New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-14
CANADA A GOOD CUSTOMER.
SHE BUYS MORE AMERICAN THAN BRIT
ISH GOODS

washington. April 10 (speciaD.-Canada Is about
the best customer the United States has taxing
everything into consideration. More business Is
done with her than with the whole of South Amer
ics combined and she buys more from TINS country
than from Great Britain. These facts are SHOWN III
that portion of the Review Of the World irdoe'
issued from the Bureau of Foreign commerce VI
the State Department. which relates TO TINS cum
trv's most important neghbor. From the aoVahce
sheets of this annual publication the following
tracts Of YEARLY reports OF American consular oHl
Gals in Canada are taken
Consul General Bittnger, Of Montreal, says:
The best evidence that trade conditions in .,, the
Dominion of Canada affected by those eNlstri1s
in the United States is found in the fact that
dian government reports snow maj here during
sion in all kinds OF trade preVaIs ra,yaI ~
periods of depression in our country Tevof W ,b S
nresent prosperity in the United States. Every I'M
portant business here has been IN soma Cohu,'i
FOR the last few years and there has been an IN
crease of foreign trade in nearly every line; IN
imports IN i% that Great Britain rst lost
the lead in classification From that year on
states has held increasing lead partly que 20
the growing consumption IN cahsHah NJ Seeion
raw materials produced ana party 10 ' Ne T.pitapd
ment of manufacturing processes IN 'he o"'eu
The failure Of the preferential tariff 10 seriously
affect trade movements is illustrated by me decne
crease in imports from Great Britain, compared
with those from the United States si H nSs GOO in the
Rritain was some SAG 600 showing actual
This decline. however. was in free goods 10 WhISh
s saoda Show an ncrease of about $4,000 the
other hand the the 5SF an n6peas ne of some Sos
over preceding year although IN dnuaPle goods
be- attributed in part to the growth Of Canadian
industries. Our present tariff policy toward Canada
carses the building up OF great manufacturing IN
terests to compete with our own. If we seek trade
in other countries we must not not de nocf the m
Canada wants TO send 20 the United states ner
tinted States consumes more lumber and paper
than any other nation in the world and she should
he clad 10 admit lumber and wood pulp free. If
he United States would take off the duty Cana
dian coal (Which could be proaoiy Spd ony TO
coal would be admitted TO Canada free and our
sales of coal in Canada would he d"ube What they
are The at Tnited States enjoys more Of Canadian Gus
toyn than the rest of the world put together II is
not as widely realized it should be that Canada
Rri tai and GERMAN The Tinted States does
business with Canada than with the whole OF South
d t s Wss Th oeh snd
much as with Africa. Asia and Oceanica.
As a curious instance of how industries may he
throttlcd by legislation Mr. Bittnger mentions the
manufacture of woollen goods in Canada. The
preferential British tariff (35 5 cent? has ena-
bled British exporters to undersell Canadian manu-
facturers The protective policy had caused the
establishment of great woollen mills in Canada,
United States goods being to large extent pro-
hfbited from competition. Last year British ex-
porters were enabled to send to the Dominion
goods to the value of s100o0,000 AS they con-
better
and cheap. many Canadian mills nave been
obliged to close down.
The manufacture OF cotton goods which had
grown large proportions has also been seriously
affected by the British preferential tariff Some
mills have closed: some in distress; fully one
third of the spindles idle.
Consul Shepard. of Hamilton. notes a marked
Increase in the quantity ami variety Of United
States goods imported IN that district. Merchants
report that the inquiry for NewYork styles is
growing and insistent The leading drygoods houses
and department stores carry large millinery stocks
and engage in dressmakng. and their milliners and
modstes are required to visit NewYork several
times a year to observe the styles there, which
have largely superseded the European modes which
formerly popular. The exhibits at the Pan
American Exposition responsible, in part, for
the increased demand for American products. A
large share OF the trade in ready made suits and
blouses for and children is already in the
hands of American dealers, because they are up to
stock but can keep his lines full at short notice.
OF the Of nsS STATES goods and ea
attention to them in the windows: They have in
than for the Canadian make. There is also a
nlHs and small wares Of the drygoods line
many varieties of American goods is increasing
This is especially true Of farming Implements The
that district showed increase in sales the
Consul General Bittnger describes plans on the
part of the Canadian Pacific Railway authorities
for irrigation In the Northwest Dy winch II Is pro-
posed to redeem three million acres of arid lands
between Calgary and Medicine Hat. 1t is planned
to build dam at Bow River mile east of Cal
gary intersecting canals, and leave the rest to
the force of gravitaton.
In a report from ST. Pierre. French North Amer
lea Commercial Agent Freeman notes that local
trade is suffering through legislative enactments
on the part of Newfoundland forbidding New
to na bait for h b Of
from securing bait in Newfoundland. This has
greatly hampered the fishing business. which
the colony is largely dependent and the situation
offers chance to sell refrgerating plant for the
preservat ton Of bait and the manufacture of Ice
Mr. Freeman has received inquiries for the names
OF United States manufacturers of refrigerating
, plants.