The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14

GINA. The Sunday Times Dispatch:
ccuragng tie planting Of mulberry order create
general interest in the culture Of silk the London Company
i'll 1921 issued order that only members Council
and heads OF hundreds should be permitted garments
made Of silk except the silk was made and cultivated by
themselves
As usual in those days the cxtravagan notions
corning the culture Of silk and the profits ercrom
rent among the people 1t was reported that certain
had discovered thai the siiMor il let alone would
for itself, TO the instant enrichment OF all the planters II
also conceived and recommended that the Indians would
follow tic example OF the settlers turn to the
ing OF silk 1t was also conceived that the American
pillar really the natural sikwor, and by little manip
ulaon and encouragement its would become sui
GENTLY refined to produce the finest quality Of silk How
ever 1906 the for silk passed away and the Assem-
bly, repealed all the laws that had been made with reference
to the culture Of silk many years groups OF growing
mulberry trees remained the Of the folly Of
the first settlers in honest and determined effort
all impossible commerce in silk.
Very carly in the history of the colony the settlers be-
came interested the manufacture Of glass 1t doubt
less the value that Indians upon glass beads that sug
gested the desrabity Of their manufacture the colony
l seemed good to be able make in their minis that
which for many purposes could be made to
drum Of exchange between them and the Indians. Even
while Smith in the colony he wrote the treasurer Of
the and spoke Of the esirabity Of the manuiac
ture OF glass and asked that glass workers be
from Germany Poland Evidently the first settlers
under the impression that there nearby abundant
supply OF sand out Of which the glass could be made and
they were much impressed with the large supply Of timber
1or ile OF which there growing scarcity England
When Newport in the fall Of 1908 he brought
with him number Of Dutch and Poles whose business it
should be to manufacture glass With little delay glass
house erected about mile from Jamestown. When
Newport returned to England after he had delivered
second supply he carried samples OF manufactured
glass The manufacture Of glass this very likely
ceased during the starvation period and effort was
to revive until 1921 In that year the company felt that
it important that the work should be taken up again,
and entered into contract with Captain William Norton,
who was going to the colony with his family He was
carry Virginia laborcs skilled in glass making and was
allowed also two Hc given the exclusive right
to manufacture glass for Of years His entire
time to be given the experimenting
Of the works It also stipulated that he
beads his possession these could be used only trade
with the Indians and the company reserved toitse all rights
to barter with the Indians. It found out that the
could not keep its part Of the with Captain
Norton and the organization OF separate company
rcsorted to- and between this company and Captain Norton
much the contract entered into Norton
to the colony and actually built the glass house. He, loW
ever died, and by direction Of the company the
agemen OF the glass works left to Sir Edwin Sandys
The failure OF the works attributed two things the
broug to work very hard to manage
disposed to spend their time among the Indians, from whom