The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-13
GERMAN TOY TRADE
SOUGHT BY ENGLAND
Board Of Trade Holds Meetings
and Exhibits Samples to
Aid Makers.
FAMINE IN THE NURSERY

LoNpoN. oct. Eff your small daugh-
ter appears to have trouble on her
mind mysterious to you Il may we'll be
because OF tho famine IN skipping rope
handles The famine Is due to tho war.
for the Germans make nearly all of these
articles.
Tho fact was mentioned casually by a
wholesale agent al the exchange meet
ing for the toy trade. organized by the
Board OF Trade Commercial Intelligence
Branch. Il illustrates we'll the thorough
ness with which the Germans have seized
this particular trade.
The two largo rooms nj 80 Cheapsde,
where tho meeting was held. full OF speci-
mems OF German and Austrian toys, took
the stranger aback with their evidence of
the victorious activity OF the Austro-
German toymaker.
The Board Of Trades exchange meet
ings huvo for their object The assistance Of
the British manufacturer TO capture trade
hitherto dominated by the enemy II Is
a sound business move over the actual
examples OF the cneny's commercial sic
cesscs importers, buyers and manufac-
tuners ar" able to discuss the prospect
OF suppanting them. and good many
proposals were agreed TO and orders given
AZ the meeting.
To look at that multitude of toys II
seemed that every cherished JOY the Brit
ish nursery possesses must be German.
Nothing seemed missing. Rattles. trains
dolls, dolls houses Eoahs arks. engines.
trumpets, steamboats,, Teddy bears. dolls
tea sets--tamiliar friends. every one.
There were more dolls on show than
any other class 81 German TOY. Dolls IN
endless variety % size, make and char
acter. Wax dolls labelled II 60 to sleep I:
I Hi. Is.FFr Ill
dolls thar NOV" their arms and legs 10
any position; wash leather dolls. cheap
wood dolls that clash cymbals
These china doll heads-there are none
made IN this country" said n representa-
tive of the toy trade who believes England
may capture Germany's toy business.
Not for years could one be made here.
either II took more than a dozen years
TO develop that make IN Germany and the
china they use IL the peculiar property Of
| Germany. Then the hair used for stuiilng
! the body. DO you know what II is7 II II
hair rubbed of by deer against fences
| and trees and collected by women We
| have no suitable hair In England.
| Again, these legs--every process com
cerned I'm them ts done by child labor"
The child and woman labor on which
so much OF the German toy trade is based
| Is recognized all round as a serious oh
stacle to the capture Of the trade by the
thgHsn, among "hOn IL Would not pe toI-
| Grated.
In a room devoted chiefly to tho clever
| productions OF the German home working
wood turners-furuiture suites. don
| houses. Noah's arks, bricks. and so on--a
critic was making himself rather unpopu-
lar by maintaining that these things could
not possibly be made in England.
| Where is your home working popula-
ton skilled enough and numerous enough
| TO take up this work. ne was asking.
You need "a train n large number OF pco-
pie for several years. Then you haven't
the right kind OF woodland so on.
An incentive to the British toy Industry
will b. the toy fair and market, 10 be held
at the Agricultural Hall next March.