Smyrna times., 1876-09-20
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Our Labor-Saving Machines.

- invention of labOr-saving machines
american inventors take precedence of
those of all other nations. The bent of
,be;r ,,n;l,s has been and still continues to
bc N that direction. The reason that it
should lc so is not far to seek. In a new
copa,.v labor. from its scarcity, is always
.i. dca:c-t element in the cost of prOduc-
Ton. and any machine that will supple
me,t the wcrk of human hands and
chcapcn production finds ready purchasers.
In III lis. and factories, and shops; in all
,.e haudjclaits. and in every field of
iala@t.y we therefore find either original
inventions by Americans facilitating the
wo-> Of the skilled mechanic, or improve
meats made 10y them upon old machines
that q, one time were regarded as the per
icct.on OF mans ingenuity.
ru; if there Is any one department of
Invention in which Americans have been
r,,-,m.ucut!y successful it has been i'll
ljo.-~.v3ng implements and machines per
tar a.t3 agriculture. 1t was field into
uEeL ,ery few foreign inventors had
cu.,.,~l Their skill and ingenuity had
been .pp,.ed. ior the most part to the i'm
rsoyv.nent Of processes and machines rela-
ting - manufactures. There is an over
I,u~ oi as.icultural labor throughout
Faorc and farms there alo divided gcncr-
ally n,o eugh small holdings that the cheap
lajor Of The lcasantiy sufficcd for the
,...aso Of the fields and for The ingathcring
and ;nyc-hing OF tho crops. In many
lal,. O. Emore the fail Is still in common
We l.o,s ,han forty years ago the grain
harvest ", ieapcd with ,icklcs. When
tle,,y.ut with It's cradle was introduced it
can.e .Alo u~e slowly. Il was regarded as
an Innovation, and the poor complained Of
!. Locaa." !. odt tie grain TOO close, and,
e.. >c TIC 81, >.c, left but little on the field
. be gathered by the Cleaners. In the
United .,,ates the need Of farm hands
stimulated .nyoution and made it profta-
be ihe modern rcapers and mowers are
both American inventions. The first sue
ce--.ui .carcr, if VIC mistake not, was made
ly Pace. a Baltimore machinist The
tnn.u2 M. # nor i'll its original shape.
cc:i~.ay n It's improved form, is due in
the 70 fcot.on 20 winch il has been brought
TO the inventive genius Of Americans. The
hTe=h.n4 machine san American invention
20 &. IS tie combined portable thrcshing
Eua.ng AID tagging machine, 10y which
gam c.n Le tr,c-hcd in the field and car
RCD q" N L-"s ready for market. The
lAvoe' o.. American p!ows, American
hoes w-cusht from single piece Of steel
American forks and scythcs, and especially
American axes, have also acquired worlc
w,d" reputation. Go where lie may
abroad, The obscryant traveller will fnC
thee products Of American genius. They
may be the work Of foreign machinists ant
agricultural implement makers, and, il
some instances, they may have bccl
modified iy them, but they are of Amcri
can orjc.n. and the inventors sometime
receive q royalty on their sale. But tn
best malk kc; for our agricultural imple
mrnt- and machinery, as it is already il
other articles manufactured by our people
Nrato+. Already our agricultural implC
mot;. and machinery are exported there
int ;hcy have not yet been brought int
general use. The display at the center
Mai exhibition is bringing them largel
under the notice Of South Americans no.
n Philadelphia, and as one of the result
Of it. correspondent of an Eastern papC
writes:
One thing is certain, an immense trad
in agricultural implements made in IL
United States with South American coui
tI.cs will result from the displays at IL
exhibition. Our manufacturers can eas
get al oFdersthey want in Brazilian IL
Argentine SRepUblic, without any fear
English competition. Very favorab
reports concerning the mowers and rcape
recently tested here have been sent to Il
'Asgcutipe Confederation, and large orde
areexpcctcd here 4 gentleman who owI
a farm Of twelve thousand cultivated acr
in that country told a reporter that
should use only American machines. II
same can probably be said of Brazil
FUTURE u
We have already lighted quite numb
of South American cities with gas al
furnished them with wattr. Our mi
whghts lmve for years past been engag
in putting up and experimenting t
machinery used on South American pla
tations, in constructing mills of vario
kinds, and in building railways, and
have no doubt that, hereafter, to the co
mOdities that are the product of the Unit
States and which now find market
Brazil and the Spanish-American rep'
lies, will be added annually increasing 81
plies Of our agricultural implements
machinery San.
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