Adulterated Japanese Silk

Buyers of Jupanese raw silk should be on the wateh for a trick which is qow being revireá. A nnmberof cumI plaints liave been made by manufacturera of late. The adnlteration of the raw silk is aeeomplished by impregnating it with a solution oí salt or sugar, vhereby 2 per cent or more in weight is cained, thei.sngar charge being difficult to discover. In dyeing such sük loses its gloss. In viewof the fact that the United States is the best customer of Japan, it is short sightedness on her part to atteinpt sucli tricks. Japan exported in the Beason of 1802-3 7,441 bales of silk to the United States and 19,874 to Europe, of the Jatter Iü.48'2 beinj shinped to