The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-12-27
.LUXURIES cost
MILLION A DAY
Figures Are Probably
Highest On Record.
All uhe World Profits By Dis
tributiod Of Immsncs Amount
Of Money.

- injuries into the United States Is
now RUNNING at nhe rate nj Ni~'''
n day. OF course the term "nxu'N
IL nm Elastic one. and it's us,pltcsah y
a.tern.insd. to spms eU.'snt. 'w t.
ysewpolns from which ,Sssd; fut NJ y ~
ls,xt a fact tlnt during f're month
q oc.obsr. 1912. slse imports tncluud'
s.AsOo.ee worth of art iw7oFNs, SIS"'""
worth of tobacco. cigars amd Other
umohers' materials; N.Ooo.oO worth o'
~aauvou.is and other precious stones. ~
smoo worth of koes and embroiderie'
uver g. oOo.W wcuth Of feakhers. nfur''
ahd a,..fsciai; more than N.ooo.0p worth
Of tsscogyated china. over N.O,No wfnrtn
Of toys. NEARLY 100000 worth Of cisa"-
payne, ocrdials. iiquors AMI nther a.
tic,es Of this o,ass: neearly u.JO.0I
worth Of cabinet wpods. OF rsfhAch ma
hogany formed the pWnsSpai part AMI
sund-y other arthries usually oa,s1-
cred as auuxuries. bringing tiae tct1i
iu,pc.Ss of this class Of ma,smiass for
the north Of Octobsr ru To sss.oo-o~.
While the heavy Importation OF ar
tssles ID this ca,anscter rsrfnuraiT nscur'
during the closing n1ontlis OF the ysaf'
the figures OF October ane exaaCfhoa'
ally high. probably the highest on rs''
ord a. regards ImportaeOns Of auNuries
this being due I'm cansideuhble de-
gree 20 IN. unpnsosds ID Importation .
art w.N-ks. this single itln fil'in'
ANNOUNCED IT, prsslioiliy $i<-ooo0O IN th'
month Of Octoh'r. aSainst e5.hOo.mo
Oc,db.r OF hlst yTsar: write Cor tive -
r,on.hs ended with Oopber tire to.a
fnrurta. ION of art waiks was &as.uo.y
ayains: Sis,5OOOO In the cl-respnfin'
months In iaii. and $ii0O.cD i'm ~
corresponding months in 1870
Thnse h,e.h figu,rs for O,tnN'r an
t,. accumulated months ended Will
Oct,Se- suggest tat this imports o
articles which may fairly be chaessd "A
luxures will probably aggneea'c $40.
100000 in the calendar YEAR 1872.
this sGn. art wnrlss will, accotiing l
te iaia.st estimaAe Of tive Suiois''i !
Division of the Bureau OF ForeiS
and Domestic Comnrrree. appspNAmnfe s
100000; precious stones. hs,m,sm $1,000
900 and S50.0Oo.OOo; iaces and einbnpi'ie
les. between SO.0Oo0O and tOOV
900: cigars. ctginattss and o'i,er nrittciS
Cor use OF smokers. between eA0.0000o ~
ssO.Ooo,We and NUMEROUS oAhfr artici'
q lsrs value. Including toys. apanoA
mately ss.ooo.ooO; champagne. ABOUT y
OeaoDo feathers. natural ami arttftc''
<chiefly ostrich fea;hers) abrout si0.0sl
600: aeaas aud head ornNnants. IA osip
OF minson dollars; automobiles, u CO.
ME OF m.lon dollars; md pNrfuIner''
and casneties. nearly ss.Voooo.
All the world profits by iisis distr
buth,p, for luxuriss. of esO.QW.0W
wear OF Imported. OF >course, Ahe bu
comes from Europe. most of thsm u
uoduict of labor psrformed many yea
ago, since a very large proportion
the art works now beang inrpurted a.
twauty years old. or over, and col
stienab,e share 100 years old and owe
Tine forty -odd million dollars worth
DIAMONDS and other precious stones IL
ported, though chiefly dlawm aOm f
rope, ens. in most casts. the pNniu
of South Africa; and This Ia TRUE, ais
of the several million dollars worth
ostrich Feathers imported.
OF tlys forty-odd millson donans' WA
of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes inpG
ted, the largest single consriharor
Cuba, though probably siO.VO'O0 w1o'
of the total originates IN the Dut
Fast Indies. half way ~o"nl ire a'r'
and considerable quantities. In the Ne
Orient, chiefly Turkey in, EsnFoPs' A
and Africa. OF tSe forty-aad mlllsan d
lars worth Of laces and emorohsr
imported. a very large prqaortian is fr
, Europe. t