Tiny Rhode Island Yakakura Kwazvo mune Zvishongo Zvishongo: asi Zvekunze Zviri Kugadzira Inroad

Rhode Island inogadzira 80% yezvishongo zvekupfeka - kana zvishongo zvemafashoni, sezvo indasitiri inodana zvisingadhure kune zvepakati-yemutengo zvishongo - zvakaitwa muAmerica. Yakatarisana muProvidence nenharaunda dzayo mafemu ezvishongo mazana mapfumbamwe anoshandisa vashandi makumi maviri nemazana mana nemazana mana emadhora pagore emadhora mazana matatu nemakumi mashanu.

Pakati pezvigadzirwa zvakaburitswa nemafekitari eProvidence pane mhete, zvishongo, zvishongo, mapini, mapendekete, mhete, cheni, cuff links uye tie tacks.

"Zvishongo ndiro chikamu chikuru chekugadzira muRhode Island," akadaro Bill Parsons, mutevedzeri wemukuru weDhipatimendi reHurumende reKuvandudza Economic. "Isu tinotumira 1 miriyoni mapaundi ezvishongo zvekupfeka pasvondo kunze kwenyika. Indasitiri ye$1.5-bhiriyoni yeRhode Island." Rhode Island yanga iri moyo nemweya wezvishongo zvemapfekero kweanoda kusvika mazana maviri emakore. Muna 1794, Nehemlah Dodge - akafunga kuti baba veindasitiri iyi - akagadzira shanduko yekuisa simbi yepasi negoridhe muchitoro chake chidiki cheProvidence.

Mamwe makambani anoverengeka akakurumidza kukura akapoteredza fekitari yaDodge, achishandisa hunyanzvi hwaakapayona. Nhasi, kuwanda kwevagadziri vezvishongo kwasvika kumataundi eMassachusetts ari kumuganhu neRhode Island - asi anenge ese ari mukati memaminitsi makumi matatu kubva kuProvidence.

Vazhinji vevagadziri vezvishongo zveRhode Island vanoramba vari madiki, emhuri-uye-anoshanda mabhizinesi ane 25 kusvika ku100 vashandi. Asi kune zvakare akawanda makuru, anozivikanwa makambani akadai seTrifari, Monet, Jewel Co. wekuAmerica, Kienhofer & Moog, Anson, Bulova, Gorham, Swank uye Speidel.

Zvishongo zvezvipfeko zvinomiririra 40% yezvishongo zvose zvakagadzirwa muAmerica. Imwe 60% zvishongo zvinodhura zvesimbi anokosha nematombo, anonyanya kugadzirwa muNew York, New Jersey, California neFlorida.

Makore ekuma1980 anga achiwedzera zvishongo zvefashoni. Asi vakabatsirika zvikuru vanga vasati vari U.S. vagadziri."Panguva iyo zvishongo zvefashoni zviri kutengeswa semakeke anopisa, tiri kusvinwa nekutengesa kunze kwenyika," akachema-chema Charles Rice, mutauriri wekambani ine nhengo 2 400 yeManufacturing Jewelers. & Silversmiths of America, ine dzimbahwe pano.

Kutenga kunze kwenyika kwapinda zvakanyanya mumakore masere apfuura. Vashandi vezvishongo vanodarika zviuru zvisere vakarasikirwa nemabasa uye makambani mazana matatu akapetwa kubva muna 1978.

Maererano neMJSA, U.S. kutengeswa kwemhando dzose dzezvishongo zvakawedzera 40% mumakore mana apfuura, nehuwandu hunokosha (mutengo wevagadziri) huchiwedzera kusvika ku $ 6.4 mabhiriyoni kubva ku4,5 bhiriyoni. Iko kukosha kwezvishongo zvekunze, zvisinei, kwakawedzera 83% munguva imwe chete - kusvika ku $ 1.9 bhiriyoni kubva pamadhora bhiriyoni.

Iyo kambani American Ring Co. uye Excell Mfg. Co. mienzaniso yemafemu maviri emhuri akakwanisa kubata nedambudziko rinobva kunze kwenyika.

Renato Calandrelli, 59, chizvarwa cheNaples, Italy, akauya munyika iyi aine makore 18. Akashanda kuti awane mibairo midiki kukambani yezvekushandisa-uye-kufa kusvika Jan. 21, 1973, paakafunga kuti aizoedza kuzviita ega nekutanga American Ring Co. muEast Providence.

“Gore iroro rokutanga ndini ndaingova mushandi wekambani. Kambani iyi yakaita $24,000 kubva mukutengeswa kwemarin'i zviuru zviviri," Calandrelli akayeuka. Gore rapfuura, akadaro, American Ring yakapinza vashandi zana nemakumi masere uye yakatengesa gross inodarika madhora gumi nerimwe.

“Makwikwi anobva kuMabvazuva anotyisa. Zvinogara zvichinetsa, ”Calandrelli akabvuma.

Kambani yake inogadzirisa maitiro. Inogadzira zvindori zve80,000 pasvondo, mazhinji acho anotengesa pamadhora gumi nemashanu kusvika pamadhora makumi maviri. “Mwedzi mitatu yoga yoga tinosuma zvitayera zvitsva,” akatsanangura kudaro. "Ndiyo imwe nzira yekuvarova nayo (imports). Ndinopedza pakati pe$200,000 ne$300,000 pagore pamazano matsva, ndichigadzira mhando itsva.

"Vagadziri vekunze havazive izvo ruzhinji rweAmerica runoda. Vanofanira kutitevera. Isu tinosimbisa maitiro (avanotevedzera)." Fred Kilguss, makumi manomwe neshanu, sachigaro webhodhi reExcel Mfg. Co., imwe yemakambani makuru epasirese ezvishongo, akataura matorerwo akaitwa femu yake neimwe nzira kurwisa kurasikirwa kwebhizinesi kune zvigadzirwa zveItaly.

"MaItaly akabuda aine fashoni nyowani yakave yakakurumbira husiku muUnited States," akadaro Kilguss. "Isu takanga tisiri kugadzira ketani yakadaro. Kutengeswa kwedu kwakaderera.

"Tingadai takaenda mudumbu sezvakaita makambani mazhinji emaketani muProvidence, asi isu takakwira pane bandwagon. MaItaliya haangogadziri cheni asi anotengesa michina yekugadzira maketani. Takatenga michina yekuItaly." Asi zvisinei nebudiriro iyoyo, Kilguss akati, "zvinenge zvisingaite kuti makambani ari pano akwikwidze nekuderera kwebhizinesi rezvishongo zvehembe. Zvinhu zviri kutengeswa kubva pasi pemadhora mashanu kusvika pamadhora mashanu izvozvi zviri kugadzirwa zvakazara muTaiwan, Hong Kong neKorea. Asi pazvinhu zvinodhura zvakanyanya sengetani dzedu, dzinotengesa kubva pamadhora makumi maviri kusvika pamadhora zviuru zviviri, tinogona kukwikwidza." Excell haiburitse kutengesa kwakakura, asi Kilguss akati kambani yake inoshandisa vashandi vakawanda zvakapetwa makore gumi apfuura, uye kutengesa kakapetwa ka10. zvavakanga vari muna 1976.