Evening star., 1925-08-09

y NE WnST6 the u nlLoQ
States Government almost
literally is turning the swords
~ of war into the plowshares
of peace is in the case of a
Snammoth army warehouse built in
New Orleans during the war and
which. by authorization of Congress,
ds TO be used for a permanent display
of manufactured goods and raw. prod
uctS from all parts of the world. 1t
is to be conducted by a non-profit
organization known as the Interna-
tional Trade Exhibition.
Plans for the opening of the exhibit
ton. which will take place on Sen
Sember Is next, the national holiday of
the five Central American republics, are
nearing completion, according to ad-
vices received here. Mexico and a
governments will participate officially,
while private concerns from practical
lY all of those countries as well as
from a ma ajority of the European ma
tionS, Japan, Canada and Australia
also will be represented. Many large
domestic firms with a wide range of
products, from drugs and laces to
electric supplies and steel products,
twill have their goods on display for
She buyers of the world.
All World Invited.
While the promoters of the exhibi-
ftton have placed emphasis on Latin
American because of the close COM
mercial ties between the United States
and the republics to the south, the
invitation to participate was extended
TO all foreign nations as we'll as to
the States of the Union.
Official exhibits have been arranged
by the governments of Mexico, Hon.
duras, Guatemala and Salvador, while
: banana Nd 10
cepted the invitation, but have not
yet signed for definite space. Cuba
also is taking up the matter, 1t is
announced. The state of Yucatan,
Mexico, will have an exhibit as well
as the federal government. Inquiries
have been received from a number of
other Latin American governments
Some exhibits, it is believed, will be
transferred to New Orleans from
sample fairs" now being held or
tabOut to be held in England, Ger
'many, Italy and Mexico.
Congress, in giving its approval to
the enterprise, first authorized the
War Department to donate rent free
the large Army depot where the ex-
hibition is to be held, and then by
Joint resolution authorized the sending
OF official invitations to foreign gov
ernments, providing in the same res
olution that imported exhibits be ad-
mitted to this country free of duty,
unless sold on the floor, in which case
the duty is to be paid. United States
Shipping Board vessels also are to
transport exhibits at half rate.
To Be World Market Place.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, DIR.
/. S. Rowe, director general Of the
Pan-American Union, as well as many
officials of other Government depart
ments and chambers of commerce
have given their hearty Endorsement
to the project, which they believe will
do much to help stimulate interna-
tional trade and commerce by giving
a place where buyers and sellers from
all parts of the world may meet. In
discussing the exhibition and It's
aims, c. L. Wallace, its president,
said:
This exhibition speaks of business
IN the twentieth-century way. 1t
comprehends. a new system Of world
wide bartering, where a manufacturer
with finished product to sell can meet
in one spot the merchandisers from
any part of the world who may want