The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-16
SILK CULTURE.
McKittriek's Advertisement.

EDITORS CLARION; In publishing the
notice of the gift by z, w MeKittriek,
of Memphis, Tenn, of million silk
worm eggs for distribution in the State,
you are giving that person free adyer-
tisement that will doubtless cause many
of the friends of The CLARION TO deal
with him. In case they do, and fail to
get their moneys worth they are apt to
turn and rend YOU. Therefore offer the
following for your information;
A lady of this place wishing to learn
something of silk culture, opened cor
respondence on the subject with P. W.
McKittrick, as she had seen his name
published as President of the silk Asso-
citation of America.
He wrote back giving her every en-
eouragement to go into the silk business,
and offering eggs and mulberry trees at
prices set forth in the following extract
from his letter of January 18th;
"For 100 trees 3 years old, $1,000; for
/ 100 trees 4 years old, $500; for 100 trees
) years old, $4,000, plant 200 trees to
the acre, BEFORE SPRING IF POSSIBLE.
Fer erery acrs planted NTH tres get from
$l5 to $50 worth Of silk eggs, Now Is
THE VERY BEST TIME 70 GET TIRE CGGs!!
DO NOT DELAY
The shrieking italics. exclamation
points and big caps are all McKittrick's :,
and they brought to him from his cor.
respondent $3.50, for which she wrote
him to send her $3.50 in silk eggs, The
remaining $110O to go for trees and the
pamphlet.
On February Sth she received from
McKittrick eggs that covered piece q
} domestic Gxl2 inches and pamphlets
: of eleven pages, entitled, practical sin
: Culture" On April 18th she received
% mulberry trees, apparently not NOR
than year old.
} During the months Of February, Harcl
and April she wrote repeatedly to Nc
2 Kittrick either to send the trees or re
Q fund the money, and no answer eve
, came front him through the mails. On
= ly afteran order on him was sent throug
: private hands did Is come on the 12t
I Of April, instead of 100 in FEBRUARY, fo
= which McKittrick had received payment
c The remaining - trees are still to h
G heard from, while about fourth pa
/ Of those received have died, doubtle
from the lateness Of tho season at Il
e time of setting them out.
y The eggs all Matched oat, but as We
/ as can be estimated they have not n
c duced more than fourth part Of Il
d number Of worms that came from So
e, worth of eggs received from Corint
d Miss, by another lady of this plat
10000 is the number Of eggs claimed
Id this lady on the authority Of the peoI
n, with whom she dealt, and that won
Il make about 5000 furnished by Mex
sh trick for $3.50
u 70 recapitulate, the lady that de-
Of with McKittrick got for $3.50, abo
n 5000 silk eggs one eleven page pamph
p and % mulberry trees, and had to 20
y, much trouble and some expense to .
Ig- the latter even when it was too late
az Il! set them out with any certainty OF tht
n. living.
rs silk culture promises to prove
lis great boon, not only to the Sou
ne in general, but moreparticuiarly to thc
among us in whom we all ought to feel
greatest interest, and be ready to prot
mi as well against the insults Of ruifans as
schemes of swindlers with high sou,
ing titles.
1t is useless to remind you how ma
- Of our ladies have been struggling
~, =, support households and help educ
=" their children by any honest indus
that might come within their reach, (
i" they have expected much from
''' business of silk culture.
~ 1t is only the press which, Will
'i :, may unwillingly do them much ha
70 "'l can successfully protect them as wei
n the rest of the community, against
'In frauds of advertising swindlers,
" J. r. EGGLEsTon
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