Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1902 — The Use of Silks. [ARTICLE]

The Use of Silks.

Of the silks used in tho United States, $26,000,000 worth are imported and $107,000,000 worth home made. Tne domestic silk industry employs 24,000 men, 36,000 women and 6,000 children in 483 mills, with $81,000,000 capital. The consumption of meat In England has reached the total of 113 pounds per head per year, which is more than double what It was fifty years ago. Meteors which reach tho ’earth almost invariably cintaln a large quantity of iron and a smaller amount ot nickel.