| Show SILK association MEETING noteworthy proceedings in assembly hall thursday afternoon the utah lV omens silk association met mc t thursday april ath at 4 in the assembly hall with MIS ills salisbury bur y in the chair JIL A large number of me members tit and interested listeners were present the secre report was read and accepted mrs 13 E D wells gave an interesting account ot of her visit to washington lit in the interest of 0 the silk industry she found senators a and nd congressmen Concie samen pretty well informed as to our industry A bill had passed the senate which A provided for the founding of live silk bilk experiment stations in the un united tied states but the bill had beet been lost loit eight ot of in the lower I louse house mr bir cannon lias has promised to prepare a bill establishing a silk experiment station in utah such a bill many congressmen declared would pass both houses if properly pushed the paper which mrs mm wells read before the national council 0 of I 1 women referred to our silk industry and wany many women were greatly Irre atly interested inte te at atlanta mrs wells spoke before betche the board ot of managers for the silk ellk industry of utah mrs afra zina D 11 young spoke a few words af encouragement to silk producers let people who ho have little to do undertake bom something ething ot of this kind and they mill w be more contented and at the same time add to the revenue of 0 the state the quality of our filk Is so good that we would need a less number of garments it if we employed it for our clothing children can help in the care of tile the worms and the young ladles can learn to reel led mrs airs maegaret WaiR Mai garet calne caine of the success ot of the women in washington county last year they made about front their cocoons A fortune cannot be made front from tile the silk milk industry immediately media telly experience must be gained lit in any trado trade before it can be expected to be remunerative no food must be used except mulberry leaves the object Is 13 not to produce worms but silk bilk the worms will thrive it 11 Is true upon lettuce leaves and current canant leaves but the cocoons cocoon from such foud food ate aie worthless if ac the people of utah do not de develop lop this industry it will be taken a e from them thero there have already been ln lit from rom italians allana It japanese and hind oos as to the possible success ot of it a silk raising colony hoe wo we should keep the industry ourselves the w ool en cn mills use yearly thousands of 0 dollars worth of 0 fellk filling we must learn leai n to reel and keep tills this money at home birs alra F r fi richards related some early caily imper lences in silk culture she believed it to be the duty ot of the women to take a pride in their homemade home made silk and home manufactured goods mrs arm woodbury of 0 st george reported that last year a rood good many pounds of oc cocoons were raised in washington county and this year still moro more will be raised the cocoons brought a ollar dollar a pound on an average liless harrison Harrl Bon spoke of 0 the process ot elf reeling rc ellner it to be ba easily learned learned one can reel halt half a pound of silk a day mrs birs gilmer advocated a systematic effort to secure a market for or home raised silk and cocoons mrs salisbury read a 11 list t of the articles which might be exhibited at the cotton ex at atlanta all articles should he be submitted to the committee chich has boon been appointed by the governor mr afre wells moved that the hie association make an exhibit or of utah silk the motion was unanimously carried lit in response to a question with regard to eggs tile the president announced that alaa Har harrinton Harrl Hon had japanese Jap anene eggs for or sale tit at a card each card contain ing thirty or tony forEy thousand thou band egge adjourned to meet at the call of 0 the president CORINNE W secretary Sucre tary U W s A |
