Attempt to Revive Industry Which Formerly Flourished: Association Formed Manila, Feb, 3, An attempt to grow silk on a more extensive scale than ever before in the Philippines has just been launched by the organization of the Association Sodra de Visayas in the rrevinee of Occidental Negros, with capital of $250,000, Mr. Fidel A, Reyes, Director of the Buren of Commerce and Industry, who ap= proved the incorporation papers, said the success of the venture would blaze the way to a prosperous silk industry in the Philippines.
Some 1,300 nores of land well ed to the growing of mulberries been set aside by the company: ter this purpose Among the infant indus trick that offer great country, the of the most importa according to Director Reyes.
"The development, of silk industry" he said, "would goa long way towards in vroduiction of silk in the Phil vines dates back to before the coming of the Spaniards when the Cainese and Japanese exported considerable amount of silk. The carly Spanish governors here attempted to establish the industry on sound basis. The Compania ds Filipinas, created by Royal decree 1785, spent large sums of money to encourage the product and in the course of 20 y mulberry trees were thriving various parts of the islands, As carly as 1821 a good quality. of silk was exported from the Philip-Pines to Europe, and the industry continued to grow until near the end of the nineteenth century: when it started to decline, ehiely due to the number of revolutions and lack of fabour——Reuter's Pacitie Service, 1H. M.S. Muntis will arrive from Yangtze ports on er about Febru-
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