The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-28
TRADE WITH CANADA.
LESS SATISFACTORY THAN WITH
REST OF THE WORLD.
Principal Loss HAS Been In Bread
stuAs aad That May he More Ap-
Darent Than Real-GraBn seat
For Reshipaent In InclaAea.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Inteiligencer.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Three spots or
the worlds commercial map OF 1888 appear
In unsatisfactory coiors so far as the trade
o. the United States Is concerned. These
spots are Japan. France and Canada. As to
Japan and France. the explanation Is sim
pie; Japan is cutting down her imports
enormously. due TO the adoption Of new
farfn. mildly protective, while France is
not compelled this year. TO look abroad for
breadstu1s was the case in lsss Japan
has reduced her purchases from us but
about Is per cent, while. from the world
AT large. she has reduced her purchase 81
per cent France has reduced her pur-
chases OF wheat from us nearly $500 ealo
while her grand total OF purchases from the
United States has fallen but 100000.
showing an Increase IN her general imports
from the United States, and a decrease In
the single item OF breadstuffs.
Account With Canada
1t Is with Canada. our next door neigh
Dor. that the general trade account has
more unsatisfactory appearance than that
with any other part OF the world. This
fact is the occasion of considerable COM
ment on the part of British trade journals.
which are gieefully announcing that the
American manufacturers are so busy with
the home market that trey are compelled TO
neglect that across the border. and that, as
a result, tie British manufacturers are
making rapid gains In their attempts to re-
capture the Canadian markets.
This assertion is apparently justified by
the fact that the latest official statement
OF exports from the United Kingdom shows
that her exports, to Canada In the nine
months ending with September We're E5.
00a $50. against Ga. s9S, ISL In the correspond
corresponding months OF 1897: while cur own
statement Of exports to Canada shows
total In the nine months ending with Sep
TENDER of SIS. 0aS, 2a against SIS $50 GA In
the corresponding months OF last year.
The Export Trade.
A detailed study of the export tables OF
the treasury bureau Of statistics shows that
the reduction I'm our exports TO Canada, in
1879, relates. In but very few cases. to man
ufaetures and is almost exclusively In agri-
cultural products. in which there has been
a general reduction I'm the demands upon US
from abroad due TO better crops In other
parts Of the world. Exports OF wheat TO
Canada, In the nine months ending with
September 1899. were but 81, 73s 3i2 I'm value
against A.437.s33 in the corresponding
months ns h, OF last year: corn sssis s2s' against
&296i. 13S last year, thus making a reduc-
ton In breadstuffs alone az Ss526. 31s as com
pared with the corresponding months Of las,
year, while the reduction In the grand
total of exports TO Canada during that time
IL but 1896. 400 showing an increase in the
other articles aside from those OF agri-
Even In these articles. corn, wheat and
-four. II is probable that the reduction OF
exports for consumption In Canada is more
apparent than real. since a considerable
share OF these articles OF breadstufYs pass
ing into Canada Is presumably intended for
trnnsshtpment and reeNportation. The
bureau OF statistics Of the treasury depart
ment has. during the past year, made re-
newed efforts to obtain from persons send
Ing merchandise from the United States
into Carada a specific statement OF the
final destination of shipments and X Is be-
lieved that much OF the apparent reduction
In the expectation OF corn. wheat and -four
10 Canada is due TO the fact that during the
present year shipments Of this class into
Canada. destined for European ports were
so designated instead Of being as too fire.
nuently happened in former years. simply
declared "a exports &c Canada
Bread.tuns the Principal Loss.
Aside from breadstufs and provisions the
losses in our exports 10 Canada have been
trtning. Steel rails have fallen from ST.
4S.3Ss In Tire nine months of 1895. to LEE
4si in the nine months of 1892: oil cake from
ST. OF. TO $40. ga: cotton cloths. from s7o.-
IA. to s41a4 Az. cycles. from 1868 5li, TO S5ia-
3oo: clocks and watches from Ssl4ENa To
slS: while agricultural implements have in
creased from 81 .1s,Ts TO 81 so5, sI2 cars
and carriages. from $i9Sis3 10 1854 S-e: sew
ing machines. from, sI15.al5 10 sli3n57 boot.
and shoes from xet914I, To 1851 $50 manu-
features Of tobacco, from efs go TO 81 $50,
manufactured tobacco, from tTsf a25 IN
NOT, Az; sugar from 81 s4i. TO sls7 t0s will,
there has also been increases in numerous
other articles