, 1876-08-26

IL llhl pG,un,ls, and WIS oi etl, tuc quality TINT
II sold f"r = or . |shElttEs pound more thnn
my other silk brought Into the market,
tlliture Ind brrn previously established at
Havnnnnll, urt1 wns III successful operation. Dy
n tire occurring Mt this nlanuEnttory tn l3ast
S.tm0 pounds 0f tncoo1Is nni cunsItseranit
amount of raw silk wcre consumed. Shortly |
Georgia, mid WINS never revived. IN South Car
olna, silk wns produced, tcrorc the War of the
Revolution, II, small quantities, but Of excellent
quality. III Connecticut, tls gronwitl,; :, OF 1 ti!e
The culture Of the trees was encouraged by q
bouuty, which was aftcrwartl extended to the
production III silk. As Il domestic industry.
tle rcntfng of worms antl 'nann!avtGre "a @ o' s!.k,
1871 ur 1875 III Mansfield alone, tho silk.
gruwrrs received annually, from $50 to 1s:A,,
about t. oao for their products. pennsylvania
sxi' a',d, lptes, ter Ssw 5srssy and scS @ YSfk
give SOME reCnrl 10 tho occupa,lon. 1t
Was maintained for little tia.s III Mary.
land md Delaware. and was =, attempted
sl,ire, anl Maine. Even in Illlnats the French
vplonIsis commenced tho rearing uf sikwurns
at an early day. About the time Of the War Of
1sl2'l5, Filk cnlturc WIS introduced lnto Ken"
lucky BIZ the Muraviars. R1Nl Into Tennessee by
e1nigraits from Georgia or South Curot!lfa.
Iii lsai the subject Ut the slk-bllsttiess was
agitated In Congress; md COMMITTEES nl'-
lsutel to Investigate tho matter reported TINT
III lSLl luC HHpQIL VI bnA-ruD@S tNS oHAttA
STATES a,nonn.cA to st,ist,,g't: n ls;gt to
SB71377l; nnd III 1S15, to $lD,21t ,Ia1. It wns
cuntendct! TINT this amount VI SIX could llase
been produced upon our own s"tl' anu mueh
inquiry was tnsttgutcll IN The why's AMI means
ly which In the future tho yuunt,ry could be
shared tl,r necessity of importing thu products
III foreign silk.!oo.ns. a1r. Peter 5. uuponceAu
was ol,e Of tic persoWs most interested ~ tAe
question; ulnl, after iailure stl obtaining
4 subsidy frotn the Government for tic par-
posr, hc established, nt hts own EXPENSE,
tllatufc IN PHILADELPHIA, ytiiela psntitlecd very
erehitable specimens 81 sflk For ssyssal years a
encouragement Of ilic Manufacture; hut III
Is:,G Or Io31, in consequence of tlr disastrous
results ot the wild speculation Ill tue 4norns
.NMieanlis, aud ot the general depression ot tllc
and coysxcries, nn,l rellnquisEIcu aettye interest
in tile ktlk-cntgrEstsc
Another Vi tIc pioneers n tug, Important
manufacture was Mr.. Junathan II. Coup, ot
uetlIl.nl, WIN prepared manual fur tho Ill
struction of silk-gfuwcrs; invented s!lk'recl,
w1liel WIS Il great improvement over thpsc he-
fore In use; founded the Sew-Engand Slk
Company, anil built MIL at DcGllatn, with 4
silk per week, nlll nlso Of manufacturing silk
alNl cotton gUotls. III thc pnnic VI lo'Hl Mr.
Cobb WIS Hcayy loser, uns he eoiatae bank
rnpt the following yclr IN consequence u tho
depression In the business III which ho llau cl!-
bnrkcA. Mr. Cobb subsequently recovered Ills
fortunes, but thrncc{nrt!l Withdrew almost
wl,oIly trDlll the sslk-lnnn'lfart'rc.
The failure III the culture of tho 4lor,.s .H"hi-
fdnx, a1 laG oIsm. .. ~. ti,r,,,r.
nut fG cuuntry VI e1ferts IT, rear tie s'lkworlil.
Since then III utttmpt III lArgt scale to revive
the industry llas LCen lllac II the Atlantic
states ~ LII 'it r"s WIN. y, ,,nte ~ H. 4oSv
Ereuch colufiists, ntld III thest the cogoo,ls Ut
native insects quite plentiful. Fro'n 1871 TO
| 1o7t, I'LL 1tAlinl' 1lA'lets Noca cnSaScu n iIe
fealls VI Hv. -, i,nIr III, ImI,ii n3
tlt eoeo.1s nn ~, - r. ",,,;3,,,, =" lin mi
m ie r',lsGu ,spg Gr"s ~ " Wiar s,,crr ,n nnv
lhey "eFe p'utlst!'eeu - .i '"pe'''' ~ 0'1'
P'9utu" ,, ~ s"r tIt,stv v.ar. sxncrtn,cnts hovc
lh@hc l,sL ~ t"tt, w. If n s,,i:wnrm IN
ngn I'uls"et , =. 'ns Euf ~ sul" 'r,,,.a,1s ~
GAlll.1rl: ~. sAio, ,,,,,I,,s ~ ~ sn."r.,7 i,e
trunee a'lA ltAi5 o" mummy .v ~ s .uM
sau ~ n'Inn nt nr',,s".I." irr tic reur;,,r Of
M,sc 'as ,s MI II ,iu.r. i. ,,.nt ,1rma nWi,,,.
IT, ,s sotas rh srase ,s ,csnt E,a'f au th,s
II EuF"ic' lAete y no ftsss.,1 luz a.
the Pro,Stlon oi SUI Gun az se y psqh.an.s ha ~
the e'teu n,"i f'r.;,," ~ .saii os
Myt a"r u .,p 'Isar. IN G ~ "T ya.,,
The ekl!su !air ot .ne Xxx sa!,.
mere 'h1n !iI.s selus IT. y. ''o -, u" n Sc.s
t9 T. a!t.p!s auu ~ ,u,un,, man. vii rre ,nr
TAs,, w ~ ~ .3PI',,ntia ~ all. a wrrk In
i.y.lS 70 ls,'ti:iini ii,inr'a r,icr woii Dr.
m,",,I WIN . - srts r., 81 n tInv.-n ,,rirt
i i r.s sdoa tia i" tu,, "f ray six fur Ioyou ,ai
"f "'II In ii,,nirtr,I u M mutcria -
" tn to lslu. liz manufacture Of silk In the
Ifnii.I stata1s wns m,,rrlv domestic Industry;
ln,t IN ths yrar. lie ir,t sIIIs.,l w4n iiujlt i,
W'n1s', nu1 H. isn. hy l,mIncy md iIuratiu Hawks
whn 1,m,i'.,tm,' viii imliiIrrrut SUCCESS liz
ms,,nia"turc u sewing siik. In 1sl5, william,
II. Horstlnan established tic second America,
f ftr,1n@s ~ ~ ,"cs' marrw foods ctc.. WI:
l.. .ra ~ ,"mi,tnl il, iaaI' Mr. 1trsti1an st II,
III si,,mc,it t,. frst ,Ja,1,arJ oom thh
nns 'I lr,,,.,'t nv"r r., ila rtuiry: and, tn lEj
his lis son anl surcessor introduced puwer-loul.
Me w. w. ,"rst,"nn M ~ INV u Of tis lurrrst, ii
~ M ti.c ',bl"st Il, tic rntntry,
IN isaI. n i".,n,,fartnry ri rin.,ous from Amer
Ic.,, sfls hu,i i,rirf yistrne il, tutIlnorc, il
t s'a ",1,it".. 1s t ;r.t .'1,i iut wn
..'s .tti,. @ " .,, .'r7 ,r,a frtunl liz sir rt,trr
T!Attt"'t 80. .'''' :. | Ism ti1 ,,,n,,fnrtir
pf'sias Geite1aen. =" 'e'o, , tne ,,',,'."i m. ~"
| New York; nnll, III lofs, u sik-1ntll was erect
| e,l M Florence, MaAa, Alter u fAF!tu e1pt
| # frHl,I III 5Drtfillp. tjB enter