The sun., 1901-06-16

State ip the Union between Maine and Della
ware In 1850 few small factories IN Con-
9ecticut. were turning out the whole pro;
at less than 81 O0o, 900.
In New Jersey. alone last year there was
sso.Ooo,oco capital invested in the silk busl-
44.25o operatives were employed In the two
States, drawing ss,soo.ooo in wages, and in
operatives who earned more than s2O.o0o, 900
Other weaving Industries In which silk Is
lar gely used half as many moro men. women
and children were employed and half a. much
Yet the silk industry is passing through
a crisis lust now and iti, dinlculties haye boon
nr I'll Trd hHh s'' hs SSIp & s9as % as last
two years Unsupported one-third Of the worlds
supply ot raw silk, but a. an INCREASED price
equipped With highly productive machinery
the market for the finished goods has stayed
down That is, why silks are cheap here
thereby, while foreign manufacturers year
by year SEQ themselves outbid and outcl1ssod
In what was once one OF their most profitable
1t IL these conditions which impressed
the Swiss manufacturers on the Paris =
o;s9n S Sy Sry and sda in thsT TfPGr n to h
the Atlantic, These are some OF the things
To the attentive observer of the ccc-
are few facts 40 interesting IA the eroin"ts
Tss.. q ef e. ysd Ss s9tsi S sa af s T
out Eafopc. divided compsratIyely Sps I I in small
asT Ss%. r.Ssd ms %ed # IL the , gb. ggs
have scarcely doubt as TO tho nral resylt. Of
the strHSsls,, America will remain victor
.Tks Tinted states to-day courts, ,@ctO.,cc
inhabitants In ie7o there will undoubtedly
SS a sSa from @ S9m HsS .d y9ss5a '9 S@ fH ffs
one zone Of customs, within which Is ab.olvte
free trade: Incompatible treasures of the
soil, below, and on the earth no standing army
financial burden. no noteworthy direct tsSCs:
no socalistlc party with tendency 10 U.'"t
the present form OF, government no DIS
hatred against coptsl the best public 'chool
versItie' a working class highly intelligent
and contcntcd, temperate In the use Of alco-
and saenseric-te no blue litlel Mondays
In. the faco Of these conditions who caa
still doubt that America will within twenty
or thirty years outiiank us in every domatnf
SO far we thought that the American highly
protective tarir would protect ne from en-
In the worlds neutral markets But. un-
fortunately, seems that even tnf con-
ISOLATION is going TO be taken AWAY from u,
Americans have learned from their EIr1-
pean tenchers 10 sell below cost IN fpr"iSi
countries their excess OF production and -
cover the los4 by demanding higher nrioc.
In their own country Probably the time %
coming when We In Europe shall also have 70
TAX" M the Eight with silk goods OF American
origin in the markets ~ Great Britain As
II we had not sufficient competition there
alreadvl
Whoever has seen the American silk OK
hibitlon must admit that, even in ts modest
aud restricted shape ~ made m oNCe,icUt
impression, at anr rate, much better than
for instance, the Itnllan exhibition tho
ell a..
next few years 70 make progress ~ heretofore.
OF which thorc u no doubt, and II at a culture
international expos ton Of universal or sp"-
cial character they do not m,ud 'ne IN rs
and eSpcnscs 20 Which We are Accustomed
on such occasions. they VIII not Oily R't mo
WINGED OF It