HIS LIFE AND WORK 



States, on account of a patent suit that was then 

 in full swing; but before he left England he 

 established an agency in London, and started 

 a vigorous campaign among the titled land- 

 owners. He prepared a statement, showing 

 that even at the low rate of wages that were paid 

 on English farms a Reaper would mean a hand- 

 some saving to English wheat-growers. But he 

 did not depend upon the argument of economy. 

 He placed his reliance also upon the fact that 

 the Reaper had become the playtoy of kings, 

 and that their fancy would presently make it 

 the fashion. 



Four years later he went with another Reaper 

 to an Exposition at Paris, won the Gold Medal, 

 and sold his machine to the Emperor. Then, 

 in 1862, with his wife and young son and 

 daughter, he made his headquarters in London, 

 and opened up a two-years' campaign in Great 

 Britain, Germany, and France. Up to this 

 time the foreign trade had grown but slowly. 

 All European countries combined were not buy- 

 ing more than half a million dollars' worth of 



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