EUROPE’S TREASURE.
The report of the Collector of the Port of New York shows that the Cus. toms receipts on luxuries, mainly diamonds aud precious stones, have reached the plle‘l’i'onlen:Ll sum of £200,000 daily. Works of art. are also said ‘EO be reaching America at a rate which seems to justify the fears e.\'pressed by a London art critic of the. “artdevouring monster of the West.” Europe appears ~to be exchanging its gems and artistic treasures for American oash,_ and in this way to be restoring the equilibrium disturbed by the war. America is now importing great q'uanti~t'i'es =of carpets and embroideries.from Great'«Britvaill, underwear and perfumery fr-om France, antiques aud silver and glass articles from Italy, and silks, dressed fur, and skins from Switzerlzmcl.
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Taihape Daily Times, 29 August 1919, Page 7
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124EUROPE’S TREASURE. Taihape Daily Times, 29 August 1919, Page 7
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