Show r I J 1 TilE TUE SI SILK BUSINESS IN J t 6 a U u w w w wr r p n Concerning Ih the slit Ii hll bu a w III Ft th um pr q r r l I s i lul r r l tem tam which has ns N w to other lu the th Mrs Margaret A Cain y of oC the Utah Silk u a ulal I writes to the News Neill ar al rol rollow ol lows low Silk is II a valuable article either la In Ita t that It Il does dou doese 5 or l lOt and nut IUt all as one ur f t the I e ado adoT n R In T gt remiss 01 ot of our State todAY U II a Mend tf the indus Indu Indue tn t n lit Iho nl t ty the e patient uC of tie ILl people a tor many bundred years the worm has haa bet bee among tb the LaM tali ty types e or of highly peo pIP pie Ih the upper strata of culture anti and on I the he adornment the 1 luau luxury and the or of wealth to 4 hate hall lifted vT above aboe the pur tut or of those thole coarser In ILo ava or of mankind It is II isM tile the jewel of the gout agricultural dla dia M fbi dam dem with whit II h society has haa crowned It Need salt a as a testimony ot of It It high 1411 tit eat In It Its conflict with tM t a and which have reo re h tard larded 4 communities In their aim at r re reI 15 t th I ei the h the early days daYI of our country silk 1111 r was w the amu ot of our amo grandmother the Revolution is the smoothly woven and splendidly col colored It ored eted growne made by those tho lip women we were the pride of th the household and the enl envy or nr rivals And nl of oC raw silk I soft tIt to our r country at one rOD hI h i that the IIII means hAd b been en round found t to Ihl thwart art her hereditary 12 p enemy Franz Fran p c Vet all them sank ank Into I In n and our country L w yielded Ih u the maln which has bat Iru Ill u tl t tx lIo a agent At In the spread or of I W can an alm almost t ay that D nature ure hu has planted th the mulberry In the valleys alle amonG our high mountains and has bat ac r It with a climate so ao thoroughly adapted to the silk 1111 worm that tile the and skill of our women should hould It to their Im Improvement provement and no time will ever Iver be better beUer than the pre present nt to avail avaU our of the tho opportunity to establish our 0 owa silk industry and the hops bope that perhaps In the future throw oil off a dependence pendente which annually costa our count country mo more than eighty elMy millions ot of dollars dollon challenges us UI to a trial ot of U the silk IlIk As AI a result ot of the work which has bu bun been n dine since In the appointment of our WI we are aN able to Ii give the following table lable which w we hope bope will prove tOV an to many In the tate state tateto to II aal I our fUr and the leav leavor leaves or of those already grown Crown so 10 they may mar gain aln an the work aDd tout that tile the production or of the Coming year may greatly exceed that ot of the past lL Two hundred mulberry trees tHI will III grow row very well on two apr acee ot of land A rood good medium tree will yield pounds pound of leaves which Ith will give Ive pounds on two acres As A It take tak sev seventeen enteen pound poud o of lea leaves tl to snake mak one pound of fresh cocoons cOcoon pounds will rh give 1766 18 pounds ot of fresh co canna Jon I The 1766 pounds ot of fresh treah co coon coc c on of will make makl COO pounds of dried co conn 0 oona nn It I ot of rood good quality are 1 north rth WI at al once It If they can be beby d by th the name people the aUk elik will b worth 1200 t I p The lapen expenses or of cultivating two acre aerN In trees feeding the worm eta eto ma may be stated Rated as AI follows 1 person Art ten da days at 1 per day I I 2 bo boy or gird Irl lint ten day da qt It 25 cents pr per day GO GOI S I grown rown persons non second ten day at per da day aGot 6 boys boy or girls second tin day days at al 26 16 cents per day 1260 1210 l a grown rown persons third tin lm 4 days at 10 per da day QI IS 16 boys boy or girls third ten tea d dat days at A cent per 4 day toGO Total WI We At also give Ive the following extract tract from A letter written by a lady who hu has I had inconsiderable considerable ex I In silk lIk in III while the vahaM aN re low It will live give some Idea ot of tM the 10 loss WI we are re annually sustaining u upon n the number or of tort forty thousand amine In tAh and that each ral only twenty pounds pound fit of ro the bounty alone alon on this would bt a I 6 to each family which means mean U to the people o le It if bounty alone but let VI u carry these lUres further Twenty pounds or of cocoons would produce l tour pounds of reeled silk witch at H 84 A pound means mean 31 1 to each earb family to the State Hut But It if each should furt forty pound which can CAlI be dohs In ev Pry house boUle that has hal a boy ten tan years old to rather gather the Ira leaves this would give the sum aum ot of yearly yearl I trust this statement will app appeal l so 10 strongly to all that th they will not allow this golden opportunity to pass Pall unheeded which might otherwise give am ampie ampie pie and nd pleasant employment to hun bun hundred dred ot of our ions IOn and daughters WI We hUt have quality what we r want I quaint ty tag to encourage capital to establish mills the lon began their work many trees have been aided td to tho those planted years al ago Ant and while we t feel el greatly encouraged with Uh the work h hu bM been accomplished H I w we art are very anxious to extend the j jork work ork CUI am 11 U and every woman wile o raises 1 a few tew pounds pound ot of co cc cocoon coons coon J In her hu house n some IOme day see that thai ab she b ha done don much towards this great enterprise which will eventually prove one of the foundation stones tonII up upon o on which the prosperity ot of our State shall ball stand tand |