The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-20
.LUXUR|ES COST
ENORMOUS sum
UNITED STATES SPENT 5000, ooo, 900
FOR IMPORTED FiNERiEs
LAST YEAR-JEWEL.
nv LEADS.

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States during the fiscal year winch
ends with next month will exceed 200
million dollars in value. Under this
term. "luxuries. are Included such nr.
licles rs diamonds, art works. iac,s
and embroideries. champagne and
other wines. tobacco and manufactures
thereof ostrich feathers, artificial flow-
ers, toys. periuneries and cosmetics.
jewelry, manufactures OF gold and sill
YER, and number Of others of this gem
eral character.
In many of these articles, especially
the more important ones, the imports
Of the fsc al year 1912 will exceed in
value those Of any earlier year. Art
works. for example. show for the
9 months ending with March. total
exceeding by 500 the highest record
of any earlier year, and will approx
mate 40 million dollars In value for the
full fiscal year, as against 22la million
dollars in 1911 and "a million i'm 1910
Total for Diamonds Large.
Diamonds win also show large
total for the fiscal year 1912. The .
months figures thus far received by
the Bureau OF Statistics. Department
of Commerce and Labor. show for dia-
monds and other precious stones a
total Of 30h million dollars, indicating
for the full year a total Of about Al
million dollars thus exceeding the rec
ord of any earlier year except 1910.
when the total was nearly As million
dollars and 1907. when the total was
q2@ million. Uncut diamonds will
amount 70 about one fourth of the
grand total Of precious and semi pre-
cious stones
Laces Big Factors.
Laces ard embroidories are also an
important factor in the general group
of "luXuries." or articles of voluntary
use. imported. They will amount in
value to the current year TO about
"a million dollars. The growth in
the importation of this great group
has been very rapid, the total OF 1902.
a decade ago, having been less than so
million dollars and the increase in the
decade fully 500. This total Of ~ mil .
lion dollars includes laces and en-
broideries, edgjngs, insertinss. ruch-
ngs. trimmings. tucking, lace window
curtains. and other articles of this
character. whether made of cotton. silk.
or the group of raw materials usually
termed "nbers." such as flax, raInie.
etc. Those manufactured from cotton.
however. form more than three fourths
Of the total value of the group.
Totaeco's Near the Top.
The Bureau of Statistics this year
for the first time separates the group,
cotton, laces and cmbroideries. into
It's principal constituents. The lrst
2 months under this new and more de .
tail grouping shows. # cotton erhroid :
cries, about L. milton dollars: laces,
abou. II million dollars: lace window
curtains. three quarters OF n million
dollars; nets aud nettings, three
quarters IF million dollars; and
nettings. three. quarter of . mill
lion; ana hand made laces a little over
a half million dollars.
Other articles and groups OF articles
which may properly be termed "luxur-
les" are tobacco and manufactures
thereof. which viii amount for the year
to about 80 million dollars toys. about
& million dollars; ostrich and other
feathers, artificial flowers, chamT agne
and other wines. heads and ornaments,
musical instruments. perfumeries and
cosmetics, and manufactures of gold
and silver.
Imports From Europe.
Europe is the section of the world
from which most of these articles OF