| Show cie cle CIO AND AS OF or 1 so licit haben has been sald slid in rei vel tf t to 0 the culture of at silk blik io in this territory that t Jur further aurther ther mention of it seems altogether unnecessary the subject is hb however wever of such great pecuniary import importance anee anbe to the ilie people of the territory that we are constrained to refer to jt again at oun our recent fair we noticed among other ower articles art leies leles of interest beve seve several ral rai specimens of silk produced ip in this city the quality of which was excellent and fully equal if it not superior to any we ever examined and we were led to wonder with such an unexceptional ltd quality allty of the raw material at handland han dand every facility for fon its successful culture within fithia ofir reach that more attention and means llave not nol been given ta this thijs branch of industry our climate is especially pec ally lally adapted for tor the raising ef of silk and that too of a first class elass quality and we know of no 9 obstacle to prevent J jtb t s mapu manufacture r up t ur 4 ti by ape P pedal I 1 this ig territory ain eid t iu aph nah auh nuh A e enar arar OY ipar y spar mills for the production of silken fabrics are being erected in various vario usi localities cali calit ties les in the eastern and western states and this department of trade Is receiving increased and deserved attention bring specially favored by the prote protective etive tariff on imported silk goods if manufacturers in the east who have to import all the silk they use can make the business pay we wesee bee see no reason why we should not be able to do the same if operative cooperative co societies would take tako this matter in hand erect mills furnish them with silk slik throwing machinery and supply them with the raw article of home production we feel confident that not only would the enterprise eater ter prise be a successful one in a pecuniary sense but bubb a nield field would thereby be opened for the profitable employment a of those of our population who are physically incapable of performing other and more arduous labor it would also prove a source of revenue as when fairly inaugurated we might manu fac furo ture goods in sufficient quantities fo to export we have every essential among us capitali capital skill and a climate admirably suited for the he purpose what is lacking is a disposition to give the matter a fair fa I 1 r trial the necessity of rals nals raising ing material here for exportation is felt and acknowledged by all tho the inhabitants of the territory it Is the only method of bringing and filid permanently retaining a circulating medium and of doing away with the system of barter wirter and traffic with its numerous drawbacks gs which has BO iso long iong prevailed sericulture and the silkworm are the means meana placed ht sat our dis disposal osal by proy to readily arnd arid effectually bring about these very desirable results re j I 1 |
