Show I Wild Silk I Portland Oregonian An out of or the tho wa way illustration of ot tho the wa way the war has hns affected remote Industries Industries in industries In- In is 18 found in the new boom that tho the wild silk sUk industry of or Japan Is Isow Isnow now ow un undergoing This silk Is railed called and derives derl s Its wildness not from the appearance of ot the the- finished product upon tho wearer but from the fact that it is ma made o from the tho co cocoons cocoons cocoons co- co coons of or tho the wild silkworm which flourish in mm many parts of or the islands but which did not come conspicuously into public notice until 1907 1901 when there was a II preliminary boom following following follow follow- ing the thc Russo-Japanese Russo war Exports Export of or silk In general meanwhile have Increased in increased in- in I creased to an amazing extent etten tho amount for the tho first ir t nine months of or 1916 having been heen as compared compared com corn pared with an increase of ot for tor the period The increase is in duo due In part to Increased quantities of or the raw material but also to much higher his prices paid b by tho people of ot tho the United States and France the lat latter latter lat lat- ter tor country countr still being a II heavy buyer lat lat-I despite war conditions I |