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Open Marine Exhibit at Chicago Many Shippers, Shipbuilders and Manufacturers Have Displays Which Reveal Country's New Found Power XHIBITION of manufactures pe- EK culiar to the marine trades began at Chicago on Monday, Oct. 18. The exhibition continues until Saturday, Oct. 23. Plans for this exhibition called for bringing together an opposing array of exhibits as a means of demonstrat- ing to the residents of the middle west the great expansion of America's mari- time activities. The exhibition was planned for the Coliseum at Chicago shortly after the New York show of last April demon- strated the awakened interest of the American people in marine affairs. The most enthusiastic backer of the New York exhibition failed to visualize ade- quately the interest and appeal of that show. Unlike the country's other great industries, the marine field had never held a thoroughly national exhibition. Shippers, shipbuilders and manufacturers took advantage of the opportunity to a degree which filled the large exhi- bition space of the Grand Central Pal- ace to overflowing. This success lead to the drawing up of plans for a fall ex- hibition to be held away from the sea- board and Chicago was the city named. Permanency for the new American merchant fleet rests to a large degree upon the sustaining support of the mid- dle west. To foster this new nation-wide in- terest, the National Marine league which initiated the first exposition, has now brought together at Chicago a similar array of exhibits. Through these as well as through the efforts of various speakers during the week, the exhibition is expected to bring more forcibly before the middle westerner the importance a powerful merchant marine has to every section of the country. This is true particularly in the case of the Middle West where the bulk of the manufac- tured products for export are produced. In summing up the purpose of the ex- hibition, the league has pointed out its three-fold object. These are: First--To focus the attention of the voting population of the Middle West on the great and constantly increasing importance of America's merchant sea power in relation to the maintenance of inland prosperity. ' Second--To impress the public of the entire country with the wealth and mag- nitude of our lake and inland water shipping, to the end that this part of the nation's transportation problem may re- ceive the serious and intelligent atten- tion of both national and state law- makers. Third--To provide a market place where buyer and seller of ships, service and marine equipment may conveniently meet and do business. A subsidiary effect of the Chicago exhibition will be to bring before the country the tremendous strength of the great lake commercial fleet. Even among marine men of the saltwater coasts, the size and capacity of this great and effi- cient fleet is imperfectly understood. While Chicago itself does not hold first rank in the iron ore and coal trades 'which are the backbone of lake com- merce, sufficient- activity is constantly passing through that harbor to awaken visitors to the exhibition to the wonder- ful development of lake shipping. Support for the exhibition is evi- denced in the following list of exhibitors and a study of their displays demon- strates the rapid progress made by this country in the past few years in de- veloping its manufacturing facilities for producing marine wares. Complete List of Exhibitors at Marine Exposition Ail America Cables, Inc. THe MARINE REVIEW Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co. American Bureau of Shipping American Car & Foundry Co. American Chain Co., Inc. American Library Association American Steel Foundries Atlas Sootblower Cu. Benjamin Electric Co. Brown Portable Conveying Machinery Co. George B. Carpenter Co. Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp. Crane Co. De Vilbiss Co. Charles D. Durkee & Co. Hubbard Tf. Erickson Co. Fairbanks, Morse & Co. Ferguson & Lange Foundry Co. General Electric Co. Goodrich Transit Co. Hanlon-Gregory Galvanizing Co. International Mercantile Marine Co. Irving Iron Works Albert Kingsbury Kroeschell Bros. Ice Machine Co. Link-Belt Co. . Luckenbach Steamship Co. Lunkenheimer Co. Marine News 589 Maritime Hydraulic Oil Service Marshall Field Co. The McNab Co. Mercury Mfg. Co. Metal & Thermit Corp. Munson Steamship Line New Process Chemical Co., Inc. New York Engineering Co. Niles-Bement-Pond Co. Oriental Navigation Co. Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Pneumercator Co. Pyle-National Co. ; John A. Roebling's Sons Co. * Seamen's Service Center Simmons-Boardinan Co. South Atlantic Ports Association Sterno Corp. Submarine Boat Corp. The Texas Co. W. & J. Tiebout United States Maii Steamship Co., Inc. U.S. Rubber Co. U. S. Shipping Board Valentine & Co. Wailes-Dove-Hermiston Corp. White Fuel Oil Engineering Corp. D. T. Williams Valve Co. | Worthington Pump & Machinery Co,