Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-10-20
A New Industry-The First velvet Nan
utactured i'm America.

Inc NliSSlSSippi valley REVIEW gives an
account OF the velvet mandatory which
has lust been started by colony from
France, situated at franklin, fansas, six
teen miles southwest from Ottawa The
colony commenced operations last summer,
rpon the cooperate community plan. under
| the superintendent of Valoton G. Bossicre,
and has already, beside its velvet manufac-
tory. comfortable dwellings, .seversl farms
under operation, WITH 65-efetrti*e store.
shops. &c. Mr.. Brossiere brought to st.
Louis last month, box of samples of beau
tiful silk velvet, equal to the best French
imported article. They were Of various
shades of color, and in width from No. to
il, inclusive, very neatly packed in pieces,
with Esrdscre cit bsuds ard labels mark
ed, Extra French velvet, American, man
ufactured in Kansas, IL yards.
The Review says in its account: "Bois-
siere states that he has now one loom in
operation, with which one person makes
$50 yards per day, carrying through the
loom 90 pieces at = tine tf various widths
each piece abont Eve tardh In length. He
contemplates adding other looms, not only
to increase the manufacture of ribbons,
but also to add machinery for manufactur-
ing sewing silk, tassels, trimmings, etc =
Thus far he has used raw materials which
he ptccuted from FrHnse; bit be rontern-
plates securing his supplies of silk from
Japan urtil it can be furnished from our
owl naive industry. This is anoth-
er evidence which, In connection
with our new y-stsrtled manufactures
OF sewing and ether silks at Patterson, N.
! j., and other eastern points, shows that
: the silk manufacture can easily be widely
$ introduced in this country. For where one
3 silk manufactory will pay, . thousand viii
still pay better. fer will It be icns before
the six culture as we'll will be demonstra
ted success in California, Utah. and tipor
! the plains of Kansas -At.Sslt Take there
is u cocoorery with SUO,0 worms, con
surning thirty bushels of mulberry leaves
a day. No difficulty is found in feeding OF
|. multiplying them. We now import abou
> SIS, 600 900 worth Of silk manufacturer
per seat, and the introduction o
= Chinese and French, labor 10 al
9 an extent sufficient to grew the silk an,
- nianafscture it here, viii add to our yearl,
y production an amount equal to one-fifth tn
's interest on the national debt The sill
70 Manufacture was introduced into + rance b
, the great protectionist statesman, Colbert
!, : at considerable trouble and expense at irs'
- but how immeasurably has the ultimat
- = profit to the country exceeded the cost {
% the experiment.. We hope to see it firml
D introduced during our present epoch {
4 protection. With equally beneficial result
AMONG the literary men who have take
TO Office n ndeT the new government of Franc
u; is NJ. Challemel Lacour, one of the young'
writer's in the Reyus des Deux Monde
a who is contributing to that publication
\ series of articles on English statesmen.
id Challemel Lacour takes the prefecture
the Rhone. NJ. Alphonse Esquiros
of named administrator superior of Il
A. Bouches du Rhone. ffsf