The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-26

Young men come here from all parts o. The
WORD Co STUDY bow TO rFHEe s.E. and many
Wort IN tht mIs for that purpose T1---
1 one school watch charges from 81 90
l-e francs a year as tuition. T5s ga
f-tucs ts the charge Tor Fl-uchmlu erI trr
l--e francs thar f.- ~forc.rrers. Iu tls
school the best % modern k-wtaviue ma
shtnsfY l. used ans a --eat part az 60 bars
the mark ~ American manufacturer
An American sewing machine COWS -Le plt-
torn rds together. and American ws-sc1s
Of weaving are employed. All kinds % silks,
velvets. plain and nsured goes are made
here. under the suIc.tH-eu1crcc 81 THE -~1si
skilled workman. the bogS Co.ur the work
themselves with the professional six men
"a oyersCeTs.
SiUNGCiPAL SCHOOL on
GROIN ROUSE.
! visited the Lyons municipal silk school.
on the eek Rousse. after Eoin; through
the silk factories OF that usishhcThooI.
This school = sustained by the city. and
is open 0ny 20 Ly0luass youths. Any Ly-
oas hoy wa0 has reached the age o. 10 can
enter upon The payment Of SO AMI learn all
abo1t silk weaving. dt-tgnIne and pattern
making. The course Of the day study IS
ten months. and there IL IN addition a night
school. IN which a course OF three yeas IS
required.
There are about 80 pupils 10 this school.
They belong 20 the rich and the rncr.
many Of them being the sOns OF common
lsbO-ers. Every boy has TO keep a J.a-y
O. his work. with the patterns % the silks
BE- has made. ard also copies or his designs
Tire school teaches ali matters about the
breeding II silkworms - Well as all KINGS
o. weaving and designing. The professor
n charge. 4 kind-iOoking old Frenchulzn.
wearing q skull cap and rough cicthcS
took me through one department after an
other. lie introduced ne 20 some % The
students. and had them work az the looms
before my ewes The hugE were mg fmEafff-
gtlt as those OF the average c0,-e-e OF
TIE United States.
These. technical schools OF Lyons show
that the people are trying 20 regain their
supremacy as the silk-weavlrg center OF
The world Similar schools should De es-
tabushed IN Paterson. anu o-therwhescs in
our country. ans the wor industry Of
the South. now IN Its infancy. should be en-
couraGed.
MANUFACTURES ENCOURAGED BV
FIFTEENTH CENTURY 1tONARCHs.
The wonderful six manufacturer OF
France originated through the encourage
meut OF the six trade d the French mon
hrchs or the past Il was not until the fiji
teenth Century that much sink weaving
was done Before that time the best o. tie
silks came irCm Italy. The finest OF
silks. s1tins. veIvets and other cloths being
woven near Veni-e. Lyons. however. WIS 4
great fair city. ard many Italian silks were
brought there fer sale. Then Louis N i'm
ported Italian weavcrs. and along 1lcCt
forty years after the discovery % America
Francis Induced many Of the Italian
Wsavers 10 settle In Lyons by guaranteeing
them exemption from taxation. free lodgings
and the Hyht 10 carry swords. as well as
Immunity from Imprisonment for deb. In
one way or another he brought silk weayers
from Genoa. Florence. Lucca and Venice.
and thus fuunded his business. which has
done much 10 make France rich. The in
dustry thnv.d until the persecution OF tie
Huguenots drove more than Se.cN OF the
most skilled. Of the French artisans out or
the country and m a few years reduced the
number Of lboms from 1000 70 less than TO-
go. The Protestant Weayers escaped 10 En-
STAND. Germany and Switzerland and taus
started the SIX manufactures OF these cOun-
tries.
since then at times Lyons has held the
six manufacturing supremacy OF Europe.
u probably holds Il to-day4 but the indus
tries Of Switzerland. Germany and England
are steadily growing. and. cOmplrdtiv y
speaking. Lyions j. on the decline. is great
tst danger to-day s. frcm the United $ 1tts.
which Is Increasing lis silk product f-ouI
year to year
FRANK c. CARPENTER.
Copyright. I92 b. r. G. Csrpenter)