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Show .SKItU Ul.TUUK. ('ail II He .Mucin a Surer.! lu llilt Ttrrllory. ' The following Ititorestltig Arttclo on thu Above sulject, from thu eu of llrother D, (Iraves, of l'ruvo, la worthy a careful rusal. Caii sericultulu l-a made a success? My Answer Is, yes. wllh roer Attention Atten-tion given U Aud ntvuus Judlcloutly extided, President DrlgliAm Young rr-rsti". ly sold thu Air was full of silk, and hi. sjvlil considerable lueaus to advancu tho Interests of that Industry In Ulah. Ills view a weru for the. peoilo lu this Te rriury lu make a sut-cesa of it. In thu jeArlbW hu sunt tu Franco Alid obtained inulbe try Heel which he distributed, soiuu lo Win. C HtAlnm, myselfAiid others. Ha had luetic)-nveAcreahlniseir luetic)-nveAcreahlniseir Unlril unci built n cocooncr) About Hires, itiliee from bait l.aku Cliy, and some trceawero grown. 1 1 e also c ut lot ed a man for two yuars to Attend to Ittibul he inAda a rslluru of II, After which ho entlo)ed M. Her traud And hu Irlesl It lor thu satno length uf tlmu w lilt no Iwtier results. UlAh county has Always done her share to forwurd this Industry and Is still willing toilolicr tart lu such a laudablu enterprlsa and has at dlllc rent times sttbscrllied from Ihu various wards over six liuudred dollars towards to-wards the fitrthvrauco of Ihu sauie.vlx t In purchasing cocoons raltol In this county, And uer two hundred ror the migrating of a H HaIUcMs wcavir, Uelde-abu) lug reels And a tllk loom And various things suitable for the Isisl inns. This csMinly has woven drct-s floods, liandkerchlefs, etc, and wonow iau n number of pourdt or rielenl atlk on hand for tho making ol slmllur articles, and I am satisfied scilctilture, If prorly taken hold of, would be a benefit to thu community. Fitrtliirmore, my iros!tlon Is, If the authorities deem Ii i ruis r, for flvu thousand dollars to bu raised by tlvo hull Irud shares; at ten dollars tr share, lo bo niually dlvlde.1 between thu various Htakcv nipablu of raising lliosllk norm, und 1 inn vouch lor Utah County taking her usrt. I'miu Information rectlvrel from theiltiart-inent theiltiart-inent at Washington, thu amounts needed ror maclilnery ror a filature, or reeling eatablMimcnr. Is as follows. Hteum engine, $l,ftJo; tliruwstor spindles and stretcher, jl.o'JO, build lugs, etc., JI.OOil, to loiunteiic-u latr, Jl.trKi; touil, J.l.ikHi. I would like to maku this Industry n success, as H was put ujun me by I'resliletil oung, I rerelved llftien now varieties of mulberry Iricmfrom Milan, Italy, from Iho Deiarlmeul ol Agriculture, with a request lu furnish I hem with an Ac count ortlie adaptability of silk raiting In this Territory, aa tin ru was a hill Iffuro C'ongrraa loestaMlsi aorlrul luralextirlinent stallons lu Ihu ilir. fereiitHfalrsand rirrltorles with an pprot rlatlou of $mi ihw, prior to which I received a pamphh I with a circular from tho tau ulcus und dieting maehluery ror Ihu preparing or silk for Wfavlng, anl when thu ..iglshilurv met I subml-iod them to (lovernor West, who took qulttt au Interest lu llreltl And recommeiiuril that All 0U irotirlAllou beniiMli. NnereAtircntcrprlw can li made au Iviclustrlil pursuit for young nn-l old In lull Territory, slid no oilier rounlry U e'insi fur tllk raising, as proven lu Ilia Centennial Kxhlhltlon, Our exhibits were atd lo be or Hie atrnngrttatiJ llttest lixture, lul Uiked Ihu lustre, which Is Accounted ror both-by want or skill and machinery, but At Iho Terrltotlal I'alr In l9l, there weru spcrluutis or silk iloth exhibited byl'oulHchrttlcr reeled tyotl Italian lalynimil Mrs ( ardoti which was unurpap-ad ror strength And lustre. I ipiAtknowiuitly (or I hive searched and reed wlirly upou the subject, i uterine Into u tails whetu rites ri-tes rchm could to- made WerAii rslM. all tie cocoons necessary neces-sary In this Tetrltcry lul el git dlsetmrageel becAU-ewolAck ttitatis to buy Hu hi In. It I. for Ink ofmarhln rry that we me crainjed for the working work-ing or thctiitip,nnl not ror laliur. 1 wrutut'itho Deirtmtnt, Inform Ing It what I was about to do, when Hetnlary Jlusk sent ino word I IiaI lietler stop until the bill before Con gnss w as i'd, as It was Ihu Intention Inten-tion to give fl tier ound fur reeled sill, AlMiAl-ounty on iMxins I Ullive It It geherjlly known through IheTrrrltory how I liavn lit cissatitly lat-ort-d with my 4ii and rtctlcal lalior, too, and have travrlnl and leclurtcllnlhrcc-r urlhs or the settlements set-tlements In this cAtiH, without scArce lycitt Assistant r. I have made lu seiractpmlntest with many valuable rtirulars, hiving taken gnil and unllrlnglntcriitln Itever since I'm Merit Young told me it was my mission. |