The needle workers were opposed, as they have generally been, to any sort of laborsaving machinery, and there was no manufacturer willing to buy even one machine at the price Howe asked, three hundred dollars.
Howe's second model was an improvement on the first.

It was more compact and it ran more smoothly.

He had no money even to pay the fees necessary to get it patented.

Again Fisher came to the rescue and took Howe and his machine to Washington, paying all the expenses, and the patent was issued in September, 1846.

But, as the machine still failed to find buyers, Fisher gave up hope.