New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-04-28

You are well aware that the Walter A. Wood Co.
Ia not In the habit Of ecrying the Of eompe.
content to and sill some sa to cas
600 harvesting machines per year. When Mr..
Wood saw that tle time for sell. binder had come,
he promptly made one and put i on the market:
efforts and laughed ut the undertaking. but soon
the laugh was on them. they had to do something,
and their path 70 reasonable degree Of saccess,
had been made smooth by MIR. Woods presever.
ance and energy In his pioneering efforts. which
they had fought to the best Of their ability.
Finding that most farmers prefer twine to wire
gan some years ago to look into the matter and in
1879 put fair number OF twine binders In the 6eld.
They far exceeded the highest expectations Of the
most sanguine SO that it is deemed perfectly safe
to build several thousand Of them 1885, and they
sotu Be fsss6 % ~ II lesse ~ Has6 Ssd -
G0oO scerls ecitH ~ iisis Sssesr. ssA q -
s.9AAA CoHT Esr ssa''s, SsS e - - ds.-
That the rival mani :acturers arc terribly fright
ened is amply proven by their circulars. The fol.
lowing ID copy OF one, and we give Il entire so
you can see to what desperate straits they are re.
CHICAGO. ILL.,. March 22d, 1885,;
DEAF sIA:-In regard to Irvine Binders, We
made urs with VII. Bndsrs .nd are
something ese are putting out. in greater or less
quantities, untried Irvine Binders: We have to
best wire binder on the market, one that has stood
j Y00k0
In succession, and under which guarantees have
proved satisfactory to purchasers as well IS our.
selves. f..
This, therefore, they can purchase without risk
Ing with and perfecting Irvine Binder, until we
are now satisfied that we have tho best Irvine biad-
er, also, In the field. We assured that It will
er. We shall further test our Irvine binder In the
coming harvest. from Texas to Manitoba, 20 ~ to
meet all the differences In crop: and situations to
be found anywhere; when We shall thus be able to
know positively, what to recommend ~ well as
guarantee to our friends and customers, and be-
1ieve that shall then be prepared to supply pur.
chaseEs Of our wire binder, Irvine Binder attach.
ments which can be attached to our machines.
Frem previous arrangements We are making, such
attachments can be added with very little ex pense
Competitors may talk as strongly ~ they please,
in order to effect premature Sales but they cannot
do more than we now propose, With safety to the
farmers. Yours truly.
Mccormick HARvEs1INo MACHINE Co.
You %i' observe that something is going to Be
ers another year() They thus directly acknowl-
edge that the Wood company IL ahead Of them, and
the only thing to be complained of is the manner In
circular is that they unable to sell their binders
on their present merits. They will have . twine
attachment another year, and how perfect 1t will
I'd. NJ. Osborne Co., seem to b equally FRIGHT.
ened and have also issued circular to their a9ents
It ID not necessary to print 1t all but to show ther
w." mroh,rv hoer ME- e 9Ss Trey say:
hoders tnr hi. sa.son an% w,, ~ sOEut tWlne
that = T.; nj thnse ,rh1 have hs ~ ven 20 mote
%th wire binders who are now trying &c sell Irvine
" Irvine costa ahont tv,ca a. ru.h .
nonnG and thev viii h.vs n hird 1h"s. Ho Per
mich tohter tn" we have aver sas, Sn nunuies
a nonrd hind twica -. much o.";n 1o"o W Make
a,;re ~" ~ "'"~" e'"'" Nd pouhd OF
W.u a.. xuo,h t,,,,,. h,.,a..
h,.d .nnnh %;.St~r tr.n ~as ugSs On sne aveIage
Dlnu usucn ..knneI tnan uOes any Dlnoer manufac'
"aas .,,ovs statenent Th. ~. stA sno nnIsit.
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