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The Twentieth Annual Edition of our celebrated 
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THE SINGEE SEWING MACHINES. 
Statistics of Seicing Machine Sales for 1873. 
The Singer Mannf’g Co. Sold 232,444 Machines, 
Wheeler & Wilson Mf’g Co. 44 119,190 4 * 
Domestic S. M. Co. - - - “ 40,114 •* 
Grover & Baker S. M. Co. “ 36,179 44 
Weed S M. Co. - - - - 44 21,769 
Wilson 8. M. Co. - - - 44 21,247 44 
Howe Machine Co. - - - 44 No returns. 
Cold Medal S. M - o. - - “ 16,431 44 
Wilcox &, Gibbs S. M. Co. 44 15,881 44 
American B. II.. &c. - - 44 14,182 ,4 
B. P. Howe S. M. Co. - - 44 18,919 44 
Remington Umpire S. M. Co. 44 9,183 44 
Florence S. M. Co. - - - 44 8,960 44 
Davis S. M. Co. - - - - 44 8,861 44 
Victor S. M. Co. - - - - 44 7,446 44 
Blees S. M. Co. - - - - 44 3,458 44 
Secor S. M. Co. - - - - 44 3,430 44 
Aetna,J.E.Braunsdorf& Co. 44 3,081 - 44 
Bartram & Fan ton, - - - 44 1,000 * 4 
Centennial S. M. Co. - - 44 514 - 44 
Keystone S. M. Co. - - - 44 217 44 
The table of Sewing Machine Sales for 1S73 shows 
that our sales last year amounted to 232,444 (two 
hundred and thirty-two thousand, four hundred 
and forty-four) Machines, being a large increase 
over the ales of the previous year (1872). 
The Table also shows that our sales Exceed 
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For instance, in 1S72 we sold 45,000 more Ma¬ 
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of our Highest Competitor. 
These figures are all the more remarkable, for the 
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1873 are Less than their Sales in 1872, 
whereas, as has been shown Our Sales have 
Largely Increased. 
The account of sales is from the returns made to 
the owners ol the Sewing Machine Patents. 
It will hardly be denied, that the superiority of 
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