, 1877-11-23
CONSULAR REPORTS,

Resources of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for
Trads with Gcrnnuy-frouusel Establish
shent 0r American uazAara,
WAsulNUros, D. C., Suy. :N.-The United
6tatts Consul at Winnipeg reporla to The Dc.
partn,cnt OF State that the trade Of tlls
cuuntfy With Munltoba aud Surill.
eastern British Auler4ca has ditui.,-
ishe4 during TIC past fiscal ycat, owing To
the disappearance of the lu:ust plague aud The
reduced Importation OF brradstutIs aud proyts-
Ions. Tht imports from thu United States last
year WAS $s0,, 81, Us ag4inst fD10,137 In 1875
and 1876. Thu principal trade of Manitoba !s
still. aud las been s'uer 1915 anu 1871, IN fayrr
Of the United States, this in,purt4,ions
last year irum Great Brita!u bciug s4U,-
GSs, aud from Canada &5b.,433. Direct
trade with England Is mainly sustained by
the importatons Ut the llu.tset's bav Cul1-
pany. Of the products OF Ms.l!tuba, the u1,-
Dressed furs. being FREQ OF duty ia the United
S:ates, arc uelr,y all exported by waY Of Pea.
hIna, although their ultimate destlnaten il, Tor
the most part, Montreal Or Loudou. Tue pru-
hIbttory duty on buffalo robcs excludes them
from the Unitcd States markets. The
total imports from I'LL countries last
year weso Sl,s7d, 753; th1' total ex-
ports t65, $40, ot which latter $751; :s.a were ~
tie United States. Tne principal continental
14orcmcut has been through tue stenIuers Ut
Aulcrican llnc, between April y aud Noy. I. !,
carrying II, ,e9s tons VI th~arI freight and 418
toas VI outward. Fiat bout and expgvss tratic
aid more than 000 tous to this amluunt. Un
the whole, the report 70 tayoFable, anu the
prosperity OF the d,strct ID Increasing. Tie
puulation OF Man.toba Lss doubled within six
years-Ir,ln l5,010 10 y, ,txU. klllrpad coslnuut.
catiou will soon bo olencd, and the noEthwest
country has been na4e acress4blr by stcanets o...
Lake Winnipeg, and on the Saskatchewan Rlsvr.
Favorable Indian treaties bare ot,cuud to eolo-
ntzatfon The whole country from Lake 5uptrlurto
tho Rocky Mountains anl norihwaru to lat!iude
t!hy-lour degrees, and The recruit, visit Of tho
l3overuor. General {i.or,l DutIehu} bus attracted
general sttentlon 10 The district and IT, great
natural resources.
Tho UalteI States Consul It cAemn[tz. Ia sax-
ony, Ia reply 10 thu rsycnt trads eircular Of thc
tiral report. Ths district, liz szYa, IL uenscly
populated, containing some !our hundred anil
twenty peFsous 10 tbs square mile. WITH priu1-
ttye manufacturing pcasaltEy. Aie6ust every
four.titths eut Of tic total u l,Oo0,U peoplr
earn their l,slng br manual labur. Lhcap iator
aud cheap production keep tho euuusry
T. p.nosps.ou. ,.,. 'tate' ., Expo5ts :o g. q
ln surh i country. supported a1lnust entirely
by it, exports. tho profitable Introduction IT
foreign products " not easily OF quickly to bo
accomplished. The people arc slow 10 alopt
ncw ideas, aud ar1 tou poor OF thoughtless 10
try experiments # ANYTHING u thelr own will
unswrr tae purpose. The country pcoplu still
hltrh hoEsa u this stds OF puin aud use tue
single or IcFA-lno. 1n Chamnltx city
OF nearly lou, u00 inhabitants, municipal ofsii-
nance ~ required to toFco the cab-lrtyers to
ctange to shAtts and double llnes. kotwith-
standlux this tbs Consul thinks that there aru
many American article. WHICH could prodtably
b. suld thcrc PROVIDED ,psoper steps were
three elasss4: First, asltccs which the United
States produce but which saxony does
not; sreoudlY. articles which ean ts produced
cheaper tn Anerlca; and thrifty. articles supe-
Ttor tu tht,sc lNade In Suxony. 1t would not be
very d!llLcult to Introduce the dfst CLASS; the
&ecoud would probably hare q limited sale,
while tue sntr1 would nge1 lNuch patienee
pnl perseverance,, un3ess otlereu mucEl ehealtef
thar interior native pruduetious. I4e
Consul meptlops tu the hEst clzSs. wooden
w4rc, mceuauirai toois, spun cotton uIu4iins,
c1ltrtes, bak III powder, lrie.l epples a,11
peaches, Anl vauued iruIta. Lard. cured me4ta,
u,.L, 1t certain scas0us, butter, arc Vt tue scc-
oul class. Agricultural implements. carriages,
l4rue41. and stoves, are atnanx The third csAss.
To mtrotlaee these tht dtlAculty. aud BY tnefe
chants combining, establishing = general .letot
II Bremen Or llambusg. aud employing skilled
travelling Age1ts to make small Ssles 1t int, 1t
could b. dong tn tIuIc.
Tu, uulted States Cu,nu! 1t Cologne wlttes
ia tile Department Ol St2le IN relation ~ the
means ot fostering ahc ioEct::t export lfadr VI
tue untted Statrs. Au.rwan manufactures,
ments, use already we'll kuowu III Klcuish Ger
many. aud their usc thetr could be largely
increased II the puschascEs wtrs assured