The memorial was ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: Memorial of the California SilkCulture Association. To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: We. the undersigned. officers and members of the California SilkCult ure Association. respectfully represent to your honorable body that the production of raw silk in the United States is entirely practicable. that it ought to be and may easily be .mde one of the great industries of the country. and that in view of its iu portance cd practicability it is highly deserving of encouragement from the National Government. We beg leave to submit to your consideration the following very brief summary of facts: The estimated value of the raw silk produced in all the countries of the world amounts to the enormous sum of $400.000.000 annually. most of which is derived from those Asiatic countries to which the raising of this precious fiber has been principally confined since its origination there in the early dawn of human civilization. In every country where silk is produced in considerable quantities this source of wealth has been recognized as meriting public protection and encouragement. and particularly in its infancy has it received pecuniary aid from governments. So jealousy did the Chinese Government guard this interest. that the cultivation of silk was not permitted to go beyond its.boundaries for thousands of years. when in the sixth century two missionaries at the risk of their lives. conveyed clandestinely. by the aid of a hollow cane sufficient silkworm eggs to commence the business in the vicinity of Constantinople. whence it spread through nearly every European country.