Arizona republican., 1906-11-27
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 FOR LUxURIES
The Yearly Expenditure for
 Unneeded Things
In Addition to This We Paid S25,OOO,OOO for For eign Tobacco.

Washington. Nov. 26.-Over 100 mill lion dollars was sent out of the United States in the fiscal year 1906 in the purchase of luxuries. This total of 100 million dollars worth of luxuries i'm ported in the fiscal year just ended includes. according to the records of the bureau of statistics of the depart ment of commerce and labor. over 40 million dollars worth of diamonds and other precious stones; about 40 million dollars worth of laces. edgings. em- broideries and ribbons: about : millioa dollars worth of feathers. natural and artificial: over million dollars worth of champaigne; and the remainder miscellaneous articles. such as perfum- fumeries and toilet articles. smokers articles, and opium for smoking. If 70 this Is added the value of tobacco. cigars and cigarettes imported. the to- tai will reach 125 million dollars. This grand total of 125 million dollars. in cluding tobacco and cigars in this class is more than double the imports of similar articles a decade ago. the to tai foR 1896. for the articles abova named, having been 51 million dollars. and in 1906. 125 millions.
 Diamonds and other precious stones show the largest increase during the decade. the total value of precious stones, jewelry and manufactures of gold and silver imported in 1896 having been $7.944.O32, and in 1906 s42.I20.715. Of this item of precious stones and jewelry diamonds alone formed about B million dollars in 1906. against q little less than millions in 1896. Cot ton laces. edging. and embroideries are the second item in value in this list of luxuries imported. aggregating 34 mill lion dollars in 1906 against a little less than II millions in 1896. Tobacco and cigars. if included in this category of luxuries imported. form the next largest item in value. aggregating nearly. 27 million dollars in 1906. agains about 19 millions in 1896. Os- trich feathers and artificial feathers fruits and flowers aggregated nearly ' million dollars in the imports of 1905 and about millions in 1896; and of this total in 1906 ostrich feathers alone formed between million and 3 million dollars value. the bulk of thI remainder being artificial feathers. fruits and flowers Champagne i'm ported in 1906 aggregated over mill lion dollars value. against about 3i2 millions in 1896. silk laces. embroider- ies and edgings aggregated nearly "A million dollars in 1906. against a little less than millions in 1896; and silk ribbons amounted in 1906 to a little over millions. against a little over 1 million in 1896. Opium for smoking. which amounted to 1h million dollars in 1906. was about three quarters of l million dollars value in 1896. Per fumeries and all toilet preparations amounted to a little over 1 million dollars in 1906. against a half million dollars in 1896; and pipes and other smokers articles amounted to over s09 thousand dollars in 1906. against 33i thousand dollars in 1896.
 The bulk of this 100 million dollars worth of luxuries other than tobacco comes from Europe. Of the 35 million dollars worth of diamonds imported ir 1906. over II million dollars worth came from the United Kingdom: about II millions from Netherlands; 6k mil lions from Belgium; and about 5h millions from France. These countries
 however. may be considered as merely dealers in these articles, since none of them are producers of diamonds
 though large proportion of those sent