The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-08
SEWING MACHINE PATENTS.
PURCHASERS TO REAP THE BENEFIT
or THE EXPIRED FRANCHISES
What tho Manufacturer. Say p Past Uiah
Prices tho Hesuit Of Expensive Competi-
tion-Grcat Reductions to he Made nj Once.

Great Reductions to he Made n, Once.
BRIDGEpORT, Conn, May 7.-To-morrow
the combination sewing machines patents ex
pirc. and in this city of factories there IL great
wonder and not little apprehension us TO what
tho effect will be- not the effect In the market or
in tho demand for machines but in thv daily
wages Of thousands who literally get their daily
bread by their daily labor In the great cstahlsh-
mcnts where the sewing machines are made.
AT the Office Of Wheeler & Wilson / learned
that no final determination is reached in re-
spect of further reductions in prices. One OF
the principals said;
There is u great deal Of buncomhe about
reductions Tho Singer people do announce
reduction from 500 TO $50. hut they do
not specify the particular machine. If people
bought for cash we could afford to- sell
machine that costs sij for t2j. and
would be glad TO do it. But they don't
buy for cash. they pay an in-tallmgnt, 80 a
If they pay at all Then. again. We sell but tito
at the factories. We spend the extra caSh IN
| putting our machines before the people. There
| are ag,' uta and bills of all kinds To pay Advcr-
tisemrnts pamphlets. and all that sort OF thing
take an immense nmount oi money. We r'aliy
/ others. No one would be more glHs g. MAKE
| reduction than We. IL We could is-Vr the world
come TO us and buy Tor cash; nut the world
Correspondent royalty did you pay?
/ YIN lnl Oll. inc iONNNN Is ItNtllEs lllff
dollars on q machine was tn" wh.l" of It. The
MONEY didn't 70 in royalties. but IN commits
C.-Ani the public have TO pay II. How many
| mon DO YOU employ in this incfury2
| Onical-ln busy times about q thousand.
| They make good wages and live we'll. We keep
| thom busy most II the time. one of our IA
| chimes has sold over nine hundred thousand.
nearly a milton In fact others run up Co luOOQ
| and 81 on. W. Sold over iOOOn last year. and
! You observe ono of the other companies advor-
t-r- u sale ~ 276O0o. There are millions "
b. try D
! deal II money has been made in the bush
! We have had our share and If purchasers
anddihcy Would ect ma h hines cHcartr. We caG
| sell our $50 machine for s25. and Will do H.. We
have not concluded what to DO I'm general lut
ehnngos | found ia New Yor, that the Singer
people purpOs" taking WlNuut X. o. TAG puN Ae
of iutur" patronage. They say they WITH from
day Co day sell mnel jane. which have h'r.fuiore
$50. They tell the same story of costly AK nei' :.
t.-HaS conpeiIilon ia 'roas't the d maud
ON ia, iia w. ia an. an unnra,'ty WY II has
Of ALL COMPETITION led IT, eNtravasanees 81
every kind. Tho great idoa WAS y scll The
w'r" the grow - lN-Hr~-lO-.r@ because every
body WAS trusted. 40 pay, no Machine" Is
the motto from this time on.
Gut lsnt " cheap Tor cash " a hrttor motto ?
On'lnl-NeN yes AMI IT,. our motto. t.U.
Th're Is no reason why @ illy excellent ma
that w. will soil our regular $50 Machines as
good u- the best ir $50 cash.
C.-Aud of course you make a good thing OF
0m'ial-wc shant complain. Nor will my
other company complain. The Tact -. wh IN
the public and the comuanios como together
and understand that the money ~ the On" dn..-
not ~ into tho selfish pockets ~ the other Nul
Is SPIN, for cNpcn-r,s n....'s-ary t. ~ sysiru
different look. and both parties can drive "a bet
ri" Howe Machine Company are not entirel,
| settled ln thcir minds HS o. their future They
MAKE largely for export. AMI are NOT $50 mu D
affected ~ som" ui o." others. ON ~ th.il
people said. lou hay" no conception OF th'
/ losses "" mako W" hear great deal un.u
enormous profits hut uovor anything of oul
heavy losses. Why. this company alone has
! list of hundreds of machines bought on the IN
/ stnllWent plan and then concealed. tn" pur
cha-er- pay one or two insiallmcnts Of - eacl
and tnen move the machine away. We have =,
employ collectors detectives. canya~sers. hut
lawyers. but It doesn't pay. \ dishonest W.
man. especially II she Is poor and has goo,
nb H NT ma. wnn,i sr an 's, !,
her. and ms for a lury-pshaw! its simply
waste of time and money io follow them up
I foolish enough 60 max" bona ild" r'lu tions a.
tne hop" of securing business; hut unl 49, M 4
/ adopt oar idea. an1 do away absolutely with 'Il
instnilmcnt ana -v.rIasi' ug trust plan the m, :,
they reduce the So u"r they VI is BANKRUPT
C.-You don't intend 10 say that you Won
Onrial-Oh no. hut business must be done NJ
business principles. II "" pay from forty q
sixty per cont ~ our s0' agents qnd collriVir
YOU can r"ndlly sot We nave small margin r.
profit and n. on the other hand. purchaser
come direct and pay gosh when iury h4y. 49,
can we'll aIordto treat them as Well as W. ucate
rs near as can make our II costs about 81
Ia put upn maehiur-th" net is unu"e.--iIr
/ expense. From N" sth 4 May the people wl
? have the mgtt'r largely ia th-ir own hands.
they buy where they are h'sf treated. roumu
Sense and ~ drslre for eNist"p'e viii bring th
. others 20 t'rns and good machines al low rate