Show Y O U.- U. HOW i RECENT INVENTION WILL I REDUCE PRICE OF OP SILK i Silk Silk has always been conI considered con con- I an un article of luxury on account of ot Its high cost In comparison com corn cornI I I parison with other textile materials materials ma ma- writes United States Commercial Att che H H. H C. C MacLean MacLean MacLean Mac- Mac Lean from Rome nome This has been i idue due ue In large degree to the labor necessary In handling bandlIng the cocoons cocoons cocoons co co- cou u coons and preparing the ilie thread I for spinning Consequently the silk Industry has flourished only I In countries where cheap labor laborIs i Is available I After soaking the cocoons In Iw I water the thread has always i been unreeled b by hand which Is Isa Isa Isa a work of ot great delicacy but one one ne for which It has not been possible possible possible ble to pay high wages Thus while silk weaving In Italy has been making progress the preparation preparation pre pre- of ot the raw silk sUk has shown a decline It Is now ree reported reported re re- e ported that an Italian silk sUk exi expert ex ex- i pert has succeeded In perfecting a machine which will perform i i the operation of unreeling the thee e thread mechanically A new e company has recently been I formed which has taken over the patents covering the Invention Invention tion and will manufacture the machines If the Invention succeeds commercially commercially com corn as well as It has In Inthe Inthe inthe the experiments that have been beene e mad made madg It bids fair to revolutionize the silk sUk Industry and according to the tho Inventor the cost of silk aUk may be reduced to such an extent ex es- ex- ex extent tent that It will be able to com corn compete compete pete with cotton and linen N M N |