The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-15
DRIVEN TO THE WALL
Read what the Walter A. Woods maeisiae
Agents Make Mr. ~ Young ofGervafs
say, and Then Read what Nv
Y0une Himself says.

The following letter has been printed
by the Woods Machine Agents as having
been given them by NJ. Young, OF Gervais,
in regard to the field trial which took
place there on June 2ist. BY comparing
1t with the open letter below, e viii SHOW
TO what extremitses men are DR. ven vhen
attempting to bring an ordinary maeai o
like the Walter A. Woods into asDpe.-
ion with a first-class machine like the
Osborne. Such practices may be coDsid-
cred as within the scope Of honest business
methods by the Woods agents. but II -
very doubtful IL the public viii endorse
them. Here Is the letter they represent
Mr. Young as having given them.
GEEvAIs, June u, 1881,
lHessrs. ELjsins and Parker, sSaLeB1
Having received a circular from X. VI.
Wade & 20. Of Salem. regarding the field
trial in Barley held onmy farm the 2lst inst,
OF the Woods, Mccormick, Deering and
Osborne Twine Binders. I notice q false
impression is intended t. be made, represent
ing that the Woods Machine had TO be run
by three horses (pulling so heavIIy,l while
the DeeTing and other Binders were run ~
easily by tive horSes. / noticed that the
teams pulling the Dcering. Mccormick and
Osborne Machines strained very heavily and
showed unmistakeabIc signs Of having under
gone great labor 10 hard pulling and sweat
ed freely during the work, while the team
drawing the Woods Binder showed no signs
Of sweating nor being fatigued whatever,
aud I consider any such statements as being
false and without foundation whatever.
The Woods Binder did not clog or choke
"A frsS
vine, cutting and binding it successfully.
and like all it's work did the best Of any
Machine in the field. i also observed while
shocking up the grain that was cut aud
bOnbdby the various binders that the Woods
shsayes could readily be told from the
sheaves Of the others by their tigbtness Of
bind and leaving less lost and scattered
gTain upon the ground where they lay.
Also. the Wood Harvester cut swath from
s to.I0 inches wider than the rest Of the Ma
chimes. ! am very much pleased with the
cutting and binding Of the Wood Binder,
also it casts all its Bheayes on the butt end
Grst, and were I wanting Binder this year,
certainly would perfer the Walter s.
Wood above all the others.
! voluntarily make the ~ ove statement,
not being interested in any Of the above
fwine Binders, but desiring to correct any
false impressions made by competing Ma
chimes against the Woods, and wishing only
70 encourage honest machinery aud see the
farmers supplied with the best. / am will
ing TO qualify TO the above If required.
Yours truly, u. YOUNG.
.4The following open letter shows how much
of the above is TO be given credit, and speaks
volumes as to the manner in which the
Wood agents do business.
To Whom IL may Concern
Ny attention having been cailed 10 .
YeliOw Poster" which Is being circulated
by the Woods Twine Binder Agents,
wherein my statement Of the Field Trial Of
Self Binding Harvestsrs, which took placs
on my farm June 2Ist, j. published very
differently from what / signed il. / did noe
say that the Woods Binder. pulled any
easier than the other Machines would 10
three horses, did not say that the Wdod's'
Binder, did not clog in the pea-vine, for ]
know that it did; did not say that tas
Woods Binder done better work than the
other two Machines competing; did not say
that the Woods Binder left less scattered
grain where the Bundle lay than the other
Machines did, did not say that | would
be qualified 70 any statement made. did
say however that all the Machines did better.
work than i expected they would.
In conclusion would say that lzrgs
portion OF my pubIished statement, was erzs-
ed by me before signing. and no one was az
,horized TO make any such statement over
my signature, while consider the fferent
Machines competing did fair work, here =
still room for Improvement and lay ole OBJ
ject in making any statement whatever was
IN the interest OF the Farmers and not the
Machine men. consider some Of the state
ments made relative 10 the trial decidedly
too highly colored and they should lie taken
with considerable allowance.
Gervais, Or, July ?, 1881.
NJ. YOUNG