New-York tribune., 1918-10-29
Manufacturers Agree to
Keep Teuton Goods OF
the Market
Cargo Sent Here
May Be Burned
Butler Brothers Commend
ed for Refusing to Ac.
cept Consignment

The keynote of the meeting Of tn.
10y Manufacturers Of the United STATE.
yesterday in the Hotel McAlpin u,.
the utter rejection of all German eso-.
to get German toys into the hands ~
the children of this country. tn.
speeches al the convention and at N.
| luncheon were all on this topic and H..
afternoon session was marked br
resolution that the manufacturers en-.
bark Immediately upon a campaign "a
put MADE in America" toys so stronelv
before the public that goods bearinr
any other mark will not be purchases
by the peoplo.
The action of the Butler BcBothors
IN refusing to accept their part Of the
cargo of German toys brought recentlv
TO this country from Holland was
praised by the other manufacturer q
Speaking al the luncheon, Richard N.
Hurd, chairman % the Boycott Com
mittee of the American Defence Society.
made vigorous protest against other
conslgnees .aAing their share, and read
this telegram, which has been sent 10
the SIX other companies listed az con.
signecs:
10 demonstrate your hundred per
cent Americanism ane 20 show Ger
many that goods made by her bloody
handed baby killers will not be tol-
refuse 10 accept shipment Of German
toys consigned to you on Nieuw Am.
sterdaIa, as has already been done BY
Butler Brothers,
Would Consign Toys TO River.
Mr.; Hurd proposed that Boston
lea Party" should be made Up and the
boatload of toys taken down the harbor
IN dump scows and dumped into the
bay He particularly contrasted the
ldea or having toys made by the blood
stained hands of Huns used at Christ
mas season. the time OF peace On earth
and good will to men.
ne editorial on "Bloody Toys" pub
Ilshed IN The Tribune of yesterday mad
apparently been widely read by the
manufacturers and they gave hearty
applause to its sentiments when Presi-
dent Harry c. Ives introduced Richard
II. Lee, secretary of The Tribune. Nj.
Lee bore upon the necessity of the toy
makers lmpressing upon the children
the all-importance of having 10 other
than "madc in America" TOYS. This.
he said would be the most effective vav
Of choking off the German efforts 10
reinstate themselves IN American bust
ness
A. c. Gilbert. Mr.. Ives. ". H. Manss
OF the Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States. and Leo Schlesinger were
among the other speakers
another plan suggested by Mr. Hurd
is to have the toys piled up in the New
Jersey meadows and burned
1t was learned last night that say-
pral OF the smaller firms were not will
ing TO lose what they had invested in
the toys, but Mr.. Hurd said that they
might be partly remunerated by fund
which might be raised from motion
picture rights on the spectacle of the
tire and from other sources
Asks About Competition
Mr.. MansS objected to throw ng the
toys into the harbor "Nhy contami-
nate American waters with these toys?'
he asked.
Harry Morris Green. Of the Boston
his business in thc hands of his wife
90 tnat he might enlist in the army.
He wanted 10 know what assurance he
would nave that he would not have to
compete with German toy manufactur
ers after he came back from fighting
the Germans.
The resolutions adopted by the toy
manufacturers arc:
"cbocked at the admittance Of Ger
time and mindful OF the unspeskable
outragcs upon children perpetrated
bv the same bloody hands that fash
ioned these toys, be it resolved by
the Toy Manufacturers OF the United
States il conference assembled with
the United States Chamber Of Com
merce that reques, be made 10 the
Congress of the United States to I'M
mediately pass a law which viii COM
pletcly prohibit the further entry
into our ports Of German made toys
or other German made goods until
the Central Empires nave submitted
to an Allied peace, and
Butler Brothers Commended
"Be it further resolved that But
Ter Brothers in their absolute refusal
70 accept such toys be publicly COM
ncnded, with the hope thai all loyal
Americans wiN omulate their splen-
did patriotic example and steadfastly
refuse to accept. distribute or use
toys made by this nation Of fends.
Nearly quarter Of the Nleuw
Amster rdsm's toy cargo, or about slOo;-
600 worth, was consigned 10 Carl sii-
verman. wholesaler. Of 81 las,
Thirteenth Street. Mr.. Silvermsn de-
clared he had no intention of follow
ing the example of Butler Bros. IN sur
rendering title to the toys.
About half Of his cons gnment had
been sold to retail dealers already Mr..
Slverman said. and The rest were
going strong He said he Intended
10 invest the proceeds of the sale IN
Liberty bonds.