Show wooden toy industry booms m in united states the wooden toy industry is booming in america the world war having given it a big lift because it terni por arlly discouraged german manufacture formerly the chief source of supply for the american Awe rican market marli ct tho the tariff now in force sealed tile tho fate fat of german competition in wooden toys in this country and since that time several large centers of toy manufacture have sprung up winchendon Winch endon mass being the largest in the east says the now new york times the only wooden toys of any prominence that escaped the tariff embargo la Is tho the artl arti iclal christmas tree which has been reclassified and transferred from thi wood product class to the ceathel schedule as a large portion of arteil caal christmas trees fire are made of feathers feathera some german toys are on tho the market tit at high prices according to tile the new york state college of forestry which says dayss the mechanical toys manufactured in germany are superior to tile tho american product as aa a general rule many of these tire are nindo made of metal such as battleships locomotives trains railroads automobiles fire engines mills and pianos although a large portion of the pianos are made mad a of wood german dolls doll sare are in many cases preferred to the american product american manufacturers excel e in jahe the construction of the larger toys such stich as sleds skis carts snowshoes to boggans etc says the college tile tho kind of wood often depends on the byproduct of the lumber manufacturers near which tile toy factories are usually located for this reason one manufacturer uses pine another chestnut and another various hardwoods toy factories are an excellent outlet for the products byproducts by of many working mills and go a long way toward making the operation of the lumber and coarse products mills profitable owing to the growing scarcity of wood and the increase of tho the cost of labor wooden toys have increased in price tn in tho last ten years about per cent reforestation and scientific forest management will tend to reduce their cost |