Being honoured by an invitation to dine with the city officials I took occasion to urge the importance of sericulture as means of prosperity to the people of this district. All ced that it was important but not practicable. Three reasons were giver for this; first, the people are poor and would have to be supplied with funds to plant the trees and 80 on; then, when the trees were productive, the owners would corner the market and
hibitive; and, lastly, thieves would run away make the price of mulberry leaves pro-with the leaves at will, and so leave the owners helpless. But it was not difficult see that the real reason was lack of interest and
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