Show 11 I 1 V i t s 0 i I 1 V ur ta FAVORABLE rAVO REPORTS or RESS IN AMERICA A of the lb all of the Is 11 tingry camf 01 maste sad boll sail of 1 I all ait aarts 1 of f the cia to Us II 11 ture an effort I 1 Is being made by associations ass nels formed for the purpose toward a revival of silk culture in thi this country an and advery rory favorably favor ablo aro are given ol 01 tho the progress a bel ermade la in this dl di ro eliol loa tire va was whoa when thi this industry was wits quite quito a flourish tog one here says ar the american cultivator and omo some time sigo an art article lelis oa on the appeared la in those column columns in which the climatic condition conditions and possibilities for the success of tho industry wore were set forth la in tilts concoction and for the ansour ademia ag emia which it may we ft append a communication which recently tip la oa of our exchanges containing some interesting fact facts on the subject by a gentleman thoroughly pos posted la 10 this matter lib aars MYO A holt century ago ng I 1 wu was a young man ono one among thou mads who espoused the of silk alk culture in n the state of now york neither ra thil this state alono alone la in the matter but tho the whole united states and thi the canadas were enlisted in it the tb business buian bui ln started well tho mulberry tree trees wore planted and they frow grow well extensive 11 cocoon erics were established and silk worm were fed and they grew well largo large quantities of cocoon cocoons were role rals ed and ome of the tho duent of silk wore were ruled from them viem that wu ever allotted fillet ted la in the woid the no bu business successful that many a fanner and mall small householder planted an orchard of mulberry treo trees and tho the bueldue bu elue would hare have succeeded beyond everybody empoe ta tion had it a it t boea boon for two things ir the speculation in trees second chov anin heing no market for T aba 1 a f firt rt i p alme icv t cost tha millions illions in of dollar dollars it ada like all no new w inventions InTent lone or progenitors of new now thine thing who hardly ever reap tho the benefit of their invention inventions but their successors eucce or or the second corporations meet with better this la Is id ad today to day of the bilk silk busl noea today to day there Is to a it market tor for all the cocoon cocoons ralson in ible this country and at a fair valuation there are am now over ilk silk manufacturer manufacture rp in the united state states and doe does any ono suppose that if the ame same feeling existed now no w for cultivating the mulberry trees and the silk alk worm aa as in 1838 1839 and 1810 there would be any such thing as a failure Ith 1 think not I 1 TV hen sixteen carload carloads of ikkela milk wore were transported trane ported a season or two past in ona shipment from yokohama to new now york amounting to 1 passing 1 through a as gid ga gi d a silk grow ing country ae as over ever woe was in japan or china when the ame same alsteen carload could have been raised in this thi country and the 1 saved to tho the unemployed it would seem as though this attempt at the cultivation of thie Ws alk silk industry duttry lo in this we country would bo be commendable giving employment in a new industry to thou thousands suds of man women and children in 1813 1843 the american Inva tuto of the city of new now york called together a considerable number 0 of gentlemen silk crower from different pata ats a ts of the united states and formed a convention of which james tolmage talmage was made president with a large list of other omeera in pursuance of that call about exly delegates assembled 3 mr talmage Tol maeo in taking the chair made some ro marks ahm thi I 1 aid wild ha be is 1 I the first national silk suk convention over called in this country its object iq I 5 q to take into consideration tho the ex I as well ae as the possibility of making sak one of the staples of the country and to ascertain whether ite culture be or bo biot congenial to the eoll soll and then to advise those engaged in the matter to aro TO on with it IL jf it not to cease their labors and in these way ways the convention in bie his opinion would be able to do a good deal of good A gen talmage Tal matre thea then went in en to ex press hie his opinion that not only in ono one parl but in all parts of the united blates the climate and abe soil of the country were most admirably adapted to the culture of 1 ile the silk ilk worm instead of bending sending money 0 out ut of tho the country for the purchase of what we esa make ourselves tho the general would advise hie his countrymen to enter into the enterprise with vigor to go to work like patriot and to improve the advantages advant agos which god and natura bad put into th tr hands bands jor or the pro of new staple and one that it is waa was fully demonstrated must eventually by turn out a rich source of national wealth the present of young men know very little of the silk ilk culture as it was followed fifty yeat a ago am except by history the business to day is spring ini nj up in many parts of tha tho country congress of the states 6 late ret rig ng in many localities its ad not luany year years hence this v my M y will be 0 over orv with silk fabrica fabrics of it its own growth and manufacture |