The Silk Industry and Tradl. By R. C. Romney. (P.
S. King. 10s. 6d. net.)—The Indian economist who has written this severely technical treatise on the silk industry, especially in Great Britain and France, is concerned to promote a revival of the Indian silk trade. He says that Kashmir silk has recently won favour in Europe because the State of Kashmir has assumed the control of the industry and has organized the production and sale of raw silk. What Kashmir' has done other Native States might do, but the author thinks that State assistance would be better than State control for the silk industry. He estimates India's total production of raw silk as almost equal to Great Britain's consumption, which is not very great. We may note the curious fact that Indian raw silks are still bought on
Company's terms," though the East India Company ceased to exist some sixty years ago.
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