New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-07-20
Sill Culture in Tennessee.

SILK culture Ia
r, II, Editor Of Tie Trt6rEe.
lam in frequent receipt o. letters relating TO Inc
silk business. | should ike occasionally to sano
rou extracts. This morning l send you the ioi
iov;ng. from A. D. Garden, Esq. agent OF the
Tennessee SILK Manufacturing Company, with
few remarks Yours, truly, J. R BARBOUR
..S..Hv1Lts. Tenn July 3. ls+i
s.Tso S1t- c-rlt,re If, this State mas taken new
s+.-t Several new cococnerics have been put up
this season. Many OF the farmers are no" pre-
,s-;nr 70 plant large orchards OF The mulberry
F., the success IN feeding silk worms this year
MANY are induced to % into the business. All
-, ~, ;s market for our cocoons. They arc
,,f-ed ererv day in this city, bu, cannot De sold
as the Six factory has more on manu- 'iia'' ''''S
can work Up in SIX months.
:. II YOU could make any market for cocoons IN
tho Eastern cities they would raise any quantity
- tbis State and kentucky. The farmers arc
w;lIiny 10 take for good cocoons 50 per ousheI'
,bsv are no, prepared for, or skilled IN feeing.
they prefer selling the cocoons.
~ IS mr. wish 10 visit Boston in September for
the purpose of bringing on some raw six and
manufactured articles for eXhio ton. am no'
,,enared at present 10 send you the exact INFORM
at;nn wish OF the SILK Culture IN this State
This much l can say. there never was time
when the same attention was paid to It as a.
n-esent. All we want IS markst, at some price,
or manufacturers to work up the raw silk
Write me what is the prospect o: a market for
cocoons or manufacturers coming 10 this State.
We have a charter for a company, SlOO,0O0-
,rs b,re hon, hit q water power on Red River, 30
,ilss below this place. near steamboat navigation
the water power is sufficient to drive large guam
t;,y of machinerv-we have Just commenced
taking stock for that place, near S20,OUo taken.
Al this place we wish to carry on the silk manu-
featuring in al! its various branches. A cotton
and wooden factory could also be carried on at
the same place We want some OF the Eastern
capital and skill to carry on the factories IN this
country.
of can visit your cities and lay this whole
matter before your people it may be they would
90 into it, Yours with respect,
Remarks.
/. The facts here stated are Of the same char
ac,cr with the statements made to the silk Con-
venton last Fall, respecting the rapid extension
Of the SILK culture in Tennessee and some other
parts Of the country, within the last two or three
years.
,. The necessity OF providing market fer CO.
coons in Tennessee and other remote parts OF the
country, as here presented, is most imperative
To call the attention of our Eastern Silk Manu-
facturers and other business men to this matter
is the special object of this communications
3. There are some difficulties in bringing CO.
coons from the West to our Eastern cities, as
suggested by Mr.. C. In distant transportation
they are liable to heat, and to be ndented. They
are also bulky. The best way, beyond all doubt,
is to establish failures for purchasing and reehng
cocuons, near wheE they are grown. Then the
reeled silk may be sent TO our Eastern markets.
or manufactured on the spot. The outlay for this
business is small. From Sl2 to SIS per reel will
cover the whole expense OF fitting up lIaturc,
with the rent of room and the power required
either steam or water. Funds also would be want
ed TO purchase cocoons as offered and to sustain
the concern until the ree!ed silk is got into mar
ket. The amount, therefore, required to cstab
lish faure from 30 10 100 reels may be easily
estimated, with sufficient precision. We ought
to have fifty such establishments started immcdi-
atey in different localities, East and West, and
especially South West. 4 man or woman who
understands rceling, and is good Judge OF co.
coons, would be required at the head of the estab
lishmeDt, and the rest of the laborcrs can easily
be raised upon the spot. | would therefore call
upon our Eastern Manufacturers who want raw
silk, and are constantly importing it, to look at
this matter. Their own interests, present and
prospective, well as the general interests OF the
Silk cause, demand 1t. | call upon our young
men, now seeking new forms of business, to look
at this thing. 1t is perfectly in keeping with
yankee enterprise to push at once into such move.
monts. and shall be ashamed OF New England If
this statement OF facts does not do something.
1. We hope Mr.. Garden will visit the East,
as he suggests. Come and sec US, and we will
help you to spread your facts before our business
men, as you desire. Come and exhibit your Silk
Goods at the Mechanics Far, Boston, opening
September !, and at the Fair Of the American
Institute, New York October 6, and the Silk
Convention October 9th and 10Th, and at the
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, the week fol-
lowing.
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