Excerpt from England's Folly: A Paper Read Before the Silk Section of the Jubilee Exhibition, at Manchester, October 21, 1887 The object of our present Conference, in which I have much pleasure in taking a part, is, if possible, to discover some means whereby we may improve, extend, and resuscitate our once flourishing silk industries. This, in my opinion, can only be accomplished by a change in our present suicidal fiscal policy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.