Show first national exhibit the london society of arts arta la Is eno en titled to the credit of having originated national exhibitions when in 1161 it held a show of agricultural and other machines in its rooms the idea of an international exhibition however was long viewed with disfavor in all countries a french minister of corn com merce even going so far as an to singest sic gest that a proposal for tho the r tation of foreign products at a exhibition emanated from tn tac emles smailes of french industry |