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different parts of the State, making inquiries in regard 

 to silk culture. By these letters I am satisfied that we 

 have in California all the men necessary to carry on 

 successfully this new branch of industry, in all its de- 

 partments, from the planting of the mulberry to the 

 manufactured silk. In addition to this, in my letters 

 from Europe, I find that silk growers, silk spinners, and 

 silk manufacturers are preparing to come to this coun- 

 try, and I am advising them to bring with them all the 

 necessary machinery of their trade. I am about to write 

 all the facts about silk in California to go through the 

 press in Europe, with the expectation that it will incite 

 immigration. We have room for millions, and their 

 presence would be of vast benefit to the State, as in the 

 pursuit of which I speak, having the whole world for a 

 market, we have nothing to fear from competition. 



A very important matter bearing on this subject, is 

 the fact that an act has been passed by the last Legis- 

 lature in such a shape as to give great encouragement 

 to all who engage in the business, for a term of four 

 years. At the expiration of that time, the culture of 

 silk will have been well started, and, resting on a self- 

 sustaining basis, will need no further outside aid and 

 encouragement. 



Now that the State has given encouragement, I will 

 do all in my power likewise to foster the business. It 

 is a well known and admitted fact that what our people 

 need is information upon this subject. This, while in 

 Sacramenta, I promised to give, and towards that point, 

 I will, in a few weeks, write a " California Silk Man- 



