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by the hundreds of millions, and send them to 

 every nation the world over. From- this one 

 source alone we could soon obtain and pour into 

 our national treasury untold sums of gold, that 

 would enable our rulers to build fortresses on 

 other industrial and scientific lines,- that would 

 render our nation so strong, so thoroughly 

 grounded on the foundation laid by our fore- 

 fathers, viz., a government of the people, for 

 the people, and by the people, that our enemies 

 would quail before our national prowess, and 

 dare not to lift up sword or battle-ax against us. 



When, as is recorded of her, the little island 

 nation Japan netted to herself eighty-five mil- 

 lions of dollars for silk-eggs alone in a very 

 few years, what cannot we accomplish? What 

 amount may not our nation justly hope to reap, 

 with our special advantages in soil, climate, and, 

 above all, with the intelligence and inventive 

 genius of our people? 



With a silk station here, we could soon send 

 out mulberry trees and slips till the hills and 

 plains which now greet the eyes of travelers as 

 barren wastes, would show the riches and verdure 

 of the "golden" tree; and the airy cocooneries 

 and comfortable dwellings of busy workers would 

 take the place of the sagebrush, and the haunts 

 and burrows of wild beasts. 



