The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-03
TRADE WITH MEXICO AND CANADA.
Much Commerce with Both by tho United
States-Trade with Our Close NeiRhbors.


States-Trade with Our Close NeiEhbors.
BY the national census Of October, 1855. the
total population OF the republic OF Mexico at
that time was 1257S.00O. In 1896 the esti-
mate OF the population OF the Dominion OF
Canada was 3.l50OO0 for the provinces OF
ontario and Quebec. or about ne-third OF the
population at the same time OF the republic OF
Mexico The question has frequently arisen.
with which Of its neighbors. Mexico on the
south. or Canada on the Dorth. do the United
States do most business. and which country
furnishes the best promise OF an extension OF
commercial relations? So far as exports are
concerned. the exports Of American products
to foreign countries. there can be no doubt
whatever that Canada furnishes a better
market for American goods than does Mexico,
and this is especially true OF all manufactured
articles.
During the ten months ending May l. 1899,
the total United States exports to the re-
public Of Mexico were to the amount OF S2O.-
600 GOO. while in the same period the exports
10 Canadian provinces were $64 100000 That
Is about the usual proportion. though the total
amount Is larger in both countries than it has
been heretofore. An important item Of United
States commerce with Mexico is the item OF
lumber. to tho value during the ten months
ending May l. 1899. OF s841 900 while to Mexico
was also sent during the same period furni-
tute to the amount OF $4,000 and wood to
the amount OF $220.000 more. a total OF more
than Si.O0O.0OQ worth in ten months. Other
items Of United States export to Mexico are
carriages. coal to the amount OF $l.250.OO0
year, cloth and clothing. cotton goods. tele-
peranine oil. cottonseed oil. lard and Books
me United States exports to Canada are not
amount in nearly every case. e1cent in eottonl
seed oil. The imports Of foreign products
into the United states do. not preserve the
from Canada, and il anything the tendency den S Of
months ending May |. 1899. the total i'm
he the ty Sf,s
sls,diW.0oo. while during the same "T re,
ROD the imports from Mexico were SIS
lt5,OOO, Gomrared with the same period in
country showed gain Of only sipo06o 70 willis iiIs
the Canadian imports showed n falling of Of
$4,000, 900. whereas MEXICAN imports to this
From Mexico this year 1'Ud during the ten
months OF the fiscal year covered by the last
to the Of o fruits 81 to c' thee
item, in which United states commerce with
Sl.50O.00O! rubber. Sl5O.n0O: tobacco to the
amount Of S233;oo0. and mahogany to tho
The means OF communication between the
United States and Canada are being improved
all the time, whereas the means OF communi-
cation with Mexico: though better han they
were formerly, are for geographical reasons
ton to the population Of the two countries. the
trade of the United States with its Canadian
neighbor Is. OF course decidedly better than
with Mexico. but it is not easy to predicate on
this any estimate of the probable future
growth Of business between the two countries
except that the relations OF the people Of Can
ada with the people Of the United States are
growing constantly more friendly: social de-
velopment in which Canadian emigration into
q the United States plays part, whereas Amer
, lean social relations with Mexico remain prac-
tically unchanged