The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-13
Prom The ss,iaaal Ia,sllissassr.
SILK AND sILKWoRMs.

We have ia'rly rad = pamphlet en-
iillsd "Ihs SILK Question Sefflsd."
which contains The report Of The proceed
ings Of lhu National Convention OF silk
Grawers and Silk Manufactures, held in
New York in O.taher 1919. and also eE-
tracts from the correspondence between
the American Institute and about one hum
drei and City perOns connected wiihthe
growth and manufacture Of silk in all
parts Of the Union. ~. -r. -
There Is mneh valuable information in
this publication. and not the least valu.
able is the testimony af 50 many eumpe-
ten. Witnesses that the - siik question" is
/" settled" and that the growIh and manu-
faeture of silk in the United States are not
Oaly practicable and profitable. but that the
silk proiacrd is of 6rs,-rsle qualily; that
is cal'iSstina 10 capable 0f eo-exiension,
as 10 soil and climate. with that Of lndi-
IN corn; thai the best varieties OF foreign
mulberry trees have becnma accIima ed:
and that there j. no clinae where the
siIkwonn is more healthy, or where il
thriyes more vigorously.
Silk was prossced in Georgia. Virginia,
and Pennsylvania long before the Revo-
luton. In New England also. Dr. Frank
In. Dr. Stiles, President of Yale College.
and others, had done much towards the
promotion Of the business. From l740
tol790, hundreds uf pounds of excellent
sllk were grown in the Southern. Mid
die, and New England States. In Mans.
field, tionneci,cat. the business was per.
manendy established. and conlinu-s 10
the present day. Dr.. Stiles wrote work
on silk, detailing i,s culture in The United
States from 1893 10 l7yO. the manuscript
ofwhich is now in the library Of Yale
College. .a..- ...
The report states the not over-credi-
table fact I" that there are large quantities
Of American elk goods in our re'ail shops
which the retailers dare no, call Amer.
can" from the " singular feeling among
fashionable people which seems to pre-
fer any thing Of foreign origin to Ameri-
can productions" "rhere are large es-
Establishments that manufacture immense
quantities of silk. and work up large guam
titles Of domestic silk. who dare not lei
il be known that these goods are manu-
featured in this country. and who declined
exhibiting specimens al the National
Convention on that account" u was
stated by mos, respectable persons, I" tina,
silk. as well as cotton and wollen goods.
and cutlery. of American manufacture,
were labelled Englisl.' :. French and
Italian, TO make them sell in the city
markets." anil thar" tens Of thousands Of
labels are printed in New York by one
individual. Tor american seeing siik, a,
best Eaiim, ssTing six, aud that i'm.
mrnse quantities are sold under this de
cepioa."
The domestic manu- .c,urs Of silk ap
pears TO have considerably advanced in
Georgia.; one family, within seven miles
of Athens. has made !, up Into ladies'
dresses. aud il is no. inferior TO the brs
French or English in appearance"
A lady in Philadelphia, from whom :
very interesting letter was received. com
nenccd the production of silk az early a:
1921, in which year she fed $4,000
worms. We make the following Interest,"
ing extracts from her communication:
AS you invite Suggestions on the sub
ice, generally, you will excuse me II
offer one OH practice which strikes me
ssbeing pernicious to the well-being ant
fiaal success OF these interesting lille AMI
mails. refer particularly to noises O
uny kind ia the cocoonery, aud at any
time. bu, more especially at the time o
mnul ing. The sound of a hammer, I
sudden burst of laughter, or even lout
talking. dis,urhs them. Their food ale,
il nften fhropn on them, instead Of bein:
TAIL dorm gently by them. Any thin!
which causes them to start. and more par
.icularIy in their torpid state, must. o
course, derangc the order and process
nature. learned the feeding process
from italians; and that as much cautio
was "hser ed in entering the building an
approaching the rooms, as we use in 81
sting he cradle of sick in ant at III
crisis OF some dangerous disease" 81
the past two years and half have reel
ed 4S3 pounds of raw silk. made 80
pounds of servings. g.. about two d,ze
pairs of stockings. / 10 wards of broad sill
b'th plain aa'l twilleI, for dresses. ! hav
clad myself /, a suit of domestic sill
from haaita fno, entire, every article d
which has been resled in nv Ill tare.
followed the silk cultivation as an amase
men, until 1871, since than as a basi
nsss. N.Y. raw silk con aaals the b.s