Show SILK CULTURE an interview that suggests important points for consideration in conversation with mr J C lake view aur sery that gentleman said to a representative of the Ex niile on a visit to salt lake city recently I 1 was introduced to mr diott the manager of the deseret silk factory mr is late of boston and as I 1 am very much interested in alie silk industry we soon entered into a very pleasant conversation concerning it mr holf vi as born on the border of switzerland and france when young he took a great liking to the manufacturing of silk and succeeded in mastering the industry he filled the position of foreman in a silk factory in lyons france for six years at alie end of time he went to paris where he spent the next eight years in the same business he alien emigrated to the united states and spent his first six years in this country in new york and then moved to boston eliere he has lived the last ten yeara thus lie has spent thirty years of his life super intending the manufacture of silk and he is a most competent man I 1 went to his home and was shown hundreds of samples of silk work executed by the gentleman while mr hoff lived in new york he went to philadelphia to alie exposition of 76 where he examined alie raw silk on exhibition from the various silk places of the world lie pronounced alie utah PI the best for strength and elasticity the reeling wis much inferior to other samples lie stated however that this was only due to lack of practical knowledge in the reeling mr showed me the various macl iines used in alie reeling and testing of silk he told me that in pennsylvania silk culture was very uncertain on account of alie people only being able to depend apon a crop in every sixth year even in france alie silkworms are frequently lost through sickness 1 I then related my experience in silk culture some sixteen years ago my supply of mulberry leaves gave out ond it was great difficulty that I 1 managed to get alie worms to make their co coonfi alien saw alie necessity of hiving plenty of mulberries The cocoon sas arc suit of aliis scarcity of feed were of little value being of an inferior quality soon after aliis I 1 obtained a small quantity of eggs of the right kind from a frenchman by the name of louis betrand ever since alien I 1 have experienced no trouble in raising silk of the best quality and have sufficient mulberries to feed about worms mr hoff expressed his pleasure at learning of my ultimate success in this direction and stated eliat it would be a good tiling if were plenty of people who would start raising silk us it would save him the trouble of importing alie raw material and would be a great benefit to alie people odthe territory we alien discussed alie subject of alie best location for a factory and I 1 showed the advantages of provo alie unlimited facilities plenty of water power and a country whore the people could raise all alie silk alie gentleman could work off mr bioff has several thousand dollars worth of machinery in salt lake and other heavy machinery in boston which lie intends sending for as soon as he gets settled he is acif excellent workman and utah with a liberal appropriation by alie legislature could commence in the silk industry and turn out work eliat would compare favorably with any im ported |