Show METRIC CARAT ADOPTED AS DIAMOND STANDARD Nw York Oct Oct- 29 Fifty 29 Fifty leading Jewelers of oC th the United States voted today to toda to- to da day to adopt the metric carat as the standard weight wels-ht for fOl or diamonds Under he the the new standard a carat will weigh under the tho old Its weight Is 2053 The reduction in wel weight ht la Is 2 per cent Th The change e w Will Ill IH become tiC tice July 1 I 1 1913 The new standard wel weight ht I Is known as the International carat and In is In use aJ all over the tho world except In England Eng Eng- land Holland Bel Belgium and the United States State A committee was appointed to ask Congress to make It the only legal carat cerat In this countr country |