The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-13

must sutrer any lack OF this kind q
/ sparkle. no matter what the prosper
| ify may be which It must grace
The managers OF the diamond syn
I-dicate include some OF the WealtnAeel
houses In Europe. Some idea or the
magnitudeS of the diamond INDUSTRY
may be gained by the figures OF the
l.191 8 production. In that year. the
value Of the De Beers and the sFr1-
mfer outputs. combined was $6f.-
00O. zoo, and that Of the German
Southwest African mines was $lO,-
$50, 900 It is estimated that the
value Of the total diamond product
since the opening OF the industry IN
South Africa Is the enormous sum
OF $3.50. OOO. 900.
/ America is dependent upon the
South African source for its dia-
monds. Sonfe few diamonds have
been found in this country. but no
source of supply of any dependable
commercial value. Arizona has pro
duced some 1900 diamonds. and SIN
gle stones have been found IN Cai
fornia Georgia. Indiana. Michigan,
North Carolina and Virginia
The United States, however. can
supply itself with most of the other
gems from home sources. Excellent
opals are mined In California. Anne
thysts OF good quality have been
found in ten states. Bloodstone, en-
Serald. garnet. jet, pyrope, ruby, sap
phire and other gems are found here.
Stfli, by far the largest part OF our
supply of precious stones comes from
abroad. In 1913. France Zent US
more titan g, 0OO. ! 600 worth of precs
jewelry. Great Britain sent US about
SO, 900, 900 wortL of precious stones
but little jewelry. Germany. In 1919.
sent us little over half million dol
lars worth of gems and several nun
dred thousand dollars, worth OF Jew
elry.
importaffons OF gems and jewelry
have greatly fallen of, as is to be ex-
pected since the beginning OF the
European conflict. Even We're tne
shipping OF the world les disorgan-
ICED than it is, the peoples of the
struggling nations would have fewer
energies for the production of lux
uries. The extent to which this Inn
port has been reduced is illustrated
by customs figures for the port OF
New York for the week ending Sep
TENDER 8, 1914, compared with the
figures for the week ending Septem-
Der 90, 1913. This year. $6,1o
worth Of jewe1ry came into New YORK
Whef0 S4I,V1 . was. tateSAA 49, ss<e. = =
For the week under consideration OIL
1914. $3S8,26 worth; of precious
stones were received; for the cor
responding week in 1918. $685.
800.
the quality grades go. American
manufacturing jewelrs are able TO
nroduce goods In every way as sat
isfactory as those turned out In Eu-
rope. While Paris has been noted as
being the home of the goldsmfth's art
Partisan workmen do not turn OUT
more excellent wares than those put
on the market by our goldsm1ths:
Nor. contrary to popular belief. Is
there any special style of the gold
smiths work which can be regarded
as distinctively French, although, the
work there has reached very nign
standards of design and execution.
). one thing the war will bring
about in the jewelry branch: 1t Will
cent off our supplies Of cheap jewelry
the kind that is sold in many de-
partment stores, by five and ten cent
stores. and by that sort OF nrms
which are continually doing business
through an auctioneer.
I BUT the most Interesting aspect OF
the iewelry trade in the United<States
since the war broke out is the per
sistent confidence of Its leaders that
their business is to brighten up with
THE arrival of the war-created slim
lnlation Of American industry and
tcommerce..