The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-14
CANADA TRIES
To REDEEM LAND
Experiments Near Calgary and
Medicine Hat.
COSTLY TARIFF MISTAKE
ENABLED ENGLAND TO Guido
COLONIAL MANUFACTURERS.

II JASHINGTON, April 13-The Unit
w ed States enjoys more Of can
adam custom than the rest of
the world put together. Attention is
directed TO this fact in that portion of
commercial Relations in 1901" (now
IN press, which deals with United
States trade with Canada, an extract
Of which was given out for publica-
ton by Mr.. Emery, chief Of the bureau
OF foreign commerce, today. It is
pointed out that so closely allied are
trade conditions in this country and
canada that prosperity or depression in
the United States Immediately finds
echo IN the trade Of our northern neigh
Dor. In 1877 Great Britain lost to us
her lead in the matter Of goods sent
INTO the Dominion, and from that year
forward, with but a slight interval.
this country has steadily heightened
the gap. It is not as widely realized as
It should be, says the report, that
canada is the best customer we have.
excepting only Great Britain and Ger
many. Consul General Bittinger. at
says:
The United States does more BUSH
ness with Canada than with the whole
OF South America; as much as with
central America, Mexico and the West
indies together, and nearly as much
as With Africa, Asia and Oeeania.
Present Tariff Policy.
Our present tariff policy toward
canada" says the consul general.
causes the building up Of great man
ufacturing interests to compete with
our own. If we seek trade in other
countries we must not deny them the
opportunity to sell some of their prod
ucts to US. Canada wants to send TO
the United States her lumber, wood
pulp, hay, barley and minerals. The
United States consumes more lumber
and paper than any other nation in the
world, and she should be glad to admit
lumber and wood pulp free. If the
Un4eed States would take off the duty
on Canadian coal (Which could profit
ably be sold to a very limited extent
along our eastern COAST our coal would
be admitted into Canada free and our
sales Of coal in the Dominion would be
double what they are at present"
Canada's total Importation for con-
sumption in the last fiscal year
amounted to $1S1, 2SS, O00 Imports from
the United States reached the splendid
figure of S110, 465, 900, an increase of
some 100000 over the preceding year.
Figures are given to show that the
preferential tariff has failed TO affect
seriously trade movements. Dutiable
goods from the United States showed
a decrease of about $1,000 last year.
but this is attributed in part to the
growth OF Canadian industries
Ten Minions of Woolens.
As a curious instance Of how indus
tries may be thrOttled by legislation.
Mr.. Bittinger relates that the British /
preferential tariff enabled British ex-
porters last year 10 send to the Do /
minion wooden goods to the value of
SlO,O0OOO0. AS they were considered of /
better quality than and as cheap as
the home product, many Canadian
mills have been obliged to close down. /
Consul Shepard, at Hamilton, in his
report, calls attention to the interest
ing fact that the big dry goods houses
Of Canada send their milliners and
mOdistes to New York several times a
year TO observe and copy styles, and
nave practically turned their backs on
the European modes formerly so popu-
lar.
a plan Of the Canadian Pacific rail- +
way authorities to redeem some 3,0O0,- ,
boo acres Of arid lands between Calgary I
and Medicine Hat Is described By Con- 4
sui General Bittinger The scheme is /
to build a dam at Row river. a mile /
east Of Calgary, cut intersecting ca
nails and leave the rest to the force of
gravitation
Commercial Agent Freeman, at St
Pierre. French North America, notes
that the local trade is suffering
through the New Foundland legislation
which forbids bait to be sold from the
colony 10 the French fishermen.