ARTIFICIAL SILK
A FLOURISHING CANADIAN INDUSTRY. ' OTTAWA. In a country so richly endowed with an overabundance of timber, it stands to reason that the manufacture of artificial silk should be one of its most flourishing industries. The manufacture of artificial silk in Canada was one of the few industries to flourish during the years of the recent worldwide depression, and production in 1937 had reached a point where it was 93 per cent higher than in pre-depressiorj years. The quantity of artificial silk used in me industry has increased from 412,649 pounds in 1931 to over 4.000,000 pounds in 1936 and 1937. The value of production of the silk industry of Canada, which includes both natural and artificial silk, has increased from 18,000,000 dollars in 1931 to more than 32.000,000 dollars in 1937. and exports of silk goods have increased in value from 269,781 dollars to 4,870,847 dollars. Of these exports, manuufactures of artificial silk were valued at 209,390 dollars in 1931, and 1,700,147 dollars in 1937. Exports of artificial silk goods in 1938 are estimated to amount to 2,269,722 dollars, indicating that the production in that year was more than well maintained.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 June 1939, Page 7
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193ARTIFICIAL SILK Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 June 1939, Page 7
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