The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-04
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Trade Sales Of Sewing Machines.
1t may be remembered by some that con
siderable excitement was created q few months
ago among the sewing machine fraternity
by the announcement that The. Wilcox q
Gibbs Company had sold over seven thousano
of their machines In exchange for the two
thread machines Of other makers In part pay
ment during, the year 1871; The increasing
popularity Of the Wilcox Il Gibbs machine
has 30 multiplied these exchanges that the
wilcox & Gibbs Company have found 1t i'm
practicable to get rid of the large number o.
1Lockstitch' m :tWo-tbread machines iby pri
vate sale which were accommodating on theil
hands. They have, therefore, adopted the
novel mode Of haylDg quarterly aucLlon trade
sales for the purpose OF clearing out the sur
plus stock OF doub.e-thread machines that &C
cupulate on their hands by these exchanges
On April 18th and 18th tnstants one OF these
trade sales took place at 39l Broadway, New
York, at which the Wilcox & Gibbs Company
Sold over twelve hundred double-thread ma
chimes which they, had taken In exchange fol
their machines In the past two or three
months. This lot was composed OF the pest
two-thread machines In the market, such as
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, Grover q Baker,
Howe, Weed, Florence, American Button
Hole. &C., &c, Tue machines were In excel.
lent condition, the dates on some of The. plates
showing that they were among the latest
STYLES manufactured. The low price al which
the machines were knocked down showed the
low estimation in which these double-thread
machines are. beginning to be held by the New
York public, most Of the purchasers being per:
sous 10 the trade from other sectons;
course it will be understood no Wilcox d GibDe
machines can be obtained at these sales, as
they are hardly ever given up for exchange
for any other machine, and are therefore
always scarce in the secondhand market.
In reference to this trade sale the New York
Times makes the following comment, WHICH
we COPY for the benefit OF our readers:
The event itself Is felt BY the seW1og-ma.
chine trade to be very significant. and Other
sewiDg.machine companies can hardly let u
pass in silence. It is all very well for the VIII.
cox & Gibbs Company 10 be knocking dow
rival machines 10 this summary way to effect
q clearance but 1t must have been humiliRune
and CALLING to other companies to see thell
beautiful aud tsvorite machines thus dragged
In the dust at the chariot-wheeis Oh trllm'
plant adversary. II was not an improving
spectacle for any Of these douole-thread com
every day for seventy and q hundred dollars
or more put up ignominiously 10 q crowd ane
sold at auction. It will probably take 9 good
strong dose Of philosophy to console then
under the circumstances. 1t is all very wei
to say sic transit gloria nlundt while all tht
rest Of mankind are growing OLD ano Iaolni
around us, but to be growing drcrepit ant
| WORKOUT while our rivals are increasing thei
strength and renewing their youth is rathe
tantalizlug and trying to the temper. There
is only one consolation for the double.threat
| companies; there are enough Of them 10 Torn
a gOodly mess. Like 9 hali-d0zen or q dozel
| old beaux who have each paid ar unsuccess
full suit to a sprlghlly. maiden, but who m,
themselves quietly snelved, while the objec
| of their alteration walks of with q handsome
| and strapplng young fellow, they can afor'
to forget their mutual jeal0usles and dislike
in q common antlpsthysand aversion OF thei
rival. They can smoks6the pipe OF peace an,
Egain a melancholy bur Of enjoyment y
recoun Ing their pastshopes and successes
and some one or two; more daring or Wicke'
than the rest, may,ipossIbly deceive them
| selves Into the fancy that they shall still en-
Joy snatehes OF confidence and moments Q
stolen Intimacy. But In q fair fight, the
have all been overcome, and public favor
which loves nothing like success, mercilessl
snubs them as rhe passes them by leaning Of
| the arm of her brloved.
meanwhile the public, which Is solely IN
terestet In having the best machine, has de
livered, In this sale, and In what has led up {!
It, a signal verdict In favor Of the Wilcox
Gibbs machine. s''''-' !