Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-01
.I'HE| HERALD.
sECRETssOF THE SILK TRADE.
2assrsOn this S.sons of AmerIca-The Raw SIX
ffS-secrets t.r the Ladies-How TO Buy
Coed silk Dress, &c.

4 lively lady writer in the Phia-
s2R:hia P.Fss sends from Paterson
as follow:lg inside view Of the silk
Business: :
i'2r mafy reasons the finger OF
dtssiny pom S to Paterson, n j., as
t!i@ future Headquarters of the sill,
reastuiactu'ei 81 America Paterson
tiA bo to- thc United States what
EJ3as IL g France Within q few
n,rn'hs p,Gnufactories established
2st% here nav been removed 10 this
pace.
Most oi tye manufacturers of Pat
et9oh have spent years ofapprentice-
shin 5n Europe. To this are ADDED
il4sBee ingenuity and determiua-
tor 10 eclipse tho world.
is enolsgh to bring the blush to
every Amt .ican woman's check TO
tl,nG that ;hose citizen brothers Of
oef5 must .5o obliged to smuggle
tEClr dantie:t goods into market un-
dor Q. torcigS1 brand, because women
refuse TO b, !ioyo in tho prophet who
ls born .hoir own neighborhood
III. slime .as been wbe6 domestic
sewing silk had to wear a lying Ital-
iaaibrand hut this nonsensical whlm
Of semen bus been swept away, and
thereis nos Sing but American sewing
sliIi, wearing . genuine label, now 20
be Fonud ia the market Il is true,
"a glqty imp.3ed upon the foreign AZ
tirics had ssmethiug to do with the
change Of opinion, but the time will
corpe when: American ribbons and
br,'ac silks: will stand defianty on
Their; bonesercputation and yet il is
sad t. thinB how many silly women
mu4t blossom and fade away before
tha. :certain transition takes place.
q 2r four billions Of capital are in
vf.cd in TIE silk business in Pater-
slu. Ninets,on large separate estab-
u"nts maybe found within its linn
itg
RAW slhk~-WHAr IT LOOKS LIKE.
About III" same quantities Of Ita,-
ian, Sapanc e, and Chinese silk, in a
"a" state, &re imported into this
country. l:be skens Of aiIk, when
drst taken :rom the bate, look like
m +srs Of ;.gIed SPIDERS web. Can
il ,a .possi5s that human fingers can
borg regularity Gus Of This confu-
,iov The secret IS 10 Il nutshell.
Bach fair thread possesses the
strength Il. the same sizo of spun
steel Mayor Ryle says, The silk
ha- yitaitJs il j alive. For some
-omG uneHi aiucd reason, silk iii a.
1as. end Gina IL sometimes kept fot
relrs betofe il comes into market
NJ $50 meantime il has lost a great
"'ii2n Of = vitality, anu in like
ia.ip. defefi.rated in value.
Tho silly which comes from the
eon1ly OF Fr. nee and north OF Italy
ana known.n the market Is Italian
sii5':i is ths perfect production
ot ,Ng w0ytt on the face Of the globe
.i'ha cocsons Of California are OF
j9te ~ much promise, bat California
as ye;. oe 90 % the infancy of the
cr,cr3 80 ga nol even been able O
supply oth. parts Of The world with
seed. : Owieg to climate or other
aA aI:ta e-i California is enabled %
". I3pe \ airhy worm
nov .,GL oeA4TY oF skEINs II ~
CIDED.
The sltoii d silk, when frs. lif,ed
from :the ale are not found to By
Of nritorns quality. The paw
thread ia Supposed Of The strands on
web GrawuS from different numbers
OF coeoous, varying from four 10
twc!vt, TIE difference is decided by
scajes.so l.icatc that y feather dis
tuchs :ts q:ilibrium.
The quite, shell Of the cocoon prop
en- oE the first production Of the
G0,mt is tha best ailk. The last spin
ming o. he Form, is a finer weaker,
dar.1er thread Il seems to partake
Of the aatuif Off vegetable sediment
Sometimes IS stained with the
body 81 the; hrysalis This kind Of
Sill. has lo.t ! large proportion Of
tbat Which :thc manufacturers call
vitaiity. 'shese differences in The
sko MS are Effected by the eye, and
alsp bv the sense Of touch.
titcr silk has been assorted il is
pax INTO DO; ers Of soapy water, and
bored for Z certain length Of time
in order to sremove the gum. Thi.
gual IL the Saliva or secretions Of The
w@mj By: this process the manu-
FAC urcs los$e twenty-five per cent
BIZ, tais is usually returned, with
mCcc Or les. interest, by dyeing
! cHEAp SILK.
visit 4; the silk mills has dis,
close the aSvful fact that there is nc
such thing g cheap silk, any more
| tAaa there N cheap cold. II il trut