Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-30

wood Of their best wares against vei-
vet hangines
Further on are big glass casos with
vomcn's clothes on wax ucdeis--ihe
same sort ~ thing you see on Fifth
avenue. And there are long aisles
of booths. where less artiftic. but
equally significant products are shown.
Apparently Canada makes everything
from drug supplies and electrical ap-
paratus 70 umbrellas and chocolate.
A Complete Exhibit.
Among the other 50 odd buildings
are headquarters for dairy and potli-
try shows. flowers. machinery. art.
nutomobiies The automobile exhibits
alone were valued this year ~ 81
900 900.
Bands are considered an important
educationaT feature ~ the exhibition
There - AZ least one band playing
romewhere aii the time Then on cer-
tain days there are special attractions
races, either horse. motor boat. or
autom0bile, contests between bands
and between yoc'aiste cat. dog and
lhaby rows.
From morning until late AZ night.
every attraction On The ground has
rs crowd ~ interested visitors The
throngs secthe back and forth along
the walks Fifty thousand ~ 200 900
lpeople a day are scattered ovor Tx
lhibition CITY. Generally the grounds
labsorb them without uncomfortable
lcrowding. But Young Canada Day
this year was a record breaker whien
is Jwcd that the 20 acres soon 70 10
added 20 Exhibition city are needed.
Five hundred thousand free tickets
were sent to children within $50 miles
Of Toronto, and as result. 130 .1no
lpeopieg nine-tenfhs ~ them children.
packed tho grounds that day. Toron.
10 never saw n crowd like 10 before
70 was n hot day. and every avaiiahia
patch ~ shade was covered out 20 tho
very edges BY families resting between
slventures Lost children were counted
up 10 500 but an elaborate system
of caring for them resulted On an buf
-four being reclaimed Or taken home ~
might
Early in the day the merry go-
round prov too-popuiar aftrac-
ton. Even whsn the distracted uro-
! lprietor improvised a rope guard with
two husky men 20 keep order. the
lchildren slipped through and climbed
. Ion the horres. four and FIVE ~ p horse.
T, Finally tho owner .aughed and start
! led II anyway, but the load was IN
!, lheavy. THE big guiding rod snapped
! No one was hurt. but the merry 20
!, lround was disabled for the rest n ths
4 lday.
The oig idea which the Canadiar
National Exhibition IL now trying n
put across 70 Canadians o. This 3,
i your exhibition and Il represents y0ui
y country"
= Ore official explained. we hav,
: never before had the need ~ analqs
= mating Influences that the states have
, We haven't had the same forsigi
problem and in consequence u
: haven't done much fsgVaving FD
= that reason we haven't always under
- stood the United States perpetual a.
y lusions to the flag. But now we nav
- ! that problem, and We have got % tall
= Canada"
= The exhibition is not talking Cans
's ds, however. 70 preach the aDstrac
= ethics OF patriotism alone. They ar
u trying 10 instill a practical Canada
le first sentiment In the people. Her
- are all the things which Canada
ie producing the exhibition points on
:, yet our factories arc working par
- time, and our war veterans are askin
- for jobs. Insist on Canadian mad
u goods"
The Canada-first sentiment is give
~ boom by the United States trade cor
- ditiOns. Last year Canada h0ugf
~ $3.50 900 900 worth Of stun from N
nc United States and was penalized som
81 100000. .000 on tse rate ~ exchang
ho Add to this the tariff on American in
port trade and you can see wh
- Canada is crying for home use u hon
~, products.
ial There is. however. only amicab
~ feeling toward America az the exhib
m tion. TIE Canadians are merely tai
IN ing a leaf out OF the American book
ae boosting the home country. Fro
" their glowing tributes 70 the gre.
ls. value and influence Of their exhibitlo
"a we might perhaps copy them there
IT, advantage and stage an annu
ais American National Exhibition.
Tor