The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-07-13
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Those who nave an intelligent remembrance
Of events which happened twenty-five years
since, must ~recollect how little interest the in
vention Of the sewing machine excited about
that period, except among those who opposed
It's use, as all previously introduced labor-saying
inventions had been opposed, on the ground
that they would be detrimental to manual in
dustry. The sequel, however, has shown that
the sewing machine has since lightened tie
toll and added to the income Of the seamstress,
has chespeued the products that were once de-
| rived exclusively from hard work, and occa-
stoned a complete revolution in domestic indus
try. From the small and insignificant begin
ming Of the sewing machine invention, about
the period referred to, when it was received
with very little encouragement, and when the
sales o fmachines were SO small as to excite no
attention, the latter have become
amounting, in 1871, to six hundred and six
thousand and eighty-fve during that year
alone.
According to the sworn returns of the various
com anies made in the year in question, under
the licenses granted them by the owners Of the
sewing machine patents, the number sold was
as just stated. OF these 1871, $50 machines were
sold by the Singer Manufacturing Company,
1928 SIG by Wheeler 4 Wilson Manufacturing
Company, 50,88s by Grover 4 Baker s NJ. Co.,
39,655 by Weed s. NJ. Co., 34,010 from Janu-
AIRY LIST to July lst) by Howe Machine Co., 90.
127 by Wilcox s Gibbs s. NJ. Co., 20, 1853 by
Wilson s. NJ. Co., 20, l2i by American B. H. o.
and s. NJ. Co., 20,061 by Original Howe s. NJ.
Co, l5,947 by Florence s. M. Co., 1862 by
Gold Medal s. NJ. Co., ii, 56S by Davis s. NJ.
Co., l0,397 by Domestic s, N. Co, 1889 by
Finkle b Lyon Manufacturing Co., 4,72b BY
Etna 8. N. Co., 4,577 by Blees 8. NJ. Co. 1855
by Elliptic s. N. Co.
A recent memorable but disastrous event has
given peculiar prominence to the i'm
portant position which sewing machines occu-
Ply in the industrial world. The Special Re-
lief Committee, organized at Chicago after
the great confsgration in that city made a
report which was published in the Chicago
Tribune, Of March 9th, Of the present year, In
which IL is stated that the whole number of
sewing machines for which orders had been
issued to the date Of the report, was 2,944, on
which the Committee had paid the sum of ST.
43O.s0. Of those ordered, the Singer Com
pany supplied 2,427; Wheeler s Wilson, ass;
Howe, l2Ti Grover 4 Baker. "A; Wilcox L
Gibbs, 80; Florence, Is; Finkle 4 Lyon, 20;
Blees, II; lEtna, IL; Wilson, 8; Western En-
pire, 2; Manhattan, 2; Davis, 2; Elliptic. /;
Gold Medal, |, and the American Button-Holc.
2. This indicates how important a part sew.
ing machines were expected 10 play in the re-
cureration Of domestic industry in the burnt
city, and in what high estimation the Singer
Family" Sewing Machines are held in the
great west where they form an essential and
conspicuous feature Of almost every household.
Wee FORK Dispath.
MIS-. G.. G. DODsoN, Agt., Sardis, Miss.