New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-04
TRADE WITH CANADA.
.er YEARS GAIN IN SPITE OF A DIS
ELIMINATING DUTY.
-, INTERESTING QUESTION TO COME BEFORE
,,1, cANApIAN-AMERIcAN COMMISSION
WHY UNITED STATES FIRMS

WHY UNITED STATES FIRMS
GET THE TRADE.
rnY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNEl
.,rston Aug. 3.-The market which Canada
w.. Cor the products and manufactures OF tho
",,.a States will be one Of tho most important
-. numerous questions which the Commission
=, the United States will have to consider In
~ .ooference about to be held between repre-
''o ives Of this Government and those OF Can
,d Great Britain. For months Canadian and
.oa newspapers and statesmen have been as
o'. 's ,ba, the Canadian tariff law after August
s,m ,rpose a Is per cent higher duty on goods
,hs United States than those coming from
ao" "a and certain Of the British colonies.
III. u is doubtless true that under the Cana
.s,,f adopted a year ago. the rates or duty |
""n ,.lss coming into Canada from Great Britain
N A, OF her colonies WILL after the close OF
" w month be % per cent lower than those |
nek ,a from the United States. the Commission |
~ the United States will doubtless consider
carefully the situation and the developments
:, the pas; before taxing alarm upon TINS
.,'o, The fact is that the discrimination
-, ,na United States. or rather In favor OF
So p,,,,,n and other parts OF the world
'.aoo year ago IN q modified form. and Its op-
80, has only been followed by an enormous
rorsase OF the impor,ations into Canada from
ne United States. The canadian tarin' enacted
- aso nrov,ded that when the customs tariff
49,! o,sor country was made favorable to Canada
a.. du,ie. upon the products Of that country
soud AZ once be lowered one-cighth and after Az
,., Isas should he lowered another eighth. This
r,s q, once made applicable TO Great Britain. so
bat articles from Great Britain and certain OF her
n1o,ies have been entering Canada at l2h per
a.. lower rates Of duty during the last year than
.sa ,,,nosed upon articles from the United States
. .6d,,ion 10 that 4, was discovered that. under
srns of special articles with the German ZolIve-
Gin and with Belgium. the goods OF those coun-
y,es would have to be admitted to Canada on the
anne terms given to England. at least untD those
rt,cles were abrogated The result has been that
GODS from not only the United Kingdom and some
= her colonies bu, also those from Germany and
,e,ch,no and perhaps other countries. have during
he last year been admitted at l2]s per cent less
uty than those from the United States. e..
,RowrH OF EXPORT TRADE DESPITE DIS
CRIMINATION.
In the face Of this remarkable discrimination
gainst the United States In favor OF the greatest
manufacturing and exporting countries OF the
rorld the exports from the United states INTO
snada have during the year been greater than Ia
~ ,rsced,ng wear have increased more rapidly
nan ever before and form to-day more than one
aft Of the total imports OF Canada Not only co.
ut in the face of this remarkable conoition. Ill
hitch the United States was Disseminated against
f, the advantage Of the great manufacturing ana
xportng countries Of the world. she Is practically
bs soe gamer in the import trade in Canada In
h. escal year Just ended. dispatch from
fontreal dated July Il. says that official figures
US, issued show an increase OF Ns.Ss"c IN tne
ears imports into Canada over 1897. An eXamina'
lon Of the exports from the United States into
.anada covering eleven months of the fiscal year
f, question shows that In these eleven months the
,nor,s 10 Canada increased over 100000. and In
,ca,e that the total increase for the year
the exports Of this country to Canada Will
e fully N7Ooo.op. When 1t is remembered that
ne total increasc OF imports into CANADA Tot inc
scal wear was only sl9.33s.00o. and that the m
rease for the United States alone was fuliy w.
M mn II will be seen that the 1871 per cent dis
Elimination against the United States. which was
erun year ago. has only resulted In the Cnileu
tates being practically the sole gamer IN the I'M
ort trade into Canada, since the United states oe-
pite the discrimination Of 121s. per cent mace
gainst her year ago. has obtained more than "
YER cent OF the increase made IN the imports into
:snsdx By the world during the hrst year OF the
discriminating experiment This beins the case. ,ns
commissioners will probably look with less anH'eN
mon the additional discrimination now proposed
han under other circumstances. especially when IL
, remembered that the abrogat!on OF the ueaues
yith Germany and Belgium takes them out or the
lst of countries whose goods Will In future ENJOY
ne reduced rates named by the act OF last year
Sh!ch lowered duties one-eighth at once. win 'he
ronise Of another eighth on August l. 1873
A NATURAL MARKET FOR CANADIANS.
The markets OF Canada are more readily, sup
lied from the United States than from any ONE,
art OF the world and discriminating barriers WI"
ave 10 be exceedingly strong 10 prevent conunu.
,,,on and increase In this trade The history OF
commerce shows that the manufacturers ana oea'-
RS who come In personal contact with ana ''uu!
he wants OF their customers are those VINO get ''e
rade Canada lies Just alongside the great manu-
acturing section OF the United States us peop'e
ave similar tastes and habits TO those OF 'he
he and business mana
ers Of the manufacturing and mercantile estao-
lshInents of this country permeate the Cahao'a'
communities learning the wants OF the people ana
re In touch with the people and their dealers MOI
MY So but the Canadian dealers recognize inc
act tha, they can buy in the United States articles
n 1,., such STYLE OF manufacture and In Just such
Quantities as they may want. can enjoy SUCH rea-
enable trade relations and credit as they may de-
are and most of all. can obtain promptly what
hey require.
Instead Of sending their orders 10 Great Britain
Germany and waiting for their consignment.
hey telegraph or telephone to the dealers across
be border into the United States. and their con-
agnment reaches them the following day. Not
My So but when It reaches them 1t is precisely
the character desired and OF the character
opular with their people. The CANADIAN Iraue
hyiew" of May g. commenting on this. says
1t 10 universally admitted that Englsh-madee
oods will outwear and outlast any eonStr1c, ,eo
N this continent. Everything IN them is OF INC
est and they are put together With yoa
ees more OF our import trade thrown 10 the
United States and away from ENGLAND until s. dG dG
hg the fiscal year Of 1897 we Imported h!,HtN
goods from across the line against only ~ 900
rom Great Britain OF course the new prel eiSnr
evntry may. ard II Is to be hoped WILL increase
Pc quantity Of goods taken from Enslsh n na1S.
Sly toward the country which thoroughly 9 un-
,IeeInsands our climate, customs likes ana or
kes, and away from one which. however close
bound 70 us by The ties Of loyalty. is com
sistlyey strange to Us In trade matters Canaoish
eaers complain that the British manufacturer ~
poets them 10 buy the lines he makes Tor ms noun
race, whether they are the ones most Popua'
mo best suited 70 this country or not. lie oovI
@ios them with catalogues In an UNA niiiar eu !,
Sncy and burdened with unfamiliar cohole.ohs ~ "
ines which they have seen ana 90 not hIo"
Pc adyantspes md then feels SURPRISED thdt