The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-14
TRADE WITH CANADA
THE UNITED STATES THIRD BEST
CUSTOMER.
YET GETS NO TARIFF FAvoRS.
BUYS MORE FROM Us THAN FROM
ENGLAND.

We Began to outstrip Great Britain
There i'm 1877 and Have Kept on
Pushing Her Out-Canada Does
More Business With Us Than All
South AInerica-A Good Opportu-
nifty for Little Reciprocity-Can-
ada WOnId Like TO Sell Us Coal,
Lumber, Hay, Wood Pulp and a
Few other Things.
Washington, April 13-The United
States enjoys more of Canadian Gus
tom than the rest of the world put to-
Sether. Attention is directed to this
fact in that portion of Commercial Re-
lations of 1901" now in press, which
deals with the United States trade
with Canada, an extract of which was
given out for publication by Mr.
Emory. chief of the Bureau of For
eign Commerce to-day. 1t is pointed
out that so closely allied are trade con-
ditions in this country and Canada
that prosperity or depression in the
United States Immediately finds echo
in the trade of our northern neighbor.
In 1877 Great Britain lost to us her
lead in the matter of goods sent into
the Dominion. and from that year for
ward, with but slight interval. this
country has steadily heightened the
gap. 1t is not as widely realized as it
should be, says the report, that Canada
Is the best customer we have. except-
ing only Great Britain and Germany.
Consul Bittinger at Montreal, in a re
port on the subject says:
THE United States does more busi-
ness with Canada than with the whole
of South America; as much as with
Sentral America, Mexico and the West
Indies together, and nearly as mnch az
with Africa, Asia and Oceanica."
Our present tariff policy toward
canada, says the consul general.
causes the building up of great man
u1acturing interests to compete with
our own. If we seek trade in OTIS
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 i'm
the world, and she should be glad to
admit lumber and wood pulp free If
the United States would take of the
uuty on Canadian coal (Which could be
prohtably sold only to a very limited
extent along our eastern COAST. our
coal would be admitted into Canada
free and our sales of coal in the Do
ininion would be double what they are
at present"
Canada Good Purchaser.
Canada's total Importation for con-
sumption In the last fiscal year
amounted to $1S1. 23S 000 Imports from
the United States reached the splendid
inquire of ll0,485,000, 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 100000 last year, but
this is attributed in part to the growth
of Canadian industries.
AS 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 to send to the Do
minion wooden goods to the value OF
$l0,0O0000. AS they are 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,"
in 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 have practically turned
their backs on the European modes,
formerly so popular.