The New York herald., 1876-07-06
AN EXPERT ON THE QUESTION.

70 THE EDITOR or rHr HERALD
srR-In reading over n column and a half OF the
HERALp of Juno - astonished at finding many
vague generalties and few sterling facts Your
reporter gave ample proof that his pcregrinations
through the sewing machine establishments he was
only fiat amid gamut OF sharps G. c Fowler,
Jr, manager for the iced compAy, made clear to
every reader that by culture he might make very far
entry clerk In police passablc tmekcepcr
In some factory; but champion OF the sewing
machine trade | would earnestly advise him drop
Tho role until at least be is able to define mechanic
would do the following tcrms,-"A crank" IA cam"
"a take up and ''an eccentric" and tell how these
things act when in motion aud the expenses attending
Ibc making OF the same. Tho bookceper II T.. ~
let me u-st the printer Will make
4 .'Hen'D deals largely in pseudo Christian
uock-arivellng cant, empty denunciltions OF the
HERALD, and the latest phase of Uriah Heepism. To
,reuc with Fowler would be pretty much like taking
event, ,-iour poundcr TO shoot caterpilars from on
abbagc. and as Tor the bookkeeping H. T. y. | have
,ry TO tell him that if the piano manufacturers produce
heir wares and sell the same to the pgOc. as know
he sewing machine makers have been duny sincc sep
cmber 10. lsA6. then | can say that "thcy are the
greatest concsvc Of patent protected swindieis ihai
,ycr cursed society This rather strong language
put know be- truc every word OF H. Tho prom
.ncnt member OF OF tue sewing machine houses
that your uD.guious reporter was 80 very much I'M
prcx.cd win DOUBTLESS thong that he dong Tho
kaparitan to perfection when he Told las matter oil
-oursc for puulcationl how his company, special
-ssh rom a poor Woman in staten
Island for seventy dollar maohincl Wen. now, that
vas very kad indeed But u would be utcresting to
know how the prominent sewing machine houses
here In the United States shp their seventy dollar
machines 10 Britain, then sell them To retailers who
Intimately sell them Tor SIX pounds isomcthing less
than thirty American dOarsl No doubt some oil
those .proniucnt members will blustsr. but u they
only could know for certainty the name OF the
sri,er OF this letter many OF them would be seen 10
,eat their breast tuscsd OF the plohc aud exclam -
"ngA CCIrk MIA, A,CrLrA :"
sut as was in az the birth of more than one sewing
MACHINE whose praises are sounded IN both hemi-
,phcres may be pardoncd for asking ihc following
,ucsttons Whose $jOl,O00 was ready to be "bci-
snapcdv out ON tho last republican CONGRESS
Ior The slight consideration OF having tialse-
iv procuredl patents renewedl Was u the
noney earned through the midnight hours by
the white female slaves OF America Fcrhaps
r Potter president OF the combination, can let some
VIZ Vt on The subject Again, How does II come that "
mo teriake 10 manufacture eithcr singer, Howe,
Ter x wilson, Domestic, or IN fact any oiher so.
es' rrst class machine, none OF The above named
anss at tho present day wonld dare RAISE an IN.
tainst me Pray doD't vince, lentlemen, 4.
oti- Congress. but know who among you
~o,obby and the hOil0wncss oil your ciains
",s it that Americans cat start sewing
Ger rs IA the Canadian ciiIcs OF Qucbcci
IN Toronto aud Hamilton, purchase
"P.s same Al YOU usc-pay tho proyin-
life