The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-14
SANTA GETS GERMAN
TOYS DESPITE WAR
Plenty in His Pack for Christ
mas and Little Fear Of Fu-
ture Famine.
CAN'T MAKE THEM HERE

v.rcr the reindeer rural delivery
,..lces NJ TO Polar Bear street. North
poo I'D begins unloading the first con-
..c,4-cn, " tho mystic bags of letters
,.,,.i rom joyful Expectations station
.. o.. .n.u's Town and directed TO the
ill.,. Santa claus that venerable gentle
man WON'T have to note ito be revised
.,..r, me- % war schedules on the mis-
si,.s TINT come from the United states.
s..,o claus has never been accused even
u, h.ntng an unneutral thought, but h,s
op.rssel1rs TO England, Russia and
t,.r., have sadly Informed him that
Gavin. o. the war" reindeer delivery ser
ga. nom Germany and Austria 20 those
po.n,s Will he sadly crippled
You see. the principal toy shops Of the
Santa claus Christmas Company, un-
limited. happen to be In Germany and
Austria. and the greater tragedy brings
witt Il the lesser one OF a toy famine
e. the Chudren's Towns OF the allies II
MIGHT have been SO here had Holland
,nrcl the fighters, but, as every boy
And srl knows. the Santa Embassy has
a pirtIcularly strong influence in that
country.
representative ot the +. a. O. Schwarz
Company Of 3O3 Fifth avenue. one OF the
LARGEST OF Santa Claus's agencies In this
country, explained all about ii yesterday.
America Can't Make Them.
"No" he said. I've in this country, II
We we're 70 start now, would not be able
IN many Years to turn out our own toy
,fipply. and II would be foolish 10 speak
- ATTEMPTING 20 make good the shorta ge
la all kinds OF Joy giving gifts to chill
dren that will he felt elsewhere. The
greater part Of the TOYS are made in
Germany and Austria. II IL an Industry
ira. takes years TO build up. Toy making
means fo- the most part hand labor and
q great deal ~ patience. thoroughness
snl attention TO minute detail which the
present American laboring class lacks
IN America NJ present II is true We
mako great many toys. but they are
such as can be turned out by machinery
IN TOYS ~ this class can compete
frvo~lhly with Europe. The games. litho-
rr1nNcd blocks and toys OF that sort
which are not made by hand are In fact
made better here than abroad. and are
as cheap or cheaper when the duty IL
'7ken into account We already have a
market in England for these things.
The reason that German TOYS excel
Is .hat over there small communities have
for generations made one line OF things
ma are tue OeNent OF Cnllurfn. IN one
town the main industry will he skin
covered animals. in another the entire
Industry is carving wooden animals. and
the craft is handed down in families from
generation 10 generation. 1t Is real
skilled labor and the whole family works
AZ u"
Enough for Next Christmas.
Then came the cheering word for chill
tren hereabout: We have 9S per cent.
o. our imported goods here now and
everything we have ordered Is on the way.
Toys from Germany and Austria are
coming here BY way Of Holland, and the
,oymakers OF England. as well as those
of Germany and Austria. have sent us
word that they are continuing their
work. very little hampered by the war,
hut so far we have had no word from
the French toymakers.
Next year? Well We have already
sent most Of our spring orders, and II
Holland remains neutral there will be M
TOY shortage on Christmas 1915. Tho
only trouble will he in getting things
through You see. about 35 per cent. NJ
The toymakers are women and certain
per cent. OF the men are above the age o
hose who have thus far been called Il
arms II must also be remembered tina
a. present Germany has no outlet TO-
- manufactures except TO the United
States SO while there may be litti'
lack Of raw material Germany has onll
10 turn out so per cent OF lite natural out
pm. 70 supply the United States"
Many inquiries have come TO IN
Schwarz company concerning the pos
sihility OF increasing the toymaklng bus'
ness OF the United States at this time
The representative OF tho company VIII
talked 70 THE Sun yesterday said that II
the specific things requiring hand labo
the Germans. trained through generations
will continue to defy competition. HI
advice was to go ahead. expanding IN
Santa Claus shops where machines cal
take the place OF patient human hands
but u remember that II takes years an
special conditions to produce the skflle
craftsman.