Show SILK INDUSTRY the following article oo on the silk industry by mrs ann C woodbury ol of dt george gaorge an enthusiastic pioneer in that business published in 10 she be last iague us of the woman lao exponent has attracted considerable interest and by special request to la reproduced in the NEWS that it may be given the be possible circulation there is ie probably no industry ind that we could have established among us ue that would to be more beneficial to abe pourer poorer classes of people than silk bilk cul ture lure the work to la comparatively light sod ana the capital necessary to produce the cocoons and reeling the silk bilk is ie trifling our climate to la remarkably well adapted to the growth ot of the mulberry tree much of our soil contains more or lose leea alkali and abla 11 has baa the eff fl ot or of shortening the life of the peach and almond trees but ible does doea not seem to be the case with the mulberry tree it thrives here to a extent indeed I 1 have heard europeans say bay tile the mulberry will make a greater growth in one year here bare thao than in six ix years in europe although this thin is ie probably an exaggeration it le ie nevertheless true that it the silk industry depends upon the successful raising of the mulberry success in that line would be already assured many mulberry trees treba have been planted lord ber and many of them are in existence now our oar climate is per h hpe ps not less lees perfectly adapted to tile growth of the silk worm this has hae been proven to a demonstration as it la Is attested by the fact that we have on hand band now in this country about eight hundred pounds of cocoons ablon have been produced here but for want of a market amariet could not be disposed of many people have learned how bow to care for the silkworm but not being able to dispose of their cocoon oo coonc and 1 not being able to reel toem or to put them into marketable bey have become discourage a and the only taupe hope tor for the continuance and the development of this industry is either to find and a market for or our cocoons oooo uni or to learn how to reel them and to put the bilk ahk into a marketable shape with this idea in view we have been working and experimenting all winter and ana we have concluded thai with a little instruction sud aud experience we can make reeling a success and we can put our milk in a shape that hat will place it in the market I 1 hooft goolt some borne twist which we had bad made to a tailor of this thie city and after working with it be pronounced it good at a trifling cost coat lor for machinery I 1 am satisfied battened that glist the silk bilk oae can be worked up into many useful articles me BOW w I 1 lug u g silk bilk lace eto etc can be made and that 0 silk bilk of our own perhaps I 1 may be considered an enthusiast on too silk qu question tion but when I 1 look about we me and see flee the of young people that art are growing up around me and real ze that the husbands hua bandi and fathers are struggling on their farm to augrain their tbell loved onee and that there seems to be so ao low few things that they ORD OBO raise which will command a steady sale and enable them to obtain movine means lor for buying clothing sad other cash faeh articles when I 1 real hat abat four pounds of 09 cocoons that are worth only four dollars can be worked up into a pound of silk which will be worth eight dollars dollar that this silk bilk will command a ready sale bale lor for cash and that the work can be done by the women and children slid and at the same time be light and pleasant and profitable when I 1 realize this may I 1 do not be pardoned for being an enthusiast 10 it any wonder that I 1 have spent many anxious days an J sleepless rights nights en deavo ring to solve the problem ot putting ting our silk in a marketable shape in my minds eye I 1 can see before nr 00 a vast field of good opening up I 1 see how a people way may become seir ing now how the widow and the father left leaa my may be found employment that will make them no longer depend eaf and paupers haupers pau pers but enable them to hold bold up heir heads beads in the that they are elf supporting I 1 Is a we cue possibility of adding to our lisi lial of ex exports porte another article which will assist in stopping that constant oo brals ot of money that goes out to pay for tn articles we import in slater sister alger tb the president of the silk dilk of SL bt george has secured land fur for g out mulberry tree which we trust will be a bles sinji in ibe future now lei Is us ue ray any that we desire to eullet enlist the service and we invite the co opera uon lion of all interested id in the w welfare kupera cifare of our g rowing growing state and her growing industries to aid us ua in making tb thea industry indu atry a sue the state gives give us encouragement anti and alj ala the silk alik commission is laboring with its ita liht and ow LOW lot let riot not the people slacken their efforts lorte ef dont refuse to raise more cocoons because of we the discouragement of the be past sod and believe with us do that the il arkeat hour is ia juet before the dawn dawl lot this your year see a great success in the production of cocoons and be ilove that the me way will open up so that they will be a blessing and a profit 10 90 us |