Tiny Rhode Island Babba Mai Girma a Kayan Adon Kaya: amma Shigowa Suna Yin Shiga

Rhode Island yana samar da kashi 80% na kayan ado na kayan ado - ko kayan ado na zamani, kamar yadda masana'antar ke kira mara tsada ga kayan ado masu matsakaicin farashi - wanda aka yi a Amurka. An mayar da hankali a cikin Providence da kewayen sa kamfanoni 900 na kayan adon kayan adon suna ɗaukar ma'aikata 24,400 tare da biyan kuɗi na shekara-shekara na dala miliyan 350.

Daga cikin samfuran da masana'antun Providence suka fitar sun hada da 'yan kunne, mundaye, sarƙoƙi, fil, pendants, zobba, sarƙoƙi, igiyoyi masu ɗaure da ɗaurin ɗaure.

Bill Parsons, mataimakin darektan Sashen Cigaban Tattalin Arziƙi na jihar ya ce, "Akwai kayan ado ne mafi girma a fannin masana'antu a tsibirin Rhode." “Muna jigilar fam miliyan 1 na kayan ado a mako daya daga jihar. Yana da masana'antar dala biliyan 1.5 don tsibirin Rhode." Rhode Island ya kasance zuciya da ruhi na kayan ado na kusan kusan ƙarni biyu. A cikin 1794, Nehemlah Dodge - wanda ya ɗauki uban masana'antu - ya haɓaka tsarin juyin juya hali na sanya ƙarfe mai tushe tare da zinare a cikin ƙaramin shagonsa na Providence.

Wasu kamfanoni da yawa sun girma cikin sauri a kusa da masana'antar Dodge, ta yin amfani da dabarun da ya yi majagaba. A yau, ƙaddamar da masu kera kayan ado sun bazu zuwa garuruwan Massachusetts da ke kan iyaka da tsibirin Rhode - amma kusan duka suna cikin motar mintuna 30 daga Providence.

Yawancin masana'antun kayan adon na Rhode Island sun ci gaba da zama ƙanana, mallakar dangi da kuma kasuwanci tare da ma'aikata 25 zuwa 100. Amma akwai kuma manya da yawa, sanannun kamfanoni irin su Trifari, Monet, Jewel Co. Amurka, Kienhofer & Moog, Anson, Bulova, Gorham, Swank da Speidel.

Kayan kayan ado na wakiltar 40% na duk kayan ado da aka yi a Amurka. Sauran 60% sun fi tsada kayan ado na karafa da duwatsu masu daraja, waɗanda aka samar da farko a New York, New Jersey, California da Florida.

1980s sun kasance suna haɓaka don kayan ado na kayan ado. Amma manyan masu cin gajiyar ba su kasance Amurka ba. masu sana'anta." A daidai lokacin da kayan ado na zamani ke sayar da su kamar waina, shigo da kaya daga kasashen waje na ci gaba da matse mu," in ji Charles Rice, kakakin masu sana'ar kayan ado na mutum 2,400. & Silversmiths of America, hedkwata a nan.

Kayayyakin da ake shigowa da su kasashen waje sun yi matukar shiga cikin shekaru takwas da suka gabata. Fiye da ma'aikatan kayan ado 8,000 sun rasa ayyukansu kuma kamfanoni 300 sun ninka tun 1978.

A cewar MJSA, U.S. tallace-tallace na kowane nau'in kayan ado ya karu da kashi 40 cikin 100 a cikin shekaru hudu da suka gabata, tare da jimlar darajar (farashin masana'anta) ya karu zuwa dala biliyan 6.4 daga dala biliyan 4.5. Darajar shigo da kayan ado, duk da haka, ya karu da kashi 83% a lokaci guda - zuwa dala biliyan 1.9 daga dala biliyan 1.

Kamfanin American Ring Co., Ltd. da Excell Mfg. Co. misalai ne na kamfanoni biyu mallakin dangi da suka yi nasarar tinkarar kalubalen shigo da kaya daga kasashen waje.

Renato Calandrelli, mai shekaru 59, dan asalin Naples, Italiya, ya zo wannan kasar yana da shekaru 18. Ya yi aiki don mafi ƙarancin albashi ga kamfani-da-mutu har zuwa Janairu. 21 ga Satumba, 1973, lokacin da ya yanke shawarar cewa zai yi ƙoƙarin yin shi da kansa ta hanyar ƙaddamar da American Ring Co. a Gabashin Providence.

“A wannan shekarar ni kadai ce ma’aikacin kamfanin. Kamfanin ya samu $24,000 daga siyar da zoben 2,000, "in ji Calandrelli. A bara, in ji shi, American Ring ya dauki ma'aikata 180 aiki kuma ya sami babban tallace-tallace fiye da dala miliyan 11.

“Gasa daga Gabas tana da zafi. Yana da matukar damuwa," in ji Calandrelli.

Kamfanin sa mai salo ne. Yana samar da zoben 80,000 a mako guda, yawancinsu suna siyarwa akan $15 zuwa $20. "Kowace watanni uku muna gabatar da sabbin salo," in ji shi. “Hanyar daya ce ta doke su (fito da su). Ina kashe tsakanin $200,000 da $300,000 a shekara akan sabbin dabaru, haɓaka sabbin samfura.

“Masu kera kasashen waje ba su san abin da jama’ar Amurka ke so ba. Dole ne su bi mu. Mun kafa hanyoyin (wanda) suke kwafi." Fred Kilguss, 75, shugaban hukumar Excell Mfg. Co., daya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin sarkar kayan ado na kasar, ya bayyana yadda kamfaninsa ya dauki wata hanya ta daban don magance asarar kasuwancin da ake samu daga shigo da kayayyaki Italiya.

Kilguss ya ce "'Yan Italiya sun fito da sabuwar sarkar kayan kwalliya wacce ta shahara cikin dare a Amurka." “Ba mu kasance muna yin irin wannan sarkar ba. tallace-tallacen mu ya fadi.

"Za mu iya yin ciki kamar yadda kamfanoni da yawa a cikin Providence suka yi, amma mun hau kan bandwagon. Italiyanci ba kawai kera sarkar ba amma suna sayar da injunan don yin sarƙoƙi. Mun sayi injinan Italiyanci." Amma duk da wannan nasarar, Kilguss ya ce, "ba zai yuwu ba kamfanoni a nan su yi gogayya da ƙarancin ƙarshen kasuwancin kayan ado. Kayayyakin da ake sayarwa daga kasa da dala 1 zuwa $5 yanzu ana yin su ne gaba daya a kasashen Taiwan, Hong Kong da kuma Koriya. Amma akan abubuwa masu tsada kamar sarƙoƙinmu, waɗanda ke siyar da dala 20 zuwa $2,000, za mu iya yin gasa." Excell bai bayyana yawan tallace-tallace ba, amma Kilguss ya ce kamfaninsa yana ɗaukar ma'aikata sau biyu fiye da yadda yake yi shekaru 10 da suka gabata, kuma tallace-tallace sau 10 ne. abin da suka kasance a 1976.