Clifford's equipment to manufacture barbed wire had come from George C. Baker, who had invented a machine for producing barbed wire which was similar but not identical to the one made by Isaac Ellwood. Baker had resisted all attempts by Ellwood and Washburn-Moen to buy him out.
Clifford's equipment for producing barbed wire came from George C. Baker, who had invented a machine for making barbed wire that was similar but not identical to the one made by Isaac Ellwood. Baker resisted all attempts by Ellwood and Washburn-Moen to buy him out.