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The Sewing Machine 373 scheme, the sales had risen to 21,000 machines annually. The enterprise had reached such a healthy, prosperous stage that the existing company was inadequate to cope with the business in hand. Thereupon a new company was formed under the title of “ The Singer Manufacturing Company,” under which style it is known to this day. The two original partners having placed the undertaking upon a solid foundation, and it being merely a matter of routine for future work- ing, they retired from all active participation therein, although they still held a large interest in the concern, from which they ultimately accumulated huge for- tunes. The new company went ahead with all the vigour of its predecessor. In 1867 the annual sales had risen to 42,000 machines, while during the next four years the output increased by such leaps and bounds as to reach the figure of 181,600 machines for 1871. The new company extended its sphere of operations, introducing the machine to all the countries of the world, and in every instance the successful line of conducting business was brought into effect. The Chinaman residing on the borders of Tibet, the peasant in the Caucasus, the lonely shack-dweller upon the borders of the Arctic circle, is able to acquire the sewing machine on the hire-purchase system with the facility of the housewife residing in London, Paris, or any other large city or town. The Singer Sewing Machine Company recognises no distinction between nations, and no geographical boundaries. It pushes its way to wherever there is an opening for its activities. Each country carries its distinctive organi- sation, formulated according to the laws of the country