New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-05-07

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The importation of silk during the year ending the 3oh OF
September 1885, amounted yearly S23 900 COO will ne
by TIE following copied from The Report OF the
Secretory of the Treasury Of tho United States for that YEAR
Silk from lnlia and China piece sooas---. $l73s,509
DO H. do servings - 800
Do sevinps from other places than China &C. eiSSS4
Do raw silk 39,e5S
Do from other places than India, &c. lace wells,
shawls. 3i',49o
ID than AMI Iadia '.-.. =. - - - . 1885 ao5
Manufactured of silk and wsrsted, S2,3l9,98i,
following half the value thereof to DC silk ll39942
Toal s2a s38. oaG
Compared with ether articles imported that of silk Is one
fourth than the of any other The amount Of
manufactures Of cotton imported s4692.391 OF IRON
SIP OIL Sos; of cl-hs and worsrd
Stuff s. O25 sos other manufactures of Wool si.727 le3
ro;al woocn goods 1881 SOC.
The importation of amounted to 50 4632 lnon
sG.73 279. Sc that the importation OF silk nearly equals
that OF wooen and linen together and equal to halt OF all
| other fabrics combined.
During the years the paid by The United
States for foreign silk has been than sl5o,OoO00o
AID find ,h-t of this large tho State
Ncw-Yo has paid least s25 600 000 the wholesale
cargo price and the has had pay least double
that amount making, the lowest possible estimate,
$j0000,000 that the people Of This State have ,ad In ten
wears fof the single article of ska vastly larger than
has been expended IN the construction of all works OF
tcrua that run through the length and breadth
OF this great and all this for article that
capable of producing ourselves than other country
1t may be necessary enquire whether we can pro-
aucc silk, and whether the soil and climate OF this
State adapted the cultivation of the mulberry and the
production of silk Of a good quality.
We have every variety # SOIL but the soil best sdaPsd to
the silk cuUre sandy gravely SOIL and high elevation
Is 1t the dry of The leaf such
lands that makes the silk superior that low lands
Mulberry hrivcs much better this country, has more uXi-
RANT growth and produces foliage than in France or
Italy.
l Sill cul-
turc the cmatc wants to be dry and The
South of China for the silk culture, and the vas;
amount silk raised in that country mostly produded IN
the northern provinces.
ties OF this State and has been successfully raised for
wears individuals in several OF the States, par
iieularlt -Connccticut
The silk of America is found to cautain fibre stronger
and of quality superior that of almost any other country
Specimens have been examined by the Chamber Of Com
mcrcc Lyons and other intelligent frenshmen 10th here
and that couxtrv have examined and ac'tcd the truth OF
this important fact. The of this superiority may be
traced either to soil what probable, to our hnc
and serene climate during summer
No, long since specimens of American raw silk were
shown to intelligent ribbon from Engia.d and
he pronounced them altogether superior any European
I,da silk he has III his native County ! his
speaks loudly favor of the quality OF American sik cPe-
cav such as is produced in the Northern attitudes The
cocoons from which the silk reecd. made oa the
cold mountains of Litchhed county, Coma Six Is also
successfully raised Panobscot Maine in 40 deg north
latitude Ia further proof Of the good qualities Of the Amc-
rican silk Mr. Whnarh, of Northampton Mass, who in
1899 had power looms sufficient of 1000 yards of
ribbon daily resides machinery for sewing silk and braids
saws: have used the silks of France, Italy Turkey China
and Bengal in the progress of manufacturing and give the
American the preference by twenty-five per cent
l. also an asccraiHed fact, that from gwen quantity
ocozooas onehrd silk may be reed than in france
Italy; and the loss M worms has not been as much In tins
in these countries.
II any further proof be necessary, wouh request gentle
men TO examine those beautiful specimens OF American SILK
that grace the table II the Executive Chamber IL the OTHER
mart of the Capital There specimens Of sewing ''ik
ribbons dress silk six velvet and ye>tings OF deterrent
pattcrns-specmcn> that 20 honor to this, and would 90
honor any other country.
The que lion NAV nov te aslcd-f soil and climate
are adapted to the culture silk and raise and manu-
fcure silk Of good quaycan lis culture be made pro-
fabc ,
In Connecticut Massachusetts. and in or two other
States they have for years protably cultivated SILK lam
iy makes Ten twenty fifty hundred pounds
according 10 their supply OF leaves. and their Industry
la letter received from Gideon B. Smith ESQ., OF Ba-
norc dated March 49, l84l gentleman OF high stand
inc and integrity who been fer many years extensively
engaged in the business and probably well acquainted
with this branch of American Industry any other IN our
country says: OF ability 10 prodace six protiaby
in this country and al parts OF the United States have
the most conclusive evidence Ii produce specimens OF
silk from every State Tie Unon, from Vermont LOUISE
ana. 1t Is but DAYS ago that received specimen =;
sewing silk from Swantvn VI. This silk. though made
the spinning wheel i superior 10 most OF The ita-
inn sewing silk in every particular. sr Tmoshy Smith Of
Amherst Mas make. silk. and has dose SO for ons or five
years as of livelihood and i, abundanty satisfied
with the profits could ill dozen sheet. with such cir
cumsaaccs the above Let conclude tins branch OF
nv letter by saving that any part the continent Of Aer
Gu that has three months weather can maze silk
probably.
The sil culture re made profitable, Only because
our soil and climate suitable its production bu; be-
cause the labor necessary produce elk be performed
BY fsaIe and children and aged persons whose labor Is
now almost entirely unProdusiive.
gentemen Of my acquaintance OF high standing, red.
ing al East Hartfrd Conn., that in 1889 he raised
1874 b< of cocoons 10 Is OF reeled silk His receipts
for eggs and SILK $40 nlS4O the amount OF cocoons
by him ie 800 lbS and the quantity Of
rceed silk IL lbs The paid to produce this va>
from $40 the largest part which paid for reeing
He concludes by saving myself when unengased II
profession. (ncdica and members of family who would