Show AMERICANS SLOWED UP IN THE PURCHASE OF OJ PRECIOUS STONES NEW YORK Jan 2 Americans 2 spent les less Jess for precious tones stones and pearls durin during 1907 than they did during durin 1906 according to the figures given out by the the collector of customs In n 1906 the importations amounted to The boom Doom oom in the diamond trade of the United States now temporarily checked began ton ten years a ago o the valuation o othe of ot tho the precious stones imports bavin having been down in 1897 nearly to and increasing steadily until the highest total was reached in 1906 The Tho rico price of diamonds diamon importers say is sustained and the reduced imports are aro said eaid to be due duc in part at least to the diamond trusts trust's efforts to uphold the tho market by curtailing supplies Ono One of the lar largest cst importers has bas compiled com corn piled figures indicating that since 1868 when the first diamond was was found in South Africa that country has yielded upwards of kar karats karat b while whilo India In In- dia and Brazil Bruil the worlds world's chief sources of supplies in former ages yielded altogether altogether alto alto- gether less lees than karats karate I |