Show FINE HEMPEN THREAD an invention which has been recently bently perfected by two natives native of japan may prove of considerable benefit to the united states it con alses in the production of fine thread from nettle nettla hemp this plant from the bark barb of which the thread is manufactured crows abundantly and in a wild state to in japan and may be easily cultivated in different parts of the united states if the claims for the new production should prove prova correct it to ie likely to supersede ts to a great extent the finest silken thread the patentee of the process is ie itagaki hikotaro Ho botaro kotaro son eon of count itaas ki bi the technical method by which it was developed was elaborated chiefly by baburao baburo of the hokkaido Hok kaido hemp factory tao tory mr itagaki visa w au the instigator of the efforts lorte ef however his attention having been directed to it by the reputation of a doted french silk manufacturer tula this led to ex peri mento ments and the two japanese after a series adries of trials extending over a period of several years succeeded in obtaining thread about the fineness of no 40 itagaki and were not satisfied with this thle result they were still far behind the french whom they had net met out to equal they con tinned their efforts therefore to devise a machine for turning out finer thread last spring a well known english spinning expert made a visit to japan and the persevering inventors were filled with expectations of kearnin learning V from him something that would all aid wem in their dile dilemma inma in this however they were digap pointed instead of receiving J argement and instruction the brue brusquely quely Jut informed ormed them that it was waa nop fur for them to attempt to produce from hemp thread as flue as that obtained from silk milk t oy the french process or to burps sureau the ibe no 40 which they had bad made when they assured him but in their experiments ahey got ws as floe fine as no 60 lie he gave loom the ibe understanding that i in u his view their sta statement temen L w was aa beyond the fact tais discouraging information did ant however put a stop to 10 the efforts 4 of the inventors they continued their inear experiments with greater zeal and a determination to prove that they were right in their thread making theories their per perseverance verance bore fruit within a few months and after numerous trials at the hokkaido Hok kaido fao tory they at last succeeded succeed ea in obtaining from nettle hemp threads of the fine of no i a fineu ees that is bald amid to 10 excel even the best beat french production aney are now engaged in the s manufacture of the article and seem to be a lair fair way to reap a good fin financial ancirA reward for their tireless and intelligent exertions the rhe nettle hemp to is claimed to be three or four times as strong as silk and not at all interior inferior IL point of water luster so 90 that in its manufacture equally as fine threads th reads it is likely to prove a i formidable rival to the silk business busi neM As the hemp can be grown without difficulty in tue toe united states at a much lose less cost than silk can be pro dured there appears to be no good reason why some enterprising amert amerl can may not obtain the secret of et th tb f manufacture and build up a local in justry which will successfully compete with the importation of alfken bread from france |