The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-04
Will Airplane Fairs Come Next?


Will Airplane Fairs Come Next?
| From Winnipeg 10 Rio de Jane
rio, and from Christiania and AL
GERS 10 Singapore and Toxic, COM
naercial fairs. and exhibitions are
sprineing TO life after the diacour-
! agcment OF war Years, and are play
ing an increasingly Important part
in making nations acquainted with
each other and with the, Kind OF
(. lives each leads" says & bulletin
! from the Washington. d. c., head
I quarters OF thes National Geogranh-
! ic Society. The bullentin points,ont
! that n greater number OF such OK
/; positions is scheduled Tor 1922 than
/ those held in pre-war days in. a
decade.
/; Fairs have been important fac
tors in: the lives OF nations and in
the evolution Of society itself,
continues the bulletin. 'Eut in
order 10 survive they have had TO
go through some vital changes:
/. They probably starred in the dim
days OF prehistoric Asia as sort OF
irregular markets held at COM
! parative long intervals; and during
/; the Middle Ages when Transports
ton was difficult they were the
chief agencies; OF European trade:
| Where conditions have remained
| relatively primitive the famous old
! fairs have continued to function
until today. The annual fair at
I: Mimi; Noygorod continued large
! " to dominate the commercial life
! Of Russia until the revolution, and
! even since then the distribution OF
/ ifoodstuffs. textiles and furs, through
this old gathering place OF traders
has been an important item. For
centuries it has been the gigantic
exchange counter between vast
areas of Asia and Europe.
| "In the portion OF the world
we'll developed with highways, can
! ais, railways and ocean ports, both
the local and international fairs
! OF the old type devoted largely to
the distribution OF staple supplies,
/! died out. But the fair idea lived
], on. merely changing its form. Spe-
cial industries and groups Of indus
tries began holding eXpositions in
/ England and France, and the idea
| spread, 10 other countries.
Before a great while these To-
tcalized and restricted exhibits ex-
panded TO include many industries,
! those OF foreign lands aS well as
Etheir own. Soon came the full
fiedged worlds fairs the first OF
which was held in London in 1881.
! Many have been held since both in
America and Europe, Paris hold :
/ ing the palm for numbers
But AT the root Of the world fair
or international eXpositions was the
idcaa OF general education. and
closely connected with it was the
amusement aspect. They served
well as occasional more or less
sugar-coated demonstrations OF the
progress OF the world, but they
: failed 10 measure.u .up-to: the efticien-
; cy standard Of the modern distsihu-
! tor. Side by side with them had
grown up special international in
dustrial exhibits and sample fairs,
and by the outbreak OF the world
! war these had been forged into
/ modern agencies meeting twentieth
century conditions. Now that all
/ nations are sirding themselves for
! an after the war scramble for trade
/ such faris are being held on all
sides.
Samples OF almost every con-
: ceivable manufactured product and
! machine are sent to some OF these
| exhibits. duty free. and orders are
solicited from the buyers who
gather from various countries.
Among the fairs Of this sort which
/ have become established instilu-
! tons are those held in London,
i Birmingham. Bordeaux, Lyons.
Brussels, Dresden, Leipzig. Prague,
Barcelona and Milan: and in doZ-
ems Of other cities it is planned 70
! hold such exhibits annually.
'In meeting modern conditions
not only have fairs been placed
on sample basis and confined
largely 10 speeial1ies. machines and
! manufactured articles. but they are
: seeking out still more efficient
{ methods Of reaching larger num-
berS OF potential buyers. Italian
manufacturers have adopted the
! floating fair. fitting ont :; special
{ exhibit ship which anchors for q
/ time il, the various ports. around
the rim OF the Mediterranean from
Port said 10 NlarSc;llaS. frencn
! distributors; carried the idea across
! Canada: and Il CZechoSlOvak train
: OF a similar SORT has just finished.
= two months tOur through the
i Balkans and Poland. Perhaps II is
not TOO cxlravagani Il vision to see
/ The fair which had its humble be-
! ginning III some far OFT .ASlatlc
/ oasis. established in an ark OF the
| air and capable OF CARRYING its mes
sage Of progress and foreign cul-
( ,ure 10 every little center OF indus
! try and life.
Judge holds st"c!,:::a.a liquor is no
/ larenrv. No is Impossible