The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1915-12-17
.SANTACLAUS' HOME
ISHERE THIS YEAR
Foreign Toys Being Quickly Replaced By
Better Ones of American Make; Many
Labor Difficulties Overcome.

right here in the United States forgotten the
nations but his manufacturing operations here
toore conducted chiefly in Germany France England
eand have been greatly disturbed by the activities of the dis
ciples Of Mars.
for its supply Of Christmas toys foreign manufacturers But
this the today Our oymaker furnishing
counters nearly filled with toys than
before And there Is very noticeable between the
very noticeable difference in price The foreign made toys
different character a rule
American Toys Are Made More Durable
toys of European manufacture outside of the dolls
largely of mechanical nature and Of tin and very a also low
field Of mechanical toys the toys much heavier durable
able to meet the prices Europeans the vast
differences in scales Of but they than make for
that American toys on the educational well amusing
character
Americans market
Here also they handicapped the matter of price but that
all They cannot make dolls like the German and Frencha all
events not cheapy But oymaer trying and not
without S measure Of to make market for
character ara" dolls which represent distinct types
acteess Recent experiences to show that American little
girls appreciate doll that stands for something definite If is
Indian doll looks like Indian II Chnaman doll IL bears
the aspect of Chnaman The Yankee made doll
Company Specializing On Indestructible Dolls.
Philadelphia there big factory that specializing in the
production Of new kind of doll that Is rapidly gaining popularity
color that casual observer would hardly guess its material The
and legs nted and Joined to the body with steel bands
movement and in addition this doll nearly
persons the toy industry means To bring
the matter down to exact figures we imported from Germany in
France and England the imports especially dolls much
smaller yet considerable quantity We ourselves in that
since the began tomang has ahead by and
II the embargo German toys continues words il
the for another the indications that
by output And it is doubtful whether the German
makers get much Of the business back again
had
been driven TO great extent out OF our market by better of
American Inventive Genius Overcoming Competition
was believed formerly that compete the
Germans the toymakng industry because the extremely
cbne American invention has reduced the production
to such an extent that to-day in some instances we are actually
are beg beginning , to rival them in paythngs of wood
York These establishments turn out everything imaginable
that line from tin trumpets to tin dolls bath rooms dolls
tin dishes five six pieces packed pasboard box which sell
at retail for about five cents The manufacturer gets about
In another part New factory devoted to the pro-
round with season before Christmas
Pewter dolls furniture toy baby carriages doll swings toy
service and other articles all of the material
turned out in large quantities.
Some day it Is possible that will have this country toy
makers towns like those of Germany Already there the be-
One o s M @ hf r % rocking
ee that the manufacture Of paythngs is the principal industry
factory States-an establishment devoted chiefly to
the production of wooden toys including Noah's arks
Several TOymaking Plants Are Enlarged.
On the very that Germany against Russia
the of the Wnchendon factory ordered
their plant Other American toymaers have since followed their
lead Wnchendon sends TO market quantities
drums dolls trunks and furniture pianos and rocking
Blocks dolls furniture and toy vehicles usually made of white
pine Rocking horses usually made of white ash According
statement issued by the United eighteen
months the total quantity of
States in the manufacture of nearly thirty million
feet annually
In the factories that make wooden nearly all of the
done by machinery The toy washsand beds
example, by machinery slices
thicker than and put together by hand There factory
in Connecticut that incidental to other oymang business