Wichita eagle., 1888-12-12

| ing $500 can be grown on an acre annually
ami with eleCtLic power 5 to 10 reels can
be run by one person, enabling us to reeI
five pounds of silk a day, instead of eight
/ to ten.ouuces. With the same power the
reeler can make what is called throwed
| silk, which is done by the manufacturer
| placing the Slleins Of reeled silk on reel
and transferring 1t on to LODblns, which
! twist it: then tits doubled and put in
| skeIns of 10000 yards each The warp is
| twisted 800 times to the yard and
| the filing 200 times. While
AID is composed OF II to 16 STRAINS of silk.
| The warp is put in the harness in the loom
| and the filling is run in with shuttles. In
hand weaving the shuttle is throwed
through with cord by the hand SO to 1OC
| times "A minute, making 8 to 10 yards OF
silk goods day of 10 hours. Steam power
looms make II to 20 yards day. IN reel
I ing one tends four skeins; in winding one
can tend Ii reels. In round figures a
pound of cocoons are worth one dollar, Il
pound of reeled silk four dollars and a
! pound of manufactured silk ten to twelve
/ dollars. There is one proHt III growing
! silk, one in reeling and one in manufact-
uring. The manufa turer has the greater
| profit, the grower next and the recler
! least.
To make silk culture profitable in Amer
lea we must have duty on reeled silk.
trust this meeting viii pass a resolution
requesting our senators and representa-
tlves in congress to pass law protecting
reeled silk by duty of p per cent to ena-
BILE us to make little home market for
our cocoons. Then with our superior
climate, food and ingenuity we will soon
rival the world IN the strength, elasticity
and great brilliancy of our manufactured
silk goods.
When an Indian finds a tree or rock
fallen across his path or trail ne goes
around il and his whole tribe follows him
in single file. When Chinaman discoY-
ers one he goes to his gods to have them
remove it. a Frenchman having more
faith i'll himself, will dig path under it,
and German will climb over il while an
Eugllshman's gold will hire some one else
to remove ii, but an American, with faith
in his country, will remove IL himself, and
| will tell you how he can do it. He will
place duty of - per cent. on imported
reeled silk, now fifty millions worth, and
develOpe the home industry i'll tiveyea 5 to
be worth ono hundred million. IN two
and one-half years it will be replaced by
home grown silk, and we will have paid
into the treasury fifteen millions and saved
to America,
/ First year............ ..........S 1880, 000
Second year Observation-Disclosures. 81, hD0, 900
mira ytar........... ...-.---- 3',2JU,Wb
Fourth year Observation-Disclosures. $4,000. uUO
Filth year, all of................ 100 oe0, HJ
In all 2o5 million and the distractions re-
moved with one in our favor for by our
superi>r food climate and still we are able
/ to produce pound OF reeled silk In three
/ pounds of cocoons-a gain over China of
! one-seveuth or over 40 millions: and with
cur automatic electric reels We may gam
one-seventh more We IN Kansas are try
ing TO elevate Americans above the rest of
the world IN can best do it by developing
our superior country. We have enough
natural resources to last Loco years. e.
/ timated that Kansas had enough Usage
I hedges already to grow 30 million pounds
/ of silk next season-gIving employment 10
+ lG0,0O0 people in growing, Keeling and
manufacturing IL into silk goods.
/ Some one asked me when we were going
( to get our cocoons to run a station at
+ Wichita. | told him next year we Were
going to grow them ourselves instead OF
sending orr silver to China and gold h
/ France TO buy what win grow better on
! hedges at home. What excuse have we
when we can get the eggs to start with for
/ the asking-which are provided for
through the Kindness OF our senators and
/ repreSen tatlveS IN cOngreSs-eVeu these
can be raised here of more superior excel
lence-when once We have start. Ave,
more we can remove in five yeaTs-in Kan
SaS-Aii the disease that has been inbred IN
confinement in hot countries during the
/ last 600 years. What cocoous had left
/ last season | allowed TO hatch out and Law
/ eggs aud have a million worth SloG. which
5 have every appearance OF being superior 10
those / had imported, and | believe the
day is not far distant when France. Italy,
China and Japan viii be sending to Kan
Sas fer healthy eggs. Even Kansas reeled
SIih has a life and beauty 10 lt that China
six cannot approach: but how can you &C
compllSh SO much IN so short times By
dlligeuj industry Is the answer. We have
an apt example in mind. Mrs. Jacob Mil
Ter, in Washington, Kansas, saved last
season in May eighty thousand cocoons.
Keeling portion in June while her hus-
band was making hand loom 10 weave
il IN July, a piece Of which was sent to
Cincinnati FOR the exhibition. and ! now
here Tor inspection at this meeting. to-
and throwed six. also silk cocoons and
eggs
/ see emblazonei on these walls Corn :
! Ming. / expect next year sugar VIII
claim the house but when silk is crowned
queen IN hausa>-theD wall harmony,
unity and strength prevaii-making her
queen OF states as America now i queen
81 nations. "A supremacy which God blessed
her with at the foundations OF the earth.
aud watch every true kanSan preserves BIZ
he Protection OF American Industries
Mr. bsdweil read the following letter:
VICE PRESIDENTS CHAMBER,
NAsaiSGToN. .. {. Dec. ), ISIS
II. 2 Bitwell Valley Center. Kan.
Ny dear sir-I aul IL receipt otyous favor