The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-26
BUSY LITTLE WORMS
MEN CAREFULLY PLAN TO GET
BETTER RESULTS FROM THEM
Mulberry Trees VIII Flourish in ANY
Part Of the State-The Product AL
ways in Demand-The Profits Are
Good and the Scheme Promises to Be
a Success.

a Success.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 25.-The Jour-
nal says that an application for a
charter for the Seri- Culture and Man
ufacturing company, with a capital
stock of s250,O00 and the prospects of
an increase to s1.OOO,OOO dollars in the
near future, was filed in the office Of
the clerk of the superior court. The
company proposes to introduce and
foster the cultivation of raw silk in
this country and to manufacture the
raw material into the finished prod
ucts. The home Office of the concern
Is to be in Atlanta and branch plants
and colonies are to be established in
any county in the state and later in
other states throughout the South. The
first, located at Tallulah, Falls, is now
under way. $4,000 mulberry trees hav-
ing already been planted.
The incorporators named In the
charter are: Louis B. Magid, Of Ha-'
bersham county, Georgia, and W. r.
Sweet, of Rabun county. Brown &C.
Randolph, the attorneys fling the ap-
terested in the company. Other At
lantians are to take an interest in it
in the near future, though the bulk of
the capital Of the company has been
put UP by Eastern capitalists.
Louis B. Magid, who now makes his
home at Tallulah Falls, is to be the
president of the company, and is the
guiding spirit in it's organization. Mr..
Magid is a German by birth. He has
studied the silk industry abroad for
years and is a recognized authority.
The company proposes an Industrial
| revolution in the United States, espe-
cially in the South, which is we'll
adapted for the silk culture.
The Starting Point.
At Tallulah Falls the company al
ready owns $500 acres of land. On
this $4,000 mulberry trees have al
ready been planted. In a year or two.
the trees will be ready to support the
silk worms. More land is to be bought
in the near future and 1t is all to be
divided into ty-flve-acre farms.
On each of these five acres are to be
planted trees at once. Soon foreigners,
French and Italians, masters of the
| industry, are to be brought over and
put on the farms. Every inducement
| is to be offered to the farmers in the
vicinity to set out trees also.
Two water powers on the place are
| to be developed for the generation of
electricity to be used in the plant that
| is to be erected for the unwinding of
the cocoons. A book is now being pub
lished by Mr.. Magid for distribution
among the farmers of the South, treat
ing of silk culture and the possibili-
ties for it here. Everything possible is
to be done to urge the cultivation of
the silk worm.
The right for every possible business
in connection with the silk industry is
sought in the charter filed. The COM
pany starts with it's land near Tallu-
lab Falls, on the Tallulah Falls rail-
road. An office will be later opened in
Atlanta and when several colonies
have been successfully established
central manufacturing plant is to be
erected here in Atlanta.
The raising of the silk worm in the
United States is an entirely new in
dustry now, though years ago it was
quite an occupation in the South, To
foreign countries $75,OOO,00O is every
year sent from the United States for
the raw silk to be manufactured into
the finished product here. 1t is the
purpose of the company to awaken the
country to the fact that this can be
raised here.
Federal Aid Asked.
Mr.. Magid Is very much In earnest
about the matter and has already ap-
pealed to the federal authorities. Last
year, the government appropriated
$4,000 for the purchase of mulberry
trees in foreign countries to be brought
here for distribution. This was owing
to Mr.. Magid's efforts. But, as he
put it, the government can never es-
tablish the silk industry. The silk in
dustry will have to be established by
private people and then these
people may establish a silk depart
ment Of the government.
Magid gave the following instance
Of the possibilities of silk culture in
Georgia:
"There are more than $4,000 farms
in the state of Georgia, and If only
one-half of the farmers would take up
silk culture based on scientific meth
DDS, they could easily produce more
than they today get from their cotton
crops. For example, suppose that
each family In the smaller half of
Georgia's farmers would enter into silk
culture, and only produce $50 worth,
it would be a play or avocation for
children, as the work is pleasant and
it is interesting to watch the little
worms eat the mulberry and later I'M
prison themselves in their own builded
cocoons; and in that way if only 10000
farmers would produce the silk, 1t
would add to the states yearly income
100000 and if the cocoons should be
unreeled In the state it would nearly
double the value"
The United States is said to be using
more than one-half Of the worlds pro-
duction. The company expects in time
to revolutionize the silk business of the
world. 1t will at once build up a Won
derful industry in Georgia and the
South.