Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-03-22

, turn envelope, insert the manuscript in
the envelope and seal it ready for send
ing to the postotice In the course OF
time got such \ machine into practi-
cable shape and induced 4 publisher 10
| try il. | knew perfectly that IL ever
got him "a try 1t the machine would
commend itself thereafter, and il did.
! In general way Ii looked as much
like 4 SriSt mitl rs anything else. Ii
had hopper On top. into which the
letters we're Shoreled, and, without un-
! dertaktng to describe the machine in
detail, which would necessarily make
the description more or less compl-
Gated, and perhaps too technical for the
popular reader. should say that In
this hopper the letters were Separ tely
sifted down t0 fall through an opening
into the interior ot the machine where
one appliance slit the envelope open,
another extracted the manuscript con-
tanned therein aud likewise the en-
NeIoNe, while still another opcned this
envelope and inserted the manuscript
INTO Il and passed II within reach OF
another appliance thu, seated il and
shot II out through delivery spout
Md II worked beautifully. With
two men one Co shovel in and the
olher to take away~it would do the
work that before had called for the
services OF ten men, and SO ii was OF
course a great economy and sold
them, or rather the rlght to use them.
to number OF publishing houses re-
telNtng enormous numbers OF manu-
scripts Going through ono VI these
establishments ono day simply az one
ot tue visiting public, aud being per-
Sonalty no more taken for an author
Ihan thus far my manuscripts have
| been taken FOR the work OF one, | saw
IN use one of my remailiug machines
and heard 1t warmly commended ON
this occasion, rs with mixed emotions
1 Vowed this machine ut work,
thought out simple but valuable Inn
rroVement, which i wondered | hadn't
thought of before, but which applied
to all machines made after that.
'fhts improvement consisted simply
III setting up pulleys and Il belt SO ar
ranged rs to carry the letters from the
spout Of the romailor to a spout lead
my into mail chute, by the old way
II took man all the time picking up
the letters and baggtng them; with the
new attachment the letters simply fail
on the belt and are carried on this To
the other spout, which has thin pro-
Jeeting lip, lying across the belt. This
Zip lifts the edge OF the letter and tho
continued motion OF the bolt carries
the letter forward sufficiently to push
II over the lip to fall inside Of il into
TIE spout. down which 1t slides into
the maui chute, and va on down into
the box from which the mail Is taken
by the collectors, with this Improve.
ment one man could attend to the ma
chine easily, and this was It's cruwnIng
economy
out OF this small enterprisr on The
side, something purely incidental and
foreign to my roal desire am now
making something enough. In fact, to
pay FOR the stamps ! use in sending out
my manuscripts to publishers, and
something over From this you Will
understand that am really making
considerable, IN fact doing rather we'll
AZ 1t. You VIII. OF course understand
also from the uRe | am making OF
some OF my money that IS, for postage
ON manuscripts that am still sending
Things to the publishers myself am,
indeed, am plugging away III IL Just
as hopefully MS ever. never doubling
the ilnal result sondng out manu-
scripts Just the same, except that | do
not now send To houses In which. In
my capacity Of inventor | have In
stalled StrugglIng's automatic rotating
remailer, New York sun.