New-York tribune., 1878-10-05

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whether or not his complaint of mistranslation DO
warranted, there was enough in the part
| of which no complaint s made to sus-
| tain all they originally claimed; and they
copy the undisputed sentence We must MAKE
up our minds TO lose the American market
they defend effectively the system Of fir ish by ma
clhncry as more accurate and precise than the
| Swiss method of hand finish. The declaration that
| the first class members of the trade do not keep
their watches disposed Of, Tiffany authorizing
contradiction of the remark attributed to them, and
Kirkpatrick saying that the statement of the SWISS
Association Is contrary to the facts.
WHAT THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS SAY
| To the EdttOr or The TrtbUne.
SIR: We shall be glad If you will give us
space for a few words reply to the attack on us and
watches which appeared In your paper Of tue "a
IL would receive little notice from us except that
II rcitera.s charge (aglnst Us 10y Impictuoh) o' III
accuracy tFanslang the now famous speech "i MI
Ftvr-Perret. We answered this charge IN the june
1871 Js,reiers' Cireim. and low quote from that
answer the follow ng paragraph:
The charge in effect is (StnOut quoting the whole
pUa@Tapnl that he was inddc 10 say poSHt'iB ihao
Gut of the Amer ma ket, whereas ne asserts Ils
statement WIS conditional. We have no copy of me
| original French by which " verly what ne says;
u',' i,,S n rt,rn,orfaut remark Il Is reduced
! to matter Of very small c1's,dnhoc Y INC
fact thai in another ra!t o. MS slNe,i ii any s lc
conucctilI. he san. wOrl for w0fi w,tAOut any u.s.
We must mako up oar minds 10 ioNo me Ah'r'-
can maratt.' IN trauSiator,s ilunder was nntdy so
llcaI A. ms own ~ calling Attention To IT, The speech
US IN fat Transmitted. 50 far know, Wit cX;ro,uc
fidelity, although. pcrlap' tue word soiEhers shouiu
not have been rendered - conphclted But ihrro .
| some excuse for the translator. He could not
nave imagined NJ. Fayre really meant to assert hat ms
c"rntrym,n were Dy od c0hpe"l, al ~ nHe Nv "Irss al M % ~
ordinary eaiper For Mr. Fayrc hdd h'ld up 20 ms au,
deucs tch Of our h craze Vre mCtJfns iI rc %t
witch cost hin about fl6 ahI a,r I'ttii's It's lo
mJrh.blr performance Or all uuadlus ea wach, quoted
with approval me opinion OF his examiner T. one OF our
| thorough professional inspection, { at one
D %a n9S nna one II 'Ii Mr TVre would Say TIN.
or our nGn grade could 1t he possible Ge would deny
such quality excellence 10 our fourth, our ;hirc our
coud and our first qualities would rank them Wllh
he II cs. OF the swIssI And here perhaps We may be
IN % 900 could be found equal IN quality TO our MIN
( adc, how many could be discovered Tor competition
| with the qualities above IL
W. mi have added there is COOL authority for trans
Iatipc soign6as by the word complicated" spiers
& surcnne's Dictionary gives the only English meaning
of sOgn6 descriptive of style works, tue wor"
elaborate for which, used in respect 10 watch move
rents compIicated is not improper equivalent
There surely was occasion TO vary from the true
| French reading OF the address. llansiate IL
hnw we may, it cannot be Improved Oar
syIss friends never translate out OF II
| their piless arraignment and condemnation. nor
the hearty and honest praise OF our Wolk ana Ouf
methods We ar. glad now to learn they abandon tIeir
|
ta speech statements he knew were lalse," but they
adopt "A theory that Is scarcely less complimentary to
him. They now believe he was simply Careless III hH
remarks" Il carelessness Will account for such per-
formaucc as that he IL q dTeaduly careless man. Such
mau should have been sent as their representa-
| tive and Chief Commissioner 70 our Exhibition
THE RIP VAN Wrinkles OF THE WATCH TRADE.
your .pare and our time valuable To be appro-
nrated to replying detail to the string OF msrepre
| scntatluns and false msInuatiOns OF " h. d. L. IL" We
may say however. some OF these show deplOraDe lH-
| norauce OF what machinery and accurate measuring
too,s are capable OF doing aud what theV really DO,
and some are wful lies. "E D. Y. IL" is too familiar
with facts which property Of the trade
not to kuow for example, lac is stating an untrnth when
be says "the tools 10y. which each part Is made are
almost identical every where" II he docs not know tls
statement to be he is much phenomenon Of
norauce as Mr. Favre Is OF carelessness He s at all
events af least twenty years behind mechanics az hr
ia 4 thousand in his unbcicfs and bigOtry. He and
his importing friends haven't the least idea
what q modern watch factory is. They assert
| things to be mechanical impossibllties which
are done every day. 1t is no interest or ours 10
eulghten then and certainly are glad i Is no part
OF our duty The lOng. the Swiss ply their ndOle-D0ws
the better The public Is already too well informed
out the yaue OF our watches to allow itself to be mis-
led by any 0f tie Rip Van Wrinkles OF Ma'dcn-ane But
we may say in regard 70 machne-fnisi, that our ma
ebpery for flushing elaborate and extensive as the
forming tools, and We depend as 8DsOlueiS upon i''
MchneAnish is best because is buet aud preserves
the shape OF piece. which Is the one essential We
don't spoI what has been properly formed The Swiss
and English never will understand this; and they 90 on
wear after year labOriOusly polishing ny hand their
pieces out Of shape the iOnd delusion they are makug
,od machines because they are highly finished The
cost Of matchmaking is not in finish 1t Is wing things
made right aud kept right
ls not true that the rSt-cass trade do not deal In
our watches on the contrary every first, second and
hirl-cass retailer the country except Tiffany Co.,
who as Geueva manufacturers are naturally in The I'M
porters' interest. is steady buyer OF our goods We
say every one without exception and 1t is safe to add
that nnetenths Of trade, large and small deal regu
larly IN them.
MessrS Tiffany Il Co very politely authorize us to say,
D contradiction to tho report made to You that they
keep only watchers OF their own manufacture, ana OF
| the principal European makers; bat they have never
authorized any such statement against the American
| watches az appeared in THE TRIBUNE OF October 2
And Mr. Kirkpatrick who is named in your article as
another vino will have nothing do with goods
kindly writes as follows In reference 10 the statement
made y the Swiss Association that do keep and
recommend Waltham watches, 1t Is contrary 10 the
| facts"
In the ase OF the Bartlett watch whose IL said
TO have been the cause of the Panhandle Railroad
cident the probability is the repairing had been done
| by some Swiss matchmaker who used imitation Wal
than materials made Switzerland. the importation OF
which now constitutes the only profitable item Of the
| importers business.
| ADVERTISING THE LIFE OF BUSINESS
As FOR the enormous crime OF advertising we have tC
remark that it pays to advertise good thing We pro
pose to continue ii and perhaps shall give Mr. Favres
speech little more circulation. II is nce reading