Bisbee daily review., 1914-09-06
ANNUAL INVASION OF GERMAN SOLDIERS IN
 YANEEELAND HALTS
But They Are the Wooden Kind Which Did Duty as Christmas
 Toys and War Stops Their Export For This Coming Year

about this time are being kept at Ihome this year. and ther is no telling
 when they will come, if at all. Some
 of them possibly have started the
 transatlantic voyage and perhaps now may be on their way to New York or other coast ports. with the danger of being captured by the British war
 ships said 10 be on the lookout for prizes" But these regiments of sol diers in reference. while gaily attired
 in the colors and uniforms of the lFatherland. are little troubled wheteh- | CT they fall into British, French or | American hands. for they are of the
 tin and wooden variety. manufactured ! for the Christmas trade
 Tin and wooden soldiers are about
 the only kind that Germany is willing 1 to have leave her domain now, but it | begins 10 look as if the soldiers. the ldons. the mechanical toys and various other Christmas products of German ingenuity and handicraft are not des- tined to take their accustomed places on American shelves and showcases ] this fall and winter unless Germany
 succeeds in gaining mastery of the seas It is a far cry to Christmas. per haps. and possibly bit incongrous 10
 be talking of Christmas toys in the same breath with a general European
 war; but looking at the matter from another standpoint. the fact that one has decided bearing upon the oter is ! just another example of how far reaching are the effects of a great
 war and what a multiple of channels
 of both trade and pleasure that they strike
 Foreign toys probably ammount to pretty nearly half of the volume of business done in the American toy market each year. figured in dollars and cents. even through the cost of
 their manufacture on the whole is considerably less than the domestic product Of the toys brought to Anne rica from abroad. the great preponde- rance are from Germany. In the year 1911 te value of the toy importations into the United States. according to government statistics. was sS.I51 S33 In 1912. for some reason or other, the total fell off to s7.727.40 but last wear it jumped more than a million dollars. with total of sS.S56575.
 From these figures it many be seen that the effects of the European war even upon such triviality as toy is worthy of the consideration of the economists in their estimates of the of a war both 10 those people in volved and those who. though merely .lookers-on at the same time are af- fected in one way or another
 Germany is the great toy producing nation the volume of its returns last year from this industry being close to S3O.000OOO in round figures.
 A few shipments Of toys from Ger
 warmany were received before the war assumed a serious aspect But the great bulk of the German toys designed for the holiday trade this year are still awaiting shipment from the other side. in German steamships
 from Hamburg. The supposition is that they will remain at home indi- dnitely.
 Last year during the month of August there were received into the United States toys valued at 1405-
 5s4. of which Germany contributed
 s1 .272.437 and other countries only lS138147 In September of 1913 Ger
 many's contribution was S1.671 BPS. while other countries sent S145.625 worth. SO that in the months of August and September combined last year fine tov importations amounted to s3.223137 in value or more han one-hird of he supply received during he entire year. and Germany's part in this total was nearly three millions Last year was a banner year in the amount of toys imported from Ger. many. and the buy this year was on still more lavish scale. according to the statements of the buyers who went to Europe in the early part of the summer.
 The shortage of toys for the Christ ! mas trade, unless the German supply l. does come later. will be chiefly along !. the line of mechanical and musical l toys. Christmas tree ornaments and ! dolls with dolls and their aceesso- ies as the big factor The aceessor- ies include tea sets. doll houses and | such things American toy manufac. 1 turers predominate on wooden toys and the heavier metal toys. The ] American manufacturers go in for the | higher grade. more strongly put to- gether
 Tn the matter of dolls there are apt to be almost a famine There | were some wonderful creations seen in the Leipsic fair last spring. es- pecially one called the "new-voiced baby" which by the movement of one arm cries both papa and mamma.
 RUSSIANS RouTT AusTRIANs
 LONDON. Saturday, Sept 5.-A . despatch from the Exchange Tele. |