Show MORE ABOUT SILK A valuable compendium of the history of silk culture and manufacturing fac turing in the united states has been issued by the census bureau we take from it the following statistical data among which it will be seon seen that salt lake city occupies an enviable prominence 11 native silk despite the efforts and experiments of years was used in manufactures in only two places in this country in 1880 at williamsburg lian liams burg isburg kansas and salt lake city kansas produced pounds and no other state more than pounds california produced 1900 in 1868 and two years later there w ere more than mulberry trees growing in that state but in 1878 the industry indu itry was almost alin ost extinct the value of raw silk imported has increased from in 1843 to in 1880 since 1875 the value of silk goods made in this country has been about 36 per cent of the whole home consumption and the th percentage percenta geis is increasing in 1880 there were factories employing hands to whom more than was paid in wages the capital invested was I 1 nearly all in connecticut massachusetts chu ebu new york new jersey and pennsylvania these states having baving of the factories in these states the industry is mainly confined to seven counties passaic county in new jersey heads beads the list with a capital of a product valued at more than 82 factories and looms the quality of the finished goods has steadily increased and the fabrics especially the ribbons grow in public favor the ce census ceus us report was pre prepared parea by wm 0 wykoff tho the mine of the lehigh wilkes barro barre coal co ison fire one hundred men are engaged fighting lighting tho the flames at the time the fire was wits discovered a large number of miners were in the shaft and compelled to travel through the abandoned workings in order to make their escape |