Evening star., 1927-03-20
NEARLY $4,000 SEE
INDUSTRIAL SHOW
Attendance Record Set at
Exhibition of Capitals
!. Manufactures.

With a carnival spirit marking the
conclusion. the third annual indus
trial exposition of the Chamber of
Commerce came to a close last night
after approximately $4,000 persons
had viewed the exhibits i'm the Wash
ington Auditorium during the after
noon and evening of the final day.
As the exhibition which the cham
Der has sponsored for the third time
came 10 an end, those who have led
i'm its progress to a successful con
clusion pointed to the 1927 event as
the Orga MIA tion'S outsta nding achieve
ment in its endeavor to show Wash
ington and other communities what
the National Capital is doing and
hopes to do in an industrial way.
Attendance, exposition officials
stated, showed a steady increase. each
night actually exceeding the one pre-
ceding in point of numbers. Their
approximation of the weeks crowd at
the Is afternoon and evening show
ings was given last night as nearly
10000 persons. This, they stated
was more than double the attenda nee
ut last years display.
Keen interest i'm Exhibits.
Interest in the exhibits, which were
partments, welfare organizations and
representative number of industrial
and commercial establishments OF
Washington. was shown to be as keen
as the exposition drew TO a close as
1t was when II was thrown open to
public inspection, according to the in
dications given by the numbers
thronging the two floors of the Audi
torium on which the show was held.
Displays of articles manufactured
here, exhibits of products that were
marketed here and showing Of activi-
ties of public enterprises all came in
for close examination by the throngs
that poured through the exhibition
hall night after night.
While the displays were offered for
examination for the last time last
night, business leaders who have plan
ned and assisted with the exposition
took occasion to speak of the future
in the light of the experience of the
event just closed.
Robert n. Harper, speaking in be-
half of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Associa ton. in observance of
Merchants and Manufacturers
Night" told his radio audience, adj
dressed from the Auditorium studio
of WMAL, that he viewed the 1927
way to greater future achievements
in business as well as in regard to
successive exhibitions.
Shows What City Possesses.
This Industrial exposition has been
a most effective display of the prod
uctS manufactured here" said Col.
Harper but there are many impor-
tant ones which should be included.
&c npfI
showing Washington itself what IL
possesses in industrial resources.
what you are manufacturing and
what you hope TO manufacture. These
two floors should be filled at the next
exposition, and when that is possible
there will have been accomplished the
showing of those opportunities for
livelihood which are necessary to keep
our young people at home. We do
not want TO break up homes, and to
avoid that we must provide these
opportunities to earn"
He was introduced by NJ. A. Leese.
president Of the Chamber OF Com
merce, who characterized the exposi-
ton as a success in every respect.
Mr. IIeeSe in statement comment
ing on the chambers third industrial
exhibition. declared that it surpassed
even the expectations of those who
had ii In charge.
Aids Expansion Plans.
"The exposition has been productive
of much good in every way" Mr..
Leese said. ''It has served to crystal
lize thought on industrial expansion
plans for the future as never before,
and If any of the three expositions
have done nothing else but arouse the
community to the opportunities which
lie at it's very door, its purpose has
been well served.
but the exposition has done even
more than that. particularly, the one
lust closed i am convinced that 1t
has impressed upon the business
people of this city the necessity for
selling themselves as well as their
products to Washington"
The chamber will continue TO give
it's support to the whole movement
for Industrial expansion, Mr. Leese
stated. and it will play its fun part In
the Joint Industrial Council.
start Early for Next Show.
Plans for the fourth annual in
dustrial exposition. Mr.. Leese an
nounced last night, will be started
earlier than usual. They will be pro-
jected on larger scale than here
tofore, since the show has reached
proportions by now which permit the
staging of the display with greater
dimensions because of more positive