The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-31

,ention WAS called I, three old WON
out machines which looked No
OF Noah's ark. These are the
beginning OF our manufacturing interest 4,
Dilias," said Mr.. Blake, aud we pr'zs
them more than anything In the factory, :"
Upon being asked their history no s'in' IN
gotten IN from q severe spell of fever, and
as could not get about much WAS res.ing
on pile OF goods In front OF our store. A
gentleman came In and requested TO NJ"
one OF tIs proprietors, He was shown over
TO whore | was resting. l noticed tha, he
looked hsggard aud esreworn, I'M" Ma - ss
were piercing shd that he w. =
ia a"a II, saSr..sea a me by .ss'cs;
~ am seeking employment. anna hrsl-
class woI kman. ! eau make panis, over.
alls, or anything else In thn line aud
much better than you can buy them east
havN been working Tor a lsrss orm ~
Fort Worth and recently one In Dallas,
can how You samples OF my work. !
told the gentleman We were ov-fs'ooted "
that class OF gosis; had more than We could
handls during the season, aud could not
possibly give him emplovmen,. lie
seemed com pleteiy broken down. Said he:
"slr. | have large family snd they can
work TO earn living, hut the
arm I sm working for tell me they cannot
give me more work, that they havo oil the
goods Of 'se kind their trade will jns'i'y
them In having made up. have been 10
ever, place In the city where hPd IN,
hone Of gettIns employ ment. II now looks
40 though nv family and myself must beg
or s,arye. have not a penny In tho world.
What shall | dot My sewing machines
will be taken from me, ~ Isiill ", on
them" He turned to go out. ! asked him
10 walt a minute, and inquired about MS
former life. ii. told me he w,s since the
VIA prominent merchant OF Gaivestop.
and did prosperous businsss. had
a good homo surrounded BY comfort and
lnru,y, and above oil was happy In the
love OF his wife and children. He says his
mi ,iurtunes ia business was brought nDoul
~ mis- .inventing and patenting an i'm.
prove dry dock, for use in building anu
repairing vessels. The outlay OF getting
the models together, with tho los, OF line
from business brought on financial troubles
before he was aware Of It. When he reali'
sed his true position his fortune Tas
wreck. He then drilled TO Fort
Worth, aud from there TO better hi
condition came TO Dullas, although lac had
found out 1t had Only continued 10 grow
worse. My sympsthies were aroused, tnd
told him TO COME hack the next d,y and !
would try to find something for him 10 do,
4 fine workman and that the sewing ma
chimes he Sned we're old style and really
worth but little; In fact We could buy new
ones for UGH less, but as he had bought
them decided TO pay them ont and give
him work. When he returned we gave
him few bolts OF goods and aGv inced HIM
money to support his family. lie turned
out at first four or five dozen
prr week. found even at this small pro-
duction, IL we permitted him TO run his
shop to full capacity, We would become
oyerstockrd. Fortunately during my resi-:
dence Ia New York my profession carried
me daily into the large manufacturing
establishments of that city. became inu'
m ate friends with many OF tho large manu-
facturers. I studied closely the manner in
which the different Arms conducted their
business. So when found the demand Tor
the goods was not sufficient to make a
living for the family. / went to work to
ss,ist him to improve the goods and TO sell
them | worked on all my friends and
customers to try them. The result Was q
triumph Over one hundred Thousand OF
our II xas people are wearing them and
they have attained a popularity beyond
de criptop. My poor frieDd did no. liy'
| long enough to see IL success; he could DO
but little with his rude machines and litt't
shop. We had made arrangements 10 SCI
| him up on much larger scale but he to u
fever and died. Thus you see through
sympathy for this poor fellow our fortune
began.