The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-08
CANADA,S PREFERRED TRADE.
1t Inspired Kipling's "Our Lady of tho
SHOWS" bat Hasn't Helped England.

1t Inspired Kipling's "Our Lady of tho
Shows" bat Hasn't Helped England.
QUEBEC. April 5.-The English trade prefer.
ence OF the Canadian Government. which was
received with such an cutburst OF praise by Brit.
ish producers and importers and which in
spired Kipling's poem Our Lady OF the
SHOWS" has turned out to be a delusion and q
tnare. Tho Dominion trade returns covering
the first years operations OF the so-called pref
ereRtial tariff have Just been published, and
this is what they show:
Canada bought last year $7S. iOO. 900 worth
OF goods from the United States and collected
upon them $e.941 900 in duty. and only S32.-
100000 worth from Great Britain. upon which
the duty. collected was SG.649.OOO. Before
the British preference. Canada purchased
much more from Great Britain and much less
from the United States than che does to-day.
In 1894 the Canadian imports we're S3S.7l7-
900 from Great Britain and 500, O34. 900 from
the United States. SO that the preference has
apparently decreased British sales to Canada
by S6.2OO.OOO and increased American sales
by S25.7Oo.0oO. For this Our Lady OF the
shows has been immortalized in verse and
slr Wilirid Laurier has been created an I'm
perial, Privy Councillor and honored with tho
grand Cross OF the Order Of st. Michael and
st: George. ~
The method employed in decoyine tho Rrit-
ish public into the absurd belief that Canada
was giving II d real trade preference over the
United States consisted in first lowering the
anu INCREASING them upon the British exports
TO the Dominion before enactinR the so-caIled
people oiSeen whom 'e this s" ap re eer cent; was sh pnb EnS,ish
knew nothing, OF the previous increase. and
mere Ss lsa to osilsye that full % per cent. was
Is to say. that where a duty was 50 Der cent. it
would remain ct that figure for foreigners.
put mat IL would be only 10 per cent. on Brit
1911 ROOus. Even row .reDOrtR from ENGLAND
indicate that the stolid British exporter is still
Wondering how i has happsnsd that In spite
q ms supposed discount his business with
Canada has not increased. while that Of the
ohited-sta,es has grown 30 large.
was done: The duty on iron and steel scrap. If
WHICH canada imports S45S,00O from her
n psdgsnsd ram and g ssa ! any from England. was
favor OF the United States OF IS per cent The
h from Of Br 9lS iron ana Of y s94S AZ Iitt!e or none comes
United States. was dropped from 81 to 500
per ton. There was also a.cut OF 42::per cent,
Witch sa' canada aaaa u tsGes sG s9s7. 1 66S w .nd angles t5@ t6 q
5 v Graat Britain; q Brisish goods. s5sesS...
annually by Canada. and little or hone ifTpUf tSs
United States. Canada raised the rate on thess
before according the Is per cent. pre pfEr eeHs'
which, left tho rate 22S per cent. adj yaiorem %.
2 totai reduction Of "a per cent. against SO to
ucts. Diou-
Anew ofthe Tory newspapers are endsavorinT
70 create canitai against the Laurier govern
ment: Tor what they term the Imposition prae-
attacks find no favor with the masses of the "a
madam people. who fully realize the fact that
tneIr interests lie rather in the direction OF
states than with the nations OF Europe. They
nave therefore no fault to find with the Ian,
an average duty OF 20 per cent upon Britisshh
Yp4dsi Whlle that upon imports from the
sIdderati SIa'es, II Tree goods are taken into con-