The silk goods of America: a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States . TO THE SILK GOODS OF II. - ^ j£\\ Raw Silk. HE raw material of which silk goods are made, is notproduced in this country. This has been the casesince 1840, with the exception of a few scattered ex-periments of little profit and no commercial import-ance. There had been some business done in silkculture for many years before the date named, but itwas swept out of existence by the ruin which followedgreat speculations in mulberry plantations and a wide-spread bl
The silk goods of America: a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States . TO THE SILK GOODS OF II. - ^ j£\\ Raw Silk. HE raw material of which silk goods are made, is notproduced in this country. This has been the casesince 1840, with the exception of a few scattered ex-periments of little profit and no commercial import-ance. There had been some business done in silkculture for many years before the date named, but itwas swept out of existence by the ruin which followedgreat speculations in mulberry plantations and a wide-spread blight of the trees. In a large portion of the United States,healthy silkworms can be bred and reared by anybody who has time,patience, and mulberry trees at command. The sole difficulty is todispose of the cocoons at a profit. The manufacturer of silk goodswants reeled silk, not cocoons. Reeling is the most important processin preparing the raw silk, the value of that article depending largelyupon the way in which the reeling is performed. It is best conducted ata filature where cheap but skilled labor can be applied. There is nofilature at present i
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