The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04

aments of glass and china that
might have come from the famous
potteries of Europe. Here, too.
makers of pianos and talking ma
chimes display the beautiful wood
of their best wares against velvet
hangings.
Further on, are big glass cases
with women's clothes on wax mod
els-the same sort of thing you see
on Fifth avenue. And there are
long aisles of booths where less ar
tistic but equally significant pro-
duets are shown. Apparently Can
ada makes everything from drug
supplies and electrical apparatus
to umbreAas and chocolate.
A Complete Exhibit.
Among the so odd buildings are
headquarters for dairy and poultry
shows, flowers, machinery, art, au-
tomobiles. The automobile exhibits
alone were valued this year at
81 900 600.
Bands are considered an import
ant educational feature of the ex-
hibition. There is at least one band
playing somewhere all the time.
Then on certain days there are
special attractions-rac either
horse. motor boat. or automobile.
contests between bands and be-
tween vocalists, cat. dog and baby
shows.
From morning until late at night.
every attraction on the ground has
its crowd of interested visitors
The throngs seethe back and forth
along the walks. Fifty thousand to
100000 people a day are scattered
over Exhibition City. Generally.
the grounds absorb them without
uncomfortable crOwding But
Young Canada Day this year was
record breaker which showed that
the 20 acres soon to be added to
Exhibition City are needed
Five hundred thousand free tick
cts were sent TO children within
$50 miles of Toronto. and as a re-
suit 100000 people. nine-tenths of
them children. packed the grounds
that day Toronto never saw
crowd like it before 1t was a hot
day, and every available patch Of
shade was covered ont to the very
edges by families resting between
Lost children were
counted up to 1900, but an elaboT-
ate system of caring for them re-
suited in all but four being re-
or taken home by night.
Early in the day the merry-go-
round proved a too-populaT attrac-
ton Even when the distracted
proprietor improyised a rope guard
with two husky men to keep order.
the children slipped through and
on the horses, four and
five to a horse Finally the owner
laughed and started it anyway, but
the load was too heavy. The big
guiding rod snapped. No one was
hurt but the y-gO-rOUnd was
disa bled for the rest of the day.
The big idea which the Canadian
National Exhibition is now trying
10 put across 10 Canadians is This
IS your exhibition and it represents
your country"
One official explained: We have
never before had the need of ANAL
ganating influences that the States
have. We haven't had the same
foreign problem and in CCnse-
luence we haven't done much flag
= aving. For that reason we have
lot always understood the United
States perpetual illusions to the
lag. But now we have that prob
EN-. and we have got to talk Can
ada"
The exhibition is not talking
Canada, however, to preach the ab-
;tract of ethics of patriotism alone.
they are trying to instill a pTacti-
al Canada-first sentiment in the
people Here are al the things
which Canada is producing" the
exhibition points out. Yet our
actories are working part time,
md our war veterans are asking
or jobs. Insist on Canadian-made
goods
The Canada-first sentiment is
,iven a boom by the United States
rade conditions Last year Can
.da bought SS50.0O0,000 worth Of
tuff from the United States and
vas penalized some 500 geo, 600 on
he rate of exchange. Add to this
he tariff on American import trade
nd you can see why Canada is
rying for home use of home pro-
uCts.
There is. however. only amicable
ceiling toward America at the eX-
ibition. The Canadians are mere
Y taking a leaf out of the Amerl-
an book in boosting the home
From their glowing trjb-
ties to the> great value and iu1u-
nee Of their exhibition, We might
erhaps copy them there to advan-
age and stage an annual American
atiunal exhibition.