Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-10
An ARTICLE OK SILKS

40 WE MEN IlONED IN 1HlS SPACE
SOMETIME SINCE, "THE GROWTH OF
THE AMERICAN SILK INDUSTRY HAS
BEEN SOMETHING PHENOMENAL"
THE SILK TRADE OF LYONS. FRANCE.
THE GREATEST FOREIGN SILK MANU-
FEATURING CENTER, HAS FALLEN OFF
so GREATLY MANY OF THE MANUFAC-
TURERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SUS-
PEND, AND OTHERS ARE EVEN NOWIN
PRECARIOUS CONDITION.
THE SAME STATE OF AFFAIRS EXISTS
AT BASLE, SWITZERLAND, WHERE OUT
OF TWENTY-FOUR MANUFACTURERS
TEN YEARS AGO, ONLY TEN ARE RUN
MING TODAY.
FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS ARE
NOW CONSIDERING THE QUESTION OF
COMING TO AMERICA, AND ONE OF THE
LARGEST IN SWITZERLAND CONTEM-
PLATES THETRANSFER OF HIS ENTIRE
BUSINESS TO THIS COUNTRY, AND HAS
BEEN HERE To LOOK THE GROUND
OVER To SECURE A SUITABLE SITE FOR
HIS FACTORY.
THE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF THIS
STATEOF AFFAIRS IS THEHIGH TARIFF
AND THE FACT THAT AMERICANS,
WITH TRUE AMERICAN SPIRIT, BE-
LIEVEAMERICA EQUAL TO THE WORLD
AND GIVE HOME MANUFACTURERS
THE PREFERENCE, AND, LASTLY, THE
LATION AMERICA CONSUMES FOUR
TIMES AS MUCH SILK AS ANY OTHER
COUNTRY.
SILK DYEING IS HAND PROCESS.
YET THERE IS GOOD DYEING AND BAD
DYEING, HONEST DYEING AND FALSE
DYEING, AND SILK MAKER WHO
CHOOSES TO DECEIVE CAN MAKE HIS
YARN TAKE 800 PER CENT OF EXTRA
WEIGHT BY USING METALLIC SUB.
ACHOuNTS
CHEAPNESS AND BAD WEAR OF SOME
OF THE FOREIGN SILKS. THIS DYE
WEIGHING IS MORE OR LESS RESPON-
SIBLE FOR THE DOWNFALL OF THE
FOREIGN SILK INDUSTRY.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS CHAL-
LENGE CONSUMERS TO THOROUGHLY
TEST THE PURITY OF THEIR SILK FA-
BRICS.
FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE
BEEN HEADQUARTERS FOR, AND
HAVE MADE A SPECIALITY OF, RE
GATTA BRAND AMERICAN eros GRAIN
SILKS, WHICH HAVE IMPROVED IN
QUALITY AND STANDARD EACh sue
CEEDING SEAS
WE GUARANTEE THEM TO BE THE
PUREST, BEST FINISHED, AND MOST
BLE,AND ACCEPTABLE
SILKS, MANUFACTURED.
"REGATTA BRAND AMERICAN BLACK
GROS GRAIN SlLh0s
QUALITY A..-.S7lac QUALITY F....S1 81
QUALITY B....94c QUALITY G.Sl. so.
QUALITY C.--$1. QUALITY HIS 621
QUALITY DIS .121a QUALITY ISL rs,
QUALITY E...-S1.25 QUALITY K...$2
AMERICAN COLORED GROS GRAIN SILKS,
IN ABOUT THIRTYsIx DESIRABLE SHADES
ONLY s1.OO PER YARD.
First floor: next to last on the left)
TO TEST SILK UNRAvEL 1T INTO
THREADS IF HEAVILY LOADED THEY
WILL BREAK EASILY, FEEL ROUGH TO
THE TOUCH, BECAUSE OF THE PARTI-
Giles OF THE DYE, TASTE INKY TO THE
TONGUE. AND BURN SMOULDERINGLY
INTO A YELLOW. GREASY ASH IF
PURE AND NOT LOADED THE THREADS
WILL BE FINE AND FIRM AND WILL
BURN CRIsPLY INTO ALMOST NOTHING.
WE ASK YOU TO APPLY THIS TEST
TO OUR "REGATTA BRAND" SILKS, AND
ARE PERFECTLY SATISFIED TO ABIDE
YOUR DECISION.
(First door; last on the lefk)
WOOD BID q LOT ROP,
BOSTON DRY GOODS HOUSE,
ONE PRICE ONLY,
No. 921 Penna ave foc10l No. 912 q
II OWPRICES FOR BEST SUGAR CUREDNEAT
IL Best Hams A2lyc
Best ShOuldefA-........ SC.
breakfast Racon......l2c
Best Lard, 8 lbeL ....-..4Oc
Watch our prices this season.
q. WITMER q CO., Grocers.
oc10 1918 Pennsylvania avenue
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