated household Our machine, however, I'd
IS own story in the great range and yarieT d
excellent and beautiful family sewing While Il
IS capable of doing. and the sales show tina t Us
/ story was not entirely disbelieyed or We y 0a,d
not have sold last year 1888 machines, cling
moro than twice many machines as the Q are
words in the English language, and all 20 is has
been accomplished with little aid from G xbibi-
lions and fairs, excepting only the worl' rs fair
constituted by the homes Of the sople-
where we received the great award of Il high
( est sales.
The Folding Gases and Attachment, for
| Hemmng, Telling, Braiding,
Gathering, Cordng, Trmm ing,
Binding, Tucking Emf ,roid, ring
and so forth, are not only numerou :, but now
brought to great perfection. Most o. them can
be attached or detached by simp lie move Of
the hand. The quality of the work can only
be fully appreciated on observation and exam
nation. SINGER MANUFACTURING co.
No. 45S Broadway, New York.
Es- Any person having a machine that runa
hard can have IL attended to by letting me know
=. GODFREY.
sS3ly Agent for Van Buren, Co., Paw Paw