Show II FORMER UTAHN ON GERMAN TOYS Writes Interestingly of a Great Industry in the Land of The Kaiser UNCLE SAM A GREAT BUYER n eurl Ton Tolls of Queer 11 Co for Is lii 1 II ill 1000 For Fol the chili chilil Is col brnt lag the now year by b lIcking the tho last of at PaInt of oft his to toy dali or to pieces hl his miniature ire Iro bel gade th there re Is child to match hIm i somewhere overseas whoso whose glad leRI conieS comes from the tho prof profit C tather ther I lakes 01 Oil to toy shipments to this coun cOUntry try ruie western people halo have as yet yot bell far tn bl bus to creCo created class ot of otto but of them whip to ty makers malcor ono one hals later front from Poca Pocatello from Slut Salt and lelo tello ly by the vay a Is now over In the tho heart of at the tho toy country ot of Saxony JI HIs lam iame Is N K lift and his bUsiness Is that lint of oC consul 11 In which capacity ho writes for the tho con can solar reports from Saxon to the tho effect that lint the tho American ee do Cel ter to toys s II Is greater this year than over before boro German felt feltus us nearly 1 1000 tons ton of oC toys tos II it cheer cheel American hearts his summer young lummel and now this record wih with that lint ot of other yen years Il anil how it Il compared wIth the demand In Euro guro oan countries I is set forth In the he Daer Consul un lift wai formerly 1 a Salt Lake newspaper mn man working lS as 1 it Ie ic Porter on tile tho local papers prior tv to a career Ls IH owner anti eltor or of the Tribune 1 It was hlo en engaged In this capacity that 10 he ed ngel his presidentIal appointment to the tho consular position lie he now tills His report follows REPORT I It Is estimated that tram from inn 1 to 0 Sept J 1 1906 1 a total of tons of toys vero coat from Germany to the tho Unit itch d States Slates lS us against tons for tor the tho Famo caine period II last t year During tile tho Snob period tons of oC German toys ware sent to England hut IS as a consid considerable erable crable of thIs class ot of goods for tor fortim tim tho Christmas trade Is shipped after Sept I 1 the tolli total export to fail far below not land wi will probably tal that to the States State 1 It Is 1180 also estimated that toys loya to the tho value ot of ll 15 to IS 18 million marks s 8 to ll are required to supply the tho German market marlet usually tho leeond second Item 11 in value on the list ot of declared from thIs district toys constItUte less hess than 10 per cent of oC tIle tho total exports from time Annaberg consular distrIct to the rhe United States State Shipments for tOr the tho first ten ot of tile the present calendar year eor invoiced II at which Is In excess of at the total to toy ship shipments ments tram from the district for tor the year 1905 1005 I From ni all centers of at the toy industry In Germany a fair Is r reported ported throughout the eltre entire year ear but wih with I thIs alo are couPled extremely lOT or labor conditions The ad advance advance vance In the cost ot of living everywhere In Germany has hns caused 1 a ver very general demand for tor higher ragas alos and In many districts strikes have been Inaugurated to enforce these demands A 0 of workmen extending through n a number o of week Ild and In Involving involving nian workmen has just ben been I ended n at t by the granting of oC not only higher wages but Ilso also of oC shorter hours o of labor The he to toy male malc both bolh the lie factory 01 anti nm are known ns as the holse work worl workmen men who work lt at their own homeR are aro everywhere organizing for Cor mutual enforce theIr de for increased from an and for tor better prices Cram rot the factors or agent hIGhER COST O OF MATERIAL To these conditions must ho be added heavy in the tho prices ricos of raw materIals especIally Iu mohair mohair wool WOOi goods good some alt aH much IS 50 per Cent The result has boon tu very tory con condition llon of the Industry both tile tho o of the tho er Cr anti and vt of the workman Most rost ot of the factories In tho ho manufacture of oC t toys for tor tho lie American market have been beon kept busy throughout tho ho year but other factories have many trul frill tho lie inca en pored 1 hl are aro however now working ful full capacity and some somo overtIme to the homo home demand domand for tor the tho Christians trade Just now tho ho centers uC of Iho lie 1 tO industry are ure busier than lien they have even lt itt edIson for years oars past duo tue 11 in U a large mouro measure In t i the tho various curler II In tho seasOn rho 10 toys manufactured In thin Iho Erz En mountaIns of oC are most mostly ot of otwood wood thu tho I RU III line therefore rat been boen affected I tho ho 11 lit of at raw materials elsewhere thoro arc uro quite n a number of factories there thero Is it a very large house o In tie the rime he factory factor are Iro per hails a IUd are not so Sc wel iveli or as I lit t und other othor AI As 1 ml result Iho been I less HI to 10 disturbance either elthor mom strikes for higher wages or 01 The Tho lii In time tha C COst ot Of living has how however over been bee tilt It 11 in Iho suction ns as lu lim Gernian Locally an n cull II rK antI havu laid hUd n a 1001 S Ind nd a fairi the he United p States Slates |