Show silk culture the subject of silk culture was one of the main to topics ties in the afternoon session of the relief relief society conference held on friday last after mrs sarah saunders had bad been unanimously selected to act as first counselor to president M A till of the silk association cia tion father graves stated that a circular bad been sent him asking his CO operation cooperation in introducing machinery to this territory to ie prepare the silk from the raw material and of weaving it into cloth the circular states that thai from twenty to twenty five million dollars j ear is paid to the peasants of ace france italy china and other eastern countries the circulars ask the very pointed question snail shall we make an effort to retain this sum and and distribute it among ourselves by raising preparing and manufacturing our own silks father graves stated that he proposed visiting salt lake and seeing the governor with a view to petitioning him to lay the subject before the rie next at legislature in bit bis biennial mei message and to urge him to use his influence in havin ganat body make an appropriation pro for the ibe encouragement of the silk industry father graves also intends to see the chairman of the salt lake chamber of commerce andack and ask him to secure checo theco the flo operation of 0 the chamber in a petition to the legislature for the same praiseworthy object we earne earnestly etly wish the silk enterprise a success although in years father graves is at home in the silk business and it is his greatest desire to see the industry permanently established and we have no doubt but what he will be gratified and meet with success in his visit to salt lake provo enquirer |