Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-08 | Page 3 | $35,000,000 is Put into Toys Every Year by Old Santa Claus

Is Put Into T Toys ys Every Year by 0 Old Santa Claus Clans Four Hundred Establishments Establish Establish- ments i in U. U S. S Use 30 Feet of Lumber Lum Lurn- ber Taking faking Large Number of Frees of Trees W WASHINGTON ASHI Dec 8 By A A. P. P P P. Ten Ten thousand first assistants to Santa Claus Glaus have knocked off work vork for the year after cutting more than 00 board feet teet of lumber into the curious shapes demanded by the rulers of There are nearly nearly nearly near near- ly establishments in the United S States taking orders ciders from Santa anta Claus One manufacturer of toys In New Kew NewYork York TonIc state uses feet of I lumber every year and arid the total I value of the products of ot the industry industry indus indus- indus indus-I try in all aU parts of th the United States re reaches ches 35 OO I That takes a tremendous r number umber of trees the American Tree lre association association association points ponts' out in a bulletin callIng calling calling call call- fO fo- fo ref reforestation ing attention to argument or- or These commercial Santa Clauses Clause I Ithe the toy makers ply their trade largely in the east New England New York Pennsylvania and Michigan Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan are are the states in which the bulk of the industry Is located As forest resources have been gradually gradual gradual- ly used up in the east however the manufacturers ha have ye had to depend upon timber brought from the west I and nd the south