Show ABOUT SILK fy a z one odthe e mo ind s t profitable and ad at the same time least laborious branches of homo home industry is the cultivation of silk for years the leadin leading men in utah territory have advised the peoli to devote IL a per tion of their time and labors towards this valuable cuter enterprise so and arld gradually the tile advice haa has beca been beed heeded and the people in some parts of the valleys are making successful efforts toward Z establishing sericulture on a solid and permanent basia basis as a remunerative feature of our domestic industries there is isa still greater future in store for utah silk and a sure reward awaits toen crea sed V florb of those en I I aged in it il the scientific american whose attention is ever alert in the interests of v every phase I and and feature of tho industrial development de lf the whole country lias has lately been i looking into the matter with more than common diligence and haa come to the tile conviction that the tile prospects fora jarge arge and healthy N pao bably not rapid development of the native silk industry in in this country arc are now particularly reasons rons which it behooves the people of utah to become acquainted with to derive the advantages contained in their gest lons N i I i the cf gheral people and the wide diff diffusion lusion of wealth baad beeh attended ty tt if they crea created teda a larga largi and st hy I increasing demand defor for T t silk fabrics that means I cans the people of the the united stat states i cs arc are in a condition of wealth which not only makes it possible for more of them to purchase silk wear but also justifies them in getting more of it both for the sake of comfort and ta e satisfaction of a more refined taste this growing demand d q raid for silk goods is proven by the annual importations of over worth of raw it and n manufactured silks bill or 80 cents worth for every man woman and child in the union another encouraging factor I is is the rapid raped I and andI stable table develop of silk manufacturing in this country during the past ten or twelve years and the probability that our manufacturers rs will not stay their efforts until at least the home market has hag been conquered already the united states have silk mills in which from to 12 worth of imported raw silk is manufactured red into silk goads goods worth or more thus almost trebling the value of foreign raw material which might be produced in this country every ounce of it and the purchase money transportation tion coats costs etc caved saved to our people not only could we supplant the foreign importation but wo we could soon compete with the transatlantic producers luceri re who are losing and alid suffering muc bowing to disease diseases affecting the warms worms in their countries which will in the long run compel them to depend in a measure on us for their supply of eggs and cocoons the third reason which causes the scientific american to indulge K i in sanguine ui ne ai expectations pec concerning the future of the silk industry of the country consists in the lively popular interest in silk culture which has arisen during the past five years in aalthe all the parts f the union especially in tho the south and southwest in this respect great credit is i duo due the comans womans IV omans silk culture association of tho Tini united ted states which though I established only two years ago ag reports over oyer cor corresponded ants trees and silkworm silk worm eggs egg rm technically Y gra grain in have been bent by thu useful association to 24 states for testing local and personal capa bili ties for silk production and american raw silk and grain have been submitted for critical testa tests in turkey milan and lyons where they won such commendations as its to prove that thai if tho the question of cost can scan be aa as satisfactorily settled as that of quality bas been our silk growers not only need not f fear m competition in any quarter but will be prepared to carry the war into africa and besiege the foreign pro p ro duckers and manufacturers in ini the strongholds strong holds of their own anark ts considering ering tho the large str idea r fieri culture ha has s made bade of lit late e years in this territory aided by farseeing far f ar seeing and enterprising leading men of the community we bave every reason cason to hope that utah will come in for a nat rot I in in 61 al ensio III effic basl P profits to accrue tio from romare a renewed newe zea zeal an and redoubled id the expansion n manufacture i a it u fa kj through the country |