Show INDUSTRIAL SHOWS BEGAN WITH FAIRS The b of ot Industrial exhibitions exhibitions may be traced to the called so-called fair held In the earlier periods of civilization both In Asia and In Eu Eu- rope They are supposed to have originated In religious gatherings From rom Italy they passed to France They were Introduced Into Great Britain by Alfred the Great In Toward the close of ot the Tenth century they became common throughout northern Europe The Improvements In the methods of ot commerce have led to the Institution of ot the greater grenter industrial In- In exhibitions They have for their chief object no not the Immediate sale of ot articles but their exhibition to visitors as an nn advertisement ad which will ultimately increase the manufacturers manufacturer's manufacturers manufacturer's sales sules The first of ot these modern modern mod mod- ern exhibitions Is believed to have been held In Paris In 1708 1798 In th the 1 dOrsay and Included only ai articles tides of ot local manufacture At first only specimens o of native Industry were shown but afterward products of ot foreign manufacture were ad ad- |