The evening times., 1899-11-03
CANADA A TRADE RIVAL.
The Doninis. Bece1tse an Expor'
Competitor of the United States.

The Dominfea Beco1bse an Expor
Competitor of the United States.
Canada is becoming to certain exten
competitor of the United States as al
/ exporter, according to the Treasury Ba
reau Of Statistics. While this relates t!
/ comparatively few articles, 1t affects in
dustries which have brought into tn
United States from abroad many mi liol
dollars during the past few years. A re
Gently published statement by the Domin
ion statistician. Hon. George johnson. ha.
just reached the Bureau. 1T shows tina
the exports of -four, buttsr, cheese, ant
wood since confederation-that is, from
June 30, 1865, to June 80. 189S-amount tt
1894, 100000. While manufactures of woot
form, Of course, the largest item In thi!
enormous sum, cheese, in which Canads
becomes a direct competitor of the United
States. amounts to the surprisingly largt
total of s21S, ,241. .262; butter, to $5s. So4
and -four to $61, $40. .182.
Commenting upon this growth in the es.
portation Of these articles in which Canada
competes with the United States, Stats
tician johnson says:
"The development of the cheese export
trade Is marvellous. We sent little ovei
$500, 600 worth Of cheese to Great Britain
in 1868, and in 1888 we sent $17.522 ,6Sl
worth. thus far SURPRISING the exports OF
the United States, which, last year. to the
mother country, were only 81, ,267. .607. OF
the total exports Of Canadian manufactures
in 1865, cheese only formed 3 per cent in
value, while In 1898 1t formed over 81 per
cent of the total exports Of manufactures.
The exports Of manufactures OF wood. as
is quite natural, occupy the highest place,
but they have not increased relatively to
the others as rapidly. In 1868 the exports
of manufactures having wood as the raw
material were 6l.7 per cent of the whole.
while in 1898 they were 40.3 per cent.
During the thirty years Great Britain has
taken of our manufactures OF wood over
$25S, ,O0O, 900 worth. while the United States
has taken $242. 100000 worth, leaving
Great Britain the better customer by &c.
0O0, 900.
I'VE have exported since confederation
that Is, from June 80, 1868. to June 80. 1898.
thirty-one years-of home products. to
the value of $2.464. 900. 900; or to be exact.
81. 464. .277. .239. These products have been Of
the farm, the mine, the fisheries, the forest,
the workshop and the factory.
ITO whom have we sent these products?
Our best customer during these thirty-one
years has been the mother country She
has taken more than one half OF the whole.
or 81 260. .565 .563 Our next best customer
has been the United States, which country
has taken over 1855. 900 900, or $305 SOC. COG
less than the United Kingdom. The British
West Indies come next with purchases from
us, amounting to $59. .945. .541. Newfoundland
has taken $48. .S07 1862; France. 81, 100. .654;
Germany, $9.0S9. 1874. and all other countries.
$11s.640.647. Great Britain began in 1868 by
taking about s1S.0OO. 900 of our products
By 1872 she had got beyond SIS. .000, 900: by
1882. nearly $4,000. .000; by 1892. beyond
$54, ,00G. coo, after which year her takings in
creased steadily till, in 1898. they were over
500, ,000. 900.
The United States has shown no such
activity in buying from US. In 1868 the
purchases Of that country from us amount
ed to over $22, 600, 600. BY 1872 they
had increased to nearly $50, ,00o. .0c0; by 1882,
to s41, 700,0 600. That is the highest figure
their purchases ever reached. They have
were only s3i. .400.0 900. During the thirty
one years Great Britain's purchases from
US have increased five times what they
were in the first year OF confederation. In
the same period the United States pur-
chases have increased about two-thirds
more than they were in 1868. Great Britain.
which purchased in 1868 s4,4000O0 less
than the United States, bought in 1898 $751;
300. 900 more than the United States.
The development which has taken place
during the period under consideration may
be seen by the comparison OF 1868 and 1898: