THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK (3) It is at present largely a secret process. Its mills are not open to the public. It is not favourably inclined towards publicity. (4) The manufacturers of Artificial Silk do not themselves realize the vast possibilities of development. All their mills, so far as I have seen, are too small By means of this book, I have hopes of Creating a keen national interest in this great new industry of ours, so that we may retain our supremacy. To-day, in the first lap of the race, we are far ahead of all our competitors. Artificial Silk offers us our greatest oppor- tunity at the moment. It can ros is prestige and prosperity as a maker o SX Liles. It can pay us back ‘what we have cotton. It can bring in tens of millions a year— perhaps hundreds of millions. It can provide work for our unemployed workers and our Unemployed capital. It can make Britain Once more the nation that clothes the world— All of which is shown clearly in the following Pages. Eh