The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-11
AN0LO-oANADIAN TRADE.
Engiand's Gilt-EdRe Arrangemen.
with Canada.

with Canada.
A long article in the London Time.
shows clearly the English anticipation.
of future trade with Canada, also yyba,
share of English trade the Englisbman
proposes shall be captured by the Cana.
dian. Whether this English arrangement,
will suit Canada remains to be seen. I,
is, in fact, that Canada shall be an OK.
elusive market for British manufactur.
ers, while Canada may supply Great Bril-.
ain with more foodstuffs. There is cor.
tainly very liberal opportunity for Can.
ada to do this because she now sells n
England only one-fourteenth of the food
that the mother country buys, or $40 n..
600 worth out Of total of S5EI zoo. 900
But the first trouble likely to arise as il
seems to us, is that the buying and selling
transactions are not arranged through the
same agency. 1t is the British manufac.
turer who sells the British manufactured
goods to the Canadian who deals in them
But the transactions in the Canadian food
products pass through an entirely differ
ent set Of hands. The Canadian export.
ers OF wheat, cheese, tutter, meat or DO.
tatoes will be anxious enough to sell as
much Of these products as Canadian farm,
can produce at the best possible price.
They will think that the English buyer
Of produce should give Canadian produce
the preference in the English market be.
cause Canada discriminates in favor Of
British manufacturers. But while the
British manufacturer can sell his goods
to advantage by aid of this discrimination.
all his interest ends there. as he is not
the man who buys farm products.
When the English dealer in farm pro
ducts makes his purchases he must bear in
mind that he has to sell them again in
competition. with a thousand other deal
ers in food supplies. Sentimentally thew
may favor the Canadian farm stuffs. bur
sentiment is not business. and they have
TO buy the best they can get at the lowest
price. United States, Australian or South
American supplies may be just as good as
the Canadian and shade cheaper. Why.
then. pay Canada n higher price just for
sentiment! Or our farm stuffs and those
to the south OF us may be shade better
in quality than those OF Canada, and
prices may be equal. Why then pay Can
ada the same money for an inferior arti.
Gle? 1t isn't business, says the British
dealer in farm produce, and. as he is not
selling any manufactures 10 Canada. he
makes the deal that will bring him the
best results, and he buys the Australian,
United States or Argentina foodstufs.
How can the Canadian prevent this?
We are afraid the Canadians are la.
bic to be disappointed with their end Of
the stick. The giidcd handle will be he'd
by John Bull. The establishment Of a
complete system OF cold storag &c for Cana
dian farm products should undoubtedly
tend to help their sale. But the class II
goods that need cold storage will not in
terfere with the sale OF our farm supplies,
for we only send TO England, and that oc.
casionally, a little fruit in cold storage
The new rapid steamers 10 run between
England and Canada. equipped with ~
frigerating machinery, will supply the
final link in carrying pcrishablc products.
But this IL successful. will be at the *.
pense Of Australian shipments Of smi'aF
products. The cost OF freigh; naturally
being lower from Canada than from the
Antipodes, our northern neighho- Should
stand good chance of securing fair
share Of the trade in frozen meat butter
and other perishable things. that : now
held by Australia. Beyond this We doubt
whether Canada has much Prospective
gain from her tariff deal with the mother
country