Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-10-11
iS<eIRaIhcOsss.
From the Ne,o Orleans lee.

AMERICAN SILK For some wears af.r
the CONF lusi"n oI the Revolutionary war,
n"l bale OF cotton was exported from The
U tied States--tlie value oi the annuai,ex :,
pnrt al the .presenl time is uni, ards oil S6,i..
u0u,ulu'' ana is rapidly increasing. 4, Ii Is:
the opinion o.: many in, ,el!leent insu among
us, that IN thirty wears the culture 0f silk
will he increased in Il similar ratio Raw
silk l. already exported in small Quantities
from some of rhr northern States to the
manufactures of Europe. Bun uni!
>iiuri tin, ago, had "A very iua,lpuuut,.
n'hI0n OF The cAiruS,uu which ,h,. Culiur..
has received, noi onI il. ,tr nor h. m ..nd
'nih'i!r states bni ~ those snu,l, of the pp
toG;c The vast amount of the <uilIs paid b,
our ciiZtns lu' iOrricn silks, seems To have,
hwakcned the niicEIiOn of the agricultural
p"pui;iIioh Ia The importance. Of ih- ~uhir, l.
ms Is Ike siin'i!aui Ia all enterprises: and
Where, as IN our connir'. industry Is irc,
aud competition un,l'n' kicd. the Ultimate
Success oi ne" pro- 0lrct. which has u fair
pro- peer o! hrIn. profitable, and i not i'm
pedcd t\ nniural causes, NAV he inevitable.
The siik culture is now hrtnir,r an iu,pur
thni pursuit IN many parts ni The UmiulI. and
wli"r III tn" iapsr of Il few wears, il shall
nHvr been improved by The perseverance,
ana ingenuity ut "nr tnuuIr, men, The silk
manufactures of England !ul France, will
, profanity be indebted for the greater nor.
| 'inn at the raw macria! To the farmers of
the United States. The attempts whic!
have bean made IN The nniih. have heci
crowned with sur II snrress, and rc,l0undcd
so greatly lo th'' profit of those engaged i'll
! them, lis bold out .duccmcuts for inrr aS.
ed 'xcrli"ms for he future, There is no dan.
ger oia relaxation in auv hrauh Of indus
| tr> lnn.r .,.i,t
profit. F'"m the statermrutS which have
rccenliv fallen under our "b,rr, .tinn. we
! are inclined 10 believe thar greater amounts
! of profits have been derived from the oh
! scurc attempts which have been made TO
: in'rn,lmrc the silk warm info This couuIrv
! than from any Other huSinrs, whatever, in
winch similar amount is emplnyeh. A
ihiluciphia paper n.tntIunS 81 farmer in
/ New Jcrsey,w no laid down 1910 pian,s of
! The m0rHS muf'cGuHS nr mulberry tree
| wlIich III the same year produced 2OtiUU
| trees, which trees find read, sale al % To
! GD cents each. This enormous increase in
so short IL time is by laying the pIant in the
| ground IN horizontal position, bv which
m"thnd plant grows from every bud
" i computed ih,i in 81 f;,vGrahlr suil IL.
600 trees may hr raised on one acre of land.
which vlrld silk WORTH eleven hundred dol
| lars. at which eight hundred are computed
I" b" clear gain. dr,lucliug all expresses.
Tw" turner's nf Lancaster county in Penn
sIyIvana, raised I2.UND trees nn one ncre in
one season. whrh they sold nj 30 cents
each. Ii is stated. thar one gentleman near
PhiI;idrlp phin sold the produce nf one acre
at n'ulirrry trees for ten hn,isamd dollars.
\ farmer near Petersburg in Virginia. du
ring the present season raised 70 COO trees
IT which he sold 10000 tn one individual
in Pennsylvania, at 25 cents each.
From these facts il appears that this man
! uiactnre Is rapidly extending, and Iha' the
profit derived from selling the tree is much
greater Than from producing rhc silk Bu,
this difference will be regulated by the lapse
of time and the course of trade The high
prices paid for the trees sufficiently a,tc,,
the cnscrncss with which the silk business
il cmhraccd. and The profits hicl, aiteud i,
! from which fact we infer. TINT individuals
now living will hrios! j, malured into q
source Of national wealth. -.