Show SILK HAS FOUND A RIVAL A scheme laughed at by a cola berated english expert another success scored by tho the japanese in the province of industry is recorded in the vernacular prem it consists in the production of fine thread from nettle hemp tire patent is 8 said id to have been obtained by itagaki cioka toro eon son of count itagaki but the tech method was elaborated chiefly by saburo of the hokkaido hemp factory T the lie reputation acquired by a certain french silk manufacturer in connection with th thread read of this kindis said to have turned the attention of mr itagaki I 1 to tire subject after repeated trials extending over a period of several years mr itagaki at last bucce succeeded eded in obtaining thread about the tile size of no 40 says tho tile japan mail mai he lie was wits ho however weyer dissatisfied with that result resul resultant tand and would fain havo have devised some machine for turning out finer thread and aud was therefore full of expectation on learning of the arrival of a well known english expert in japan last spring disappointment resulted however r instead of hearing anything encouraging I 1 0 or instructive 1 tive Bless rs itagaki I and afy Mf aak lri were told by tile expert per th that at it was hopeless for them to attempt the production of thread eo so fine no as that obtained by the french process and when lie was assured that thread of ot no GO 60 or 70 fineness could already bo be produced in japan ho lie made a remark more iacre incredulous bulous than coin complimentary nothing daunted by his ills discouraging answers Biess rs itagaki and resumed ned their experiments with all the greater zeal and their exertions were not fruitless tor for after repeated trials at t the I 1 ie Ilok hokkaido kald lo 10 factory they at last onet succeeded in obtaining from nettle hen p threads ot of tho tile fineness of no a fineness never previously obtained oven even in france the nettle biern hemp p is a said to be three or tour four times as strong as silk equally 11 fine and not at all inferior ill in elpa pot boint t of yf luster r so 0 that it is ejected to prove a formidable rival of the no noble blo article this nettle hemp from tho the bark of which the tile thread is produced grows abundantly in a wild state in japan especially especially in ill hokkaido Hok 1101 kaido kald 0 so that tho the country has a great advantage over ell bonc 0 0 o where the plant must bo be specially caked san francisco francis co chronicle I 1 |