New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-22
10. Penn. April II. l7o3.
TIE INDUSTRIES OF CANADA.
THE LESSON THEIR WEAKNESS TEACHES 10
TIE OPPONENTS OF THE AMERi,N
POLICY OF PROTECTION.


To the Editor of The Trioune
sir: viii you please permit me I" can u" III" u,
| lien Of Professor Thomas e. >h'irihhh III" il S''
| app int,d antiAmercan cOadviSerS Oh "'' '."'''"'
| and his Cabinet to u few facts relating 10 I" To"
| s,.I AMI Kindred Industries Of Canada II mut not
No overlooked that the people Of Canada are h;hiy
intelligent cn,crpriSing. ambitious and progressive
| branch of the Anclo.saXon race; that they cn'r
! onc.haN of This continent that. to quote Nj" Nhmn
! who is a Canadian ana a most ardeh'' hH'hiFh''
! sincere and devoted friend f h,s native Lane: zine
TWO naiioaliiies set out side ny sid" l3o years ago
| ON H., race for continental supremacy lie 'hi''i
| states had an un,rled form Of government, lad no
captal no bachin,, and no previ us experience
ing ont OF, a vast scale plan OF sefsov'rhmen' ann
| an ., periment IN finance and development tada
| had behind her Great Britain. stable inSuua"ns
| enormous supplies Of money, ANA everything u n'"e
r,r ,r,,, rc, t-.day the two countries are Wiley
different IN the results achieved. one has r"u
Iation II q oCO Ooo: the other population of tarE
Z como Fvrrything else Is In proportion. y
single state In the I'nrn has many people ana mr.
greater wealth than the whole Of Canada. SING
hans, I'm New York ana one In Chlcag, sell m'r' ar
coed; I'm n wear than Canada Imports. Measured ~
ovcrv standard M comparison. the experiment u
canad, cf c'f-rclancr and self dcvrlopment Is
failure.
The actual condition of the iron. ,tcl and kindrNt
Industries OF Canada Is clearly set forth IN the fol
Government Official RIP rtS' The first blast furnace
for the manufacture Of pig iron In Canada was
erected IN 1877 $50 years aGo). and Wa In almost
continual opcra;lon until iSs3. grand toal q
FIVE furnaces was In blast during 1920. TIL" same
year 1911 tons ~ iron ore was mined. 1871 IONS
Of II exported 10 The United States. 57,3Oi tens
was smcca In Canada. producing :l.''2 tons OF
pig Iron. or one ton Of iron 10 two and siNtenthS
tons q ore. The grand total value Of the exports
,h.r.n Hno ttnv
scrap from for the ending June 30, lS02. was
el33,7o4 while the grand total Of Imports Of iron
and steel and manufactures there was 2l3s33, 100.
II Will be observed that upon IA per capita basis the
imports OF iron and steel into Canada were ,Iul 10
an import for the United states 81 S1T0, 1861 .4oJ,
whereas the actual imports 4 iron and steel and
manufactures thereof, including tinplatc. into th'
United states for tho same nscal were only
Sal $50 G5i and the experts Of the same. Sos ,s0O030
In 1891 Canada manufactured one twelve hundredth
part OF the worlds production of pig iron while the
United states produced 81 per cent Of the total
p odvct. The worlds production Of pig iron Increased
from ii.1io,2G3 tens In 1879 To 25.l2i.54i In 1890
or - per cent. There was not any Increase In pro-
ducion In Canada. There was more than 10, 900 900
net tons OF pig Iron produced In the United States In
is.:. or about 800 times as much NJ In 1anada, al
though our population Is only ~ times greater than
that OF Canada.
The stimulating effect Of the blessed gospel OF u
" tariff for revenue cny" upon the iron Industry OF
Canada and the very depressing effect Of the uncon-
stIniona American policy Of protection upon the
Iron Industry Of the United states clearly ana most
emphaticnlly disclSscd by these statements.
In 1890 there was 3.ii7,661 tons II coal mined In
Canada, and 3.230.0o0 tons imported 7TsA4l tons
mind upon Vanc0uvers Island was exported 10 the
United States. and i72.Gs4 tons mined Vancouver
and In Nova Scotia exported to other countries
Chiefly as ballast for the ending June 80 1902
IL will b. observed that Canada consumed LEO 400
ions more Of imported ca than she did OF coal taken
rom her own mines; $4,000 tons OF imported coal
came frnm Wales as ballast. the balance from the
Vh'tcd e'atcs l,6l02.2 tons of Il was subject to