The British Industries Fair
The Duke of York, at the official dinner at the Mansion House on Monday night, described the British Industries Fair as the " shop window " of our Empire. It is truly encouraging to note the steady growth of this great annual display of British goods, first held in London in 1915, and now so large that it fills a greater Olympia with light manufactures, the White City with textiles, and great exhibition buildings at Castle Bromwich with heavy engineering. The most resolute of individualists could not object to this form of State aid to industry, and it is good to know that British industrialists have co-operated more heartily than ever this year in making the Fair thoroughly representative of their products. We live by our export trade, and we believe that our wares are second to none in quality. But success in selling nowadays depends on publicity, and the Fair is a national advertisement of the best kind. It should clear away that pessimism which, not less than heavy taxes, has damped the natural vigour of British enterprise.
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