Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-01-24

industry and perseverance the ,hrcol
great clements Of success ia every kind Of busi-
ness aud YOU mus, therefore succeed in the silk
culture 1.-THE whole country were blessed with
these essential clemens Of prosperity we should .
perhaps become toe hapPV a people for this world |
-ccrainy We should present to The world at
large a speca lie OF wealth of appincss and oil
greatness such as has never vet been exhibited by
any people Unfortunately ior the cause Of silk |
culture in the South this spirit is wanting or II ii
exists, it is Of too iiful and hesitaling nature to
succeed Probably, like the human constitution,
il is dcbnatcd by The climate' Certainly It no |
where, south Of Mason and DXon's line eNhib
It's that iniomt:sbie enorgv and endurance tina, 1t
does at the North and East Hence since the |
explosion, or ratherthe evaporation the MANIA,
the silk culture has been declining in the South,
Till the present year, when very few persons were
to be found engaged in it a, all, and few of them
have done much 10 to profit am sorry to be
obliged to give you this melancholy picture of our
southern operations but truth requires 1t This
decline in the business IN this region is not aribu.
table to any discovery of the business being i'm
practicable or Improbable bat rather to the depres.
sion Of spirits, conscquen, upon the prosraiion Of
hopes in the muucaulis speculation. The peo-
pie had been led to expect enormous profits in the
tree trade and when that failed, they could not
endure the moderate, 0hough still inir) profits to
be derived from making silk Even IN the SILK
business, they had been taught to believe they
could make ten TO twenty times as much as could
be calculated upon in any other business and
when upon trial, only fair living profit resulted
It was treated with contempt But enough ofthis
! have not doubt that the silk business is pro-
fiablc one and tina; will yet, sooner or later be-
come one Of our staple Interests
The late session Of Congress in establishing the
Tariff will be Of great benefit to the silk business
There are some defects in the Tariff which |
hope to see removed at an carly day The duty
of 80 cents pound on raw silk is too low, and
does not indicate desire to foster the raising of
the raw material in this country The duty ought
to have been one doiiar poun9 and that would
have been not exceeding % per cent That would
not have been more than reasonable duty, and
could scarcely have been considered protection
Still It would have been fair encouragement to
the American producer ! hope yet to see this
| item of the tariff altered as indicated The man
ufacurer ofsilk is handsomely encouraged His
work is protected by good duty on foreign labor,
while he is enabled to import his raw material at
a very low duty; thus he is favored doubly This
will also react to the advantage of the silk grower
ultimately, for it will encourage the establishment
of manufactures in our own country, and then
we shall have ready market for our raw ma,eri-
al III DIl ubDlSi iill l1lS TfdlY anu
ness ofaccess to it, will be equal 10 heavier duty
on foreign raw material. The duty of 81 80 per
ID on low priced plain silks, is also too low; be-
cause that is the very article we can and shall first
make. The highest duty fine goods, is of it
self moderate, even as a strictly revenue duty
Two dollars and fifty cents on a pound of the fin
er qualities of silk is scarcely more thtn twenty
per cent on their value, if as much Twenty dol
lars worth Of the finer qualities Of silk goods will
scarcely weigh pound Of sixteen ounces. Sew
ing silk is very handsomely projected, and ii is
the only article Of silk that can be said to be so
Still, as a whole, we have reason to be thankful
for the Tariff Although a. first sight it seems Il
indicate carelessness OF our interests, on the par
of Congress we shall find in the end that it vii
be like the ulicious practice of good physician
He does not administer simuiants to the deblliaeC
constitution and thus hurry to a state of artid
ciai excitement but rather cautiously plies It will
gentle torcs and exercise, and thus gradually raj
Sos 10 the natural standard of robust health lie
us therefore congratulate ourselves, that, If w
have not got al we wanted and as soon as we de
, sired we have got tina, which is very good now
vastly better than what we had before, and YER
probably that which we shall ultimately find Z
be all we want Let every silk grower conside
this subject in It's proper light. Let them reheC
that the foreign grower Of raw silk has to pay nov
% cents pound dulY. insurance, ana the prom
a ofshipping houses, on this pound Of raw silk IN &C
1 dilion to the cost Of production before he ca
r bring it in competition with our pound OF RAJ
T. silk, which has none ofthose charges TO pay. 5
r. with all other kinds Of silk goods ThCn may b
), compre hond how Ear the Tariff will be Of bcnei
n 10 him In conclusion Of this subject must
70 permitted to say that we ran now 90 to work wIl
= prospect most hauering, and that II we do NJ
: now succeed ii will be because Of our own wal
= Of energy and perseverance,
iii made suggestion, believe, to the conveniio
n Of silk growers held at Northampton last year,
. relation to killing the chrysas by means Of Il
. air pump This IS a most interesting subject col
necled with the silk business aud hope II wi
De taken into consideration by some practical o
~ orator that lis value or wouhlessGess may be- .
u labllshed The injury done 20 the fibre by tt
~ oil process Of baking the eocoons, has caused lh
!" pl n to be- abandoned in this country sleamm
D DO IS no, Iuiurc the fibre, bat It IS up 70 render Il
D. rcoling more difficult, By so loosaning the teHu
n ofthe cocoon as to cause the fibre to taagie X
10 Ting the chrysllis by exposing The cocoons 10 Il
s. sun IS a very defective process, rs MS thorough
IN feet is uncertain and much loss IS often occasio
y. I'd by the moths coming out after they are supp
SD 10 be- dead Then again this process has q
Disadvantage Of hardening the gum and thus m
L king thr roeli1g more difficult as is the case
ai the different process in whfh heat is the agol
killing the chrysals with camphnr, as detailed
the six Journal. aud first suggested by Miss RAJ