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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block] |
| First Quarter |  | Second Quarter |  | Third Quarter |  | Fourth Quarter
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 535,701 |  |  | $ | 582,057 |  |  | $ | 604,154 |  |  | $ | 673,535 |
Gross profit | 298,805 |  |  | 322,912 |  |  | 339,529 |  |  | 390,747 |
Net earnings | $ | 63,051 |  |  | $ | 77,557 |  |  | $ | 88,861 |  |  | $ | 123,351 |
Basic earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings | $ | 2.24 |  |  | $ | 2.79 |  |  | $ | 3.23 |  |  | $ | 4.53 |
Weighted average number of common shares | 28,115,220 |  |  | 27,843,905 |  |  | 27,547,734 |  |  | 27,228,026 |
Diluted earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings | $ | 2.19 |  |  | $ | 2.73 |  |  | $ | 3.16 |  |  | $ | 4.44 |
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares | 28,762,935 |  |  | 28,460,336 |  |  | 28,113,287 |  |  | 27,755,045 |
Market price per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
High | $ | 331.84 |  |  | $ | 343.44 |  |  | $ | 346.92 |  |  | $ | 345.75 |
Low | $ | 289.09 |  |  | $ | 317.01 |  |  | $ | 277.62 |  |  | $ | 283.27 |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 550,621 |  |  | $ | 608,834 |  |  | $ | 629,100 |  |  | $ | 697,428 |
Gross profit | 292,641 |  |  | 328,176 |  |  | 343,551 |  |  | 394,382 |
Net earnings | $ | 58,051 |  |  | $ | 74,022 |  |  | $ | 84,996 |  |  | $ | 121,172 |
Basic earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings | $ | 1.98 |  |  | $ | 2.55 |  |  | $ | 2.96 |  |  | $ | 4.27 |
Weighted average number of common shares | 29,370,232 |  |  | 29,074,695 |  |  | 28,732,152 |  |  | 28,398,579 |
Diluted earnings per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings | $ | 1.93 |  |  | $ | 2.49 |  |  | $ | 2.89 |  |  | $ | 4.17 |
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares | 30,088,245 |  |  | 29,750,815 |  |  | 29,408,614 |  |  | 29,045,269 |
Market price per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
High | $ | 255.85 |  |  | $ | 253.18 |  |  | $ | 272.84 |  |  | $ | 305.89 |
Low | $ | 231.19 |  |  | $ | 223.80 |  |  | $ | 249.99 |  |  | $ | 233.85 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51825399&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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