The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-03
ARAT|ONS ARE
NOW BEING MADE
National Business Show Will
be Held in Chicago Dur
ing March.
THE LARGEST EVER HELD
OVER TWO HUNDRED DIFFERENT
EXHIBITS IN WAY OF OFFICE
APPLIANCES, SYSTEMS AND
NEW METHODS OF TRANSACT.
ING BUSINESS.
Iruplishers' Fr---.I


Chicago. Feb. Great prepare
tions are being made for the National
Business show that is to be held at
the Coliseum, Chicago, during the
week of March 16 to % This show
will be the largest and best of its kind
ever held anywhere and already the
greater part of the space has been
snapped up by the exhibitors.
This show has great attractions for
everyone who is interested in any
way in business or business methods.
In point of elegance, scope and num-
Der of exhibitors. this will go away
ahead of anything ever held in this
line. The management is sparins no
pains or expense in making this the
most attractive Industrial show ever
held in Chicago and business men are
taking a deep interest in all Of its de-
tails. From present indications there
will be fully 200 different exhibits and
the interest being taken in this affair
gives promise of producing the largest
attendance ever credited to an indus
trial exposition. The last Chicago
show attracted 10000 people, The
New York Show, the same year at
tracted 215,000 people and the Chi
cago show this year bids fair to total
up over a quarter of million visitors.
Not only does this show attract at
tention in the United States but visit
ors come from foreign countries to
study the latest and best that Ameri-
can markets afford in the way of Of
fee appliances, systems and new
methods OF transacting business. For
eign consuls and agents pay a great
deal of attention to this show and
many of them visit it for the purpose
of making ofiicial reports to their
home governments.
At the show this year the great Ma
tional Typewriter Speed Contest will
be held in which rapid writer's from
all over the United States, Canada and
some of the European countries will
compete. Miss Rose L. Fritz has car
ried off all laurels in this country SO
far and will be present to defend her
title as worlds champion. Speed op-
orators from all of the principal coun-
lilies VI EIuIOpc anu AuSlIdlld are tA-
pected to be on hand, preparatory to
the great international contest to be
held in New York this fall The prizes
to be awarded at the Chicago chow
consists of purses aggregating several
hundred dollars. The great National
trophy, given by office appliances is
the principal prize sought by the op-
orators. 1t is a large silver loving
cup. 1t has been won two years in
by Miss Fritz and if she
wins it this year she will be permitted
to retain it as her personal property.
In addition to the typewriter speed
there will be money count
ing, check writing. sorting and filing,
adding machine, change making and
matches of various kinds
that have to do with Office business
SO far women have carried off practi-
cal1y all of the prizes offered and
nave defeated the men in almost every
test in the manipulation of mechani-
cal devices for use in business. F. w.
Payne and H. A. Cochrane are mana
gers of the show and also manage the
New York affair. both of which are
very successful ventures and attract
great attention.