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Show I World's Finest Market House Ready for the Lyons Fair ' I Marble Palace, Three Quarters of a Mile Long, Serves as Sample Room for Marvels of Modern International Trade By STERLING HEILIG BB LTOXS, France. Aug 21 1020 f I ""UK Lyonn International Trade Palace BB I opens October I. In fact, they did BB business In parts of it last sprlnc I ut BB only now Is the ral opening to obviate timsc BB innumerable crowded barrack, all over the BB town. In public squares and avenues which BB have been drawing business men from all HH over the world since 1016' Bfl The grandest market-house In the world' Bfl It is a crltahle palace, In veritable palace Bfl grounds backed by I lovely natural lake In Bfl the forest-park of the Tete d'Or In Iront, fl 'he river, and. behind, the lake; and all Bfl around it flowerbeds, fountains up,1 in', rmi- Bj It rable shady iaths and noMc drive BJ I' is easy to pi France is victorious At & Lyons, be sme. she Is the Grande Nation &' or.ee acaln where she left off In 1S70I HH ft! Only this the world has grown since. HJ Grown smaller. These fairs prove it. ,.ton-ishlngly. ,.ton-ishlngly. A World Market. H M Here Is luxury and dignity of business men. H m lia that or court! find diplomats ol uld: I. e.. M befoie the war' I; :s no Exposition no World s Fair, nothing like It. it is o market I m that 8,ar,rt annual and crew n hie In !hre I m years that Ihey had to make it biannual. H ft where anv business man In the world k- PJ m cept the enemy) can a how am plea and tafc H ft orders all over tin- World, and find hi pit k H ft or Ptoducts I ha! he hnd not known before, H ft? . from anywhere and everywhere. H M IM7 .00ll French firms and 550 allies H B ard neutrals did ) lo.ooo.nno francs worth or BJ business I ft In 191 S 2?,no French. Ton aiprs mnA ISO HJ ft neutrals doubled thai figure (750,(00,000 BJ n francs). H ft In IMI Jhej split the market for con- B venlenoe. At t ir- spring fair. 3.100 French. BJ ft I 240 M' nod 2iig neutrals bought and I ft Fr" WW00.060 rranc worth nl merchnn- ft dlse on sample. a-id I he aututon fair ttn II-BJ II-BJ B first season, only seventeen croup out of H Bk fifty-six (ar-:olpatln; bsnnglii together ft' B From li IDS allies and i:t" neutrals no I Jr$ realised 23." 000 nnn francs worth or afT;:lr-I afT;:lr-I Wr Thus iqif totalled a billion and a half of ft BB sales or I hrealoji m which I.7"fc nllle ft F-f "rid neutral": rook part- as sgainst some B I 4000 French tbms B - Finally the ynrinj fair of J020 passed the I I billion franc mark Yet only seyenty-fou Bp- American firm- tarcd In the cutting of the B (J1 melon. mostl -rcv- manufaoHirlnir B & Fdently America will soon be sitting In B the game -as boo1 lei us a-. a notncKiiiv B I BBtO the alarm clock to i!ng before break- H f ; fast. i Here I av are bu.slnf.ss Insure ind lax I in a m": pnicamed of r-y before ilif war I ; outside of' Ilptlc and Nljnl-Noveornd 'ni-. I no,h a"c ten:;erd wlih nw ei4?.n,. It's I Lyons. The A B. F ouch' to sf f.-.on fo-dy! Thev li , ,- discovered eaa! in thou very gates, from which thev nroduce rlit-ap ol-r-trlr enerpv Why ch-:p Because the "white rr;il" elprlrlr powy lines fr.-u. P.i'i-phlny P.i'i-phlny waterfallv rnmpflf. The population has pns.l Onu.OOO And thl thing started up by Itself, so to Apeak with the vnr. Lvons. vou nee is at th" natura. cross road of the Kn.ooran trad' routes Tbar is wti.at mad- ie yreat oM Lyons fair-- trom 1 4S7 :o 17S0 Within s reach of Tarts Rard.au: an) Marseilles close tr. the Swiss and Italian frontier crod railroad service mnke: Lvons th' easiest centre Trom I ihon. Madrid IglarS the Mediterranean the Levant. M IIt Xurlfb. Rlcliim and Holland. Ml thl rarterl up ncain as In 14S7 when ut marine frichffulnes ihrew trad back ' the land routes Hut that Is on!v one pnr of It The cookery of Tvops. (hp lohsler a ta crrtne. for instance. Rd certain eroiista-dlnee. eroiista-dlnee. Moritclas or oiiierw-(-e. and the tru" pnttlard la --hut i wnnder. I 1 came to see the palace Otb,, hir ' dnn the -atrie and s'ruck the lolwter. Vnu would be one If you did not Palace of 1,000 Stands In October th palacd will open 1.000 s.and Wben completed It will hold 1 (WO 'ar.ds. all rxatlv alike of twenty square yards each, eicepl ihat special orrre!' Stalls have been erected for samples nf beavv machinery anil materials. 1 sav the e-andst market house' in the world I Is three-avnrtors of a mi!e lon rurv ; !l I with the Pit er Rhone, regularly .rn-n fr-vr to Pve stories hlch Nut of such .spread !rg gnice that st a distance It looks ike a park psrillon It Is costing above J5.0O0.C0O The cc-ner-etcne was 'aid in 1 91 S by President Poln-ralro Poln-ralro and Maoi Hcrrlot in the presence of J the American British. Belgian. Italian. Servian and Kvmsnlan amlrfiaaadors It n .'.'i'. .ted on municipal ground! hettveeo th rivr and the famous ,mr. The Lyons Geneva main line runs beside it. yel Is , rai I tlcajlj, in.'islble and the P. Ix. M 'ine is bidding a special branch to the Palace, Wltn BO ?qual care of landscape beatjty Here Is new aeethetlct for heay mer pf.ndlse! At the autumn fair you can huv and sell '. idware and cutlerv, articles in sheet;rri household ufenslls and conveniences tools srd devices ,or contractors and bude'ers r.-'-hanc;, locksmiths, carpenter anl joiners. There are -oups of metallurgy and genera gen-era mechar.lcs. industrial construction rr.etallic building skeletons and all I-.irds or building mater'als They buy and sell rubber in all its applications, electrical ap-? ap-? 'a i us. building trade novelties canned i;no.l, liquid and so id agricultural ma-rMn-.'s. furnishings and materials. Colonial jnoducts ar.d admlniatratlon, transport. t0Uran3C and advertising Tl".e spring fair Is a market of electric h'.r'Jr. and iKh'.Ing, general ditto, pharmacy phar-macy r.nd riruKs. surgical dental, optical arc' bacteriological Instrument cern.-ral cnemlc-als. texCle and knitting roach:- erv emt'ro.dery machinery church decoration. roL.s'.c ?nd .stained c'ass, QaturaJ and artlft- B.llllllllliB.iB g E -::L Clal silks, f-jis. dyeing and cutting 'dim men's hhd women s h its rcath-r ind artificial arti-ficial Mowers ready made clothing haiier-Ji haiier-Ji shery lingerie. glOVeS, parasol corsets t nions. woolleis and tissues In hemp en' ten. horsehair and linen, shop in,t ..the furniture, iis. leathers anil morocco Porcelain an.-1 faie.ne. perfumery. op an-) rilSbeS, i.'i:t'.ev invs. ' Clnilold. pOPWC -8T I beard. priMWK and binding, typewriters and efTn nnveheM phoiogranrde -o.is. r.iuo nil biles. Jevt-lr.v clockmakltiB. firearms fcoftIng gouda, sewing macnlnea and avia- tier.. That is 10 say. you can do business In ah these lines Leipzis't Fairs in Comparison. Compare it with Leipslg .i llpxlc'ti fairs only h umitrd number f industries d business The French Idea is to lei them hii come if c Chinese arrives with a uoo.i line of birds' nests, they will find a Stall for him fCvldenlly LelprUr's "A,''nalast Ppecks llof" "predepsr Mof ami "Palace of Sta-tlhrirry' Sta-tlhrirry' sis beautiful and conwnieni mod-err, mod-err, buildings, but beinc scattered over rlfv. thev lark the cnum'-il1-" and gran-four of t;-.k Fairtc a' Lyons a the ikyscm pr f VmTiean cities offer unrior enmmnd-5lj enmmnd-5lj ti au'ln'm ard (ir'ifrss!ona! m-n Wit-pSss Wit-pSss I.Ondon. of old b'de bound custom c liiallj n ir- Vew Vork In this respect' Arc!, also At l.vrp.- ih rv-et l -i l- ty? biivepfi and seller-" i rranquii and d'cnlfied N nn' cl srjif 'I rn hv f.eip'ir's nolsv, clamorous l.nisle-ronv hirhufenl. otistrperous. blatant, blusierine m. at time, tumultuous and n'most rlntniis piihllclty. however sanc-tlond sanc-tlond Kv ancient ha' It. At Lyons the business nian who wants In tnix- " anil, nr both taces ou a buyer rard or i-Hlrr's card T"b!s. h-nr cranfecl on n certain cru?1v I Dun's and other aTnd" are on il-e i,n' i-'-cr ilarl'e. and In a prlmS facie wav. cert Pies, more or tes bis o-slt'on o-slt'on The 1 - r fed 'nnsf njl''es ef parlor .flees. w'rIcb r' f-o,r rnvn . I ICUlsHV during A cerla'n T'k ihe ere(-- qpy nnr-tleo nnr-tleo who hSV bn'-r' en nrit 'alk II wi exacllv t If a' hnijip li ''i-r ?W1 offbe. On'1 tl'To l tb's llfferrr c Tb h.iver mac- e f ron Rrnjll. PrtliMl virl.-a or fbe rtomtoir,'. of Pnnsdn fi f nn I i i I onrton Ronr Hrn'-Ic Q'eeiVo'm Rem .r-.- r-o,- or tVI.-Kta ic-noas o eood are unlri or CMtalocils The sr.mpies miiSI h h"re In full daylight. Tbls i)fJM -:.rr.4;. I-'.' ( . ' ' ' ' ' ". v-c'i '.ITT- " " ' " '' . r ARD -do DEALER A CtrRTifiCTE of CREDIT 1 Is claimed to h. already cinched Important guarantees s. rnjles, under scrutiny of a thousand eyi often c.f specialists and com-pet;tcrs, com-pet;tcrs, during aecks, in one place, are claimed to be preferable, In this sense, to displays In a ctru.xmcrs hands . . anl trunks. The " market building" Is Itself a novelty And wonder Its "backbone" fl the famous coxerccl street t mining tbrough its centre for three-riiiiirters of a mile, fifteen yards vide, five storlea high, with a glass roof, paved In oak and furnished with a double ii i k of atxndard railroad :auge permitting the circulation of freight cars from end to end SM KJ pq nut on either de of the covered Mreel are multitudinous wlnsrs holding ytands and stalls, between central rotunda and terminal balls. Thus tn palace can be enlarged Indefinitely In-definitely 'like n scJlnnal 'onkcase bv sdd-in? sdd-in? wlDgs at each extremity, snd in this r.-ife ech terminal hall no .)-Crr terminal becomes an added decoration throughout Thai it caji be done without cumbering utll-Ity utll-Ity or dcractlns f'orn grece Is d ie entlrelv 'o the nohle curve nt the RJvr Rhone, w'-.rco c;,rVe its long, klend-r lines 'oj'ow. Tiiis cnrvlng g-ace and the unity nf rh or i nla.e. ourk and lak" relievo the. c:4Sf eon-str eon-str icrio,! of rv "centipede" suggestion, and leave the visitor nnlv to admire it. bend of white, :n forest green and pile blue a ten The Perion.il F.lement Mavor ib-rrlot is a creat man. and there rr i'-p n,on Hroiind him. Uifn.ar Rlvo.r- Cabaud 'lc(or Riven Foi gere Gtii.Muird Parrler Rlgo'lei in. OOll' I Wlerr.o.,.rvp. tirhorc Mevsen rhalumeaii Kenelxay ani Arlad "he ort?- Inl p omoter of -he Talrl e,-e nf them- seives simp'v greni maiiufactureH who.o- J PANiORA fv-i iC ViEVv o lSi''- 1 Til "t'J'h MPS-' X'r tf.- ,-aaum.m0. mbt. ' ' - JjF? ,W y?M 3 t I : I I - -v-'v iTTV TrT"!'i '"-'- - '.v'' "'. ' I r - i THE COvEPEO STREET ( J4- MilE long) sale merchants, architects, englr.eers or idralnlktratorri holding high civic responsibilities responsi-bilities In Senate Chamber. Councll-C-nera! of the department. Lyons Municipality. Chamber of Commerce. Syndicate of Initiative Initia-tive or Hirh Commercial murts it was the wnr which brought them out in this world itunt Vlso. as Etlenne Pourcre says It was nady lo come ot itself. There are sucli times Sight drafts and letters of credit oris-tnated oris-tnated at the Lyons Pair of 14SC. In those djys merchants from al. over Kurope. the Levant and jarts of Africa travelled at risk by caravan to buy and sell in thJs French m 111 -thr lvqnS r ! SSieg clt', whl !i ivas situated at n crossroads of ih. natural trade routes of land Bra. D rlni four centuries Lyons was the Bk commercial centre of gravity oi a vast BBJ area a sort of "free city," where alt BBJ moneys ami merchandise had liberty Hero BVJ the ""commerce of money" (Interest, bank- liv-:. Xc ) had Its development, here inter- BVJ rational payments converged. Lyons was BVJ the cradle of the Rank of France A Fair BJ of 1 bangs jrew up even, which marked a BVJ culmination ,nd ovcrslopplng of the times. BBJ Thev ended with' the Revolution of itsi Bh and the bul.omg of the first railroads fifty B years Intel BJ How Leipzig Survived. "Winn the othfr Ealra ol Kurope fell. nl I asli.d the eminent Councillor-Genera!. BBJ 'bow came It tbit the Fair of Leipzig was BBl able to continue?" BBJ "The jeca lnce of the ancient fairs was BBh due to the building of the railroads," h B answered. "Railroads and telegraph upset BBB. the 'modern' methods of their day. Ypt BBB. Le'lptlg maintained her fair prosperity Tho BVA reason was because Leipzig was at that time enormously less influenced by the Bvfl progress in transports. BVB "Leipzig was situated In the centre of a behlnd-the-times zone. She served as BBV n' between Western and Central Bu- -V-r rope, economics 11 advanced, and the Ori- ehtaj world, waich was able to send a pro- BBBj fusion of salable KOodS, but was poor in Instruments of echanse This peculiar BBh situation permitted Lv-lpzitr to adapt herself iBBl (which sin- di I. very adroitly) to the Indus- trial aud comraen lal transformations which Bfl bcgan In the nineteenth century and nrs- rverlapping n the twentieth. Leipzig fol- B9fl juwed. step by stet. those transformations. BBH Successively tissues, Colenlal goods, then IBBi furs took cr.-aier t less importance a: her- BBiwJ fairs, which kept tbe character of Fairs of BUS Mei ;i - n i -r- ffll "N'ofe I "Yes," he answered, "but with the birth of the sranr Industries Lip evolved away from hand-to-hand exchanges toward BBHri BJBB 'While Lyoni springs up spontaneously BftBHj w.'th the method" BBH "Exactly The times are ripe. N'nwadays HhBB yo.. do not go to a fair to buy merchandise BhEk aid take It away with you. bertuse It Is WB offered lo you all over the world by rata- Bjfjgj lo ijes and commercial traveller-- But It Is more .merestlns; than ever for the buver BPwi l be ible to see and compare Inventions J I .and new product:: in the greatest profusion I ' ; possible -as It Is for the producer, always fllwl in need to feed his Industry, to take orders IfHIui on samples from as oany now directions iBBl as rosvjble fto bo at the merev of no onu HBfBI such), and particularly to rssure work for wfliV his factories for months ahead." BmK' "And Frar,ce being the great buv-r RSI through the war. the thing grew up natur- f 'ol . I said r "Of course." he answered, "but the pro,. perltjf of Leipzig n the past twenty-flva i years was turning more and more In this sense." 13 BBBB It Is one of those world movements"" t ffigffc raid "The same bs that which killed the fairs between 1 7S9 and lS3rt-" - I "Anc: Lyons docs not oblect to Belslans iTSk! and Britons selling goods at Lyons, say to WM Americans and Scandinavians'" BffaPj "Not the slightest," Interrupted Mayo- kSBKI Harlot young bluff, laughlnjf opttoS Vc SffiS powerful. -Lo- them all come- pumlst!C- ' the Pe7pie" Nov Jfork Sahird.av i IV Carnegie Hall on the evening or Sen-' Sen-' " i striking hlstorlcnipageant or Important events in America will '15$ he presented under the auspices of the -"tutlonal League of America S."' I ! M"-gan J tO-Br forrner Su U ' premo Court Justice: rormer Secret arv 'r the Interior Frank.,,, K. Lane and Charles E Hughes. Is using tils method ofspreadln with Its movement o put a con, IZ. LBBSCrft Keefe Man,,, M.nn j ar, among those who figure ,n he InJ flk SS tS tU'm Matoric 'ncIdenVanj Ralph Ince Will be een n hs role or Ah, , I and other prominent men m MtVeonSSS mM tf Impersonated '"emion wBmA?' Tnaddltion to the nn'runi .w WWwtaw musical i,, ,,,,,,'1;, :"j - accepted are cemn Y0C . ffSS 1 ' 1"" 1 Wood t'anMnal r- BBQ Charles K Hughes A Witche Vraime? , ,nq' doro Roosevelt Gpv Albert E kSS Sllvermsn. rf.tarylb Colby an,. Franklin D. Itoo.seveft Balnbrla of the original thirteen Stated T rL tnt " the pageani Is naUonarS a?i from all pans of the country are vlslt0,'s ttend Admission .s 1, l j |