Decreased French Production An American official " report points out that figures for the silk harvest just closing seem to indicate that France ig closing its supremacy in that industry to countries to the East and notably around the Levant. Production in France this year satisfied only 10 per cent. the home requirements, despite the liberal bounties granted to sericulture. This crop was localized almost entirely in the Cevennes district, stretching a'ong the range of mountains 6f that name in a southwesterly direction from Lyons almost to the Spanish border.
Milan 13 fast becoming an important silk centre and bids fair to eclipse Lyons within a decade. At present, the Italian production of raw silk is ten times that of France and a large part of the raw material used at Lyons is imported from Italy. Silk goods are little in demand throughout Italy end consequently most of the local crop is distributed to foreign mills in the raw.
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