Creditable Effort to Acquaint World with Country's Progress The Grand Exhibition held at Posen may be justly described as a national exhibition, because the whole country and the Government were instrumental in creating it. The Posen show was a clear indication of the desire of Polish manufacturers to make themselves dependent of foreign-made pro-duets. The critic, however, cannot help feeling that the exhibition proves that—at least for the time being—Polish industry is incapable satisfying this desire. This statement i not intended as a disparagement of the industrial efforts of the republic ad hoc, because it would be unreasonable' to assume that a country whose existence as political entity is of so very recent origin that the various parts have hardly had time to become imitated, should so soon possess a national industry capable of competing with the highly developed industries existing in the olde countries. Nevertheleds, the Posen exhibition must be looked upon as typical of what the manufacturers of the republic are aspiring after.
Many Exhibits The exhibition has been called, on account of the great diversity of the exhibits, a "would-be imposing show par excellence." Practically evers article required by the different lasses of people for their everyday needs was represented, whilst the basis without the aid of subsidy. exhibits came from all countries isposed to trade with Poland. It is easy to see that Polish manufac-A decline in the proportion of boy turers have succeeded ju reaching a fairly satisfactory level in the production of some zeeds, while la respect of others it is impossible to ignore the fact that the country will have to be content to import them from abroad. This, of course, is simply die to the predominantly
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