REARING SILKWORMS. 137 



A SILK STATION. 



This ye4r we look with ardent expectation to 

 Congress for an appropriation to establish a silk 

 station in San Diego. 



We, as a people, need it. Not merely the 

 people of this special locality. The people of 

 the United States need it, and we need it right 

 here, because this is the garden spot of the 

 whole nation, the place where more can be 

 accomplished for the general good, than in any 

 other locality in the nation. Here we have the 

 means, through special climatic conditions, of 

 showing to the world at large the great possibili- 

 ties the American people can achieve in this, the 

 queen of all industries. With a station here, we 

 could educate the youth of our land, who are by 

 nature qualified to grasp such style of instruc- 

 tion, to go forth into all sections of our main- 

 land, as also into our island possessions, where 

 they are even now asking for fuller instruction 

 in this wonderful industry. 



It is a well-known fact, that want of practical 

 knowledge has been the cause of every failure 

 that has occurred in silk-culture since the first 

 cocoon was seen on the American continent. 

 With a station here, we could generate silk-eggs 



