Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-17
TRADE WITH CANADA
GREATER IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
THAN IN ANY PREVIOUS ONE
Both as to Imports and Exports
Statistics Presented by Depart
ment Of Commerce.

Commerce between the United States and
Canada was larger in the fiscal year just
ended than in any preceding year. This
is true both as to imports and exports. The
figures of the years commerce, presented
by the Department of Commerce and La
Dor through it's bureau of statistics, show
that the imports from Canada amounted to
$54, 600. 40, and the exports to Canada
$123, 472. 416. In this term is included Brit
ish Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, Nova Sco-
tia and New Brunswick. OF the imports of
the year $3S,0O0O00. speaking in round
terms. were from Quebec and Ontario.
SIC, OOO.0 coo from New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia and 5000, 600 from British Columbia.
OF the exports $4,000, 600 were to Quebec
and Ontario, s7.O0OOOO to New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia and 5000, 600 to British
Columbia.
Both in imports and exports the total of
the years commerce with Canada was
larger than in any preceding year. The
imports never before reached so much as
$5OOOO.oOO, save in one exceptional year,
ISL when they barely touched the $780,
100000 line. In 1902 they were $4SO76 124;
IN 1903 they were, as already indicated,
$54 40. The exports to Canada never
reached so much as $1OO,O00,O 600 until 1901
when they were $1O5 100000 In 1902 they
were s1O9.0OO,O Goo: in 1903, as already stated,
they were s123, Az, 416.
Growth of Exports.
The figures of growth in the exports from
the United States to Canada are especially
interesting in view of the fact that the
Canadian tariff has given to the products
and manufactures of the united kingdom
and most of her colonies a reduction of 121a
per cent in the tariff rates since April 1897
. per cent from August, 1898, to July /.
1900, and since that date, reduction of 33
per cent. Yet, it was during that period
that the most rapid growth in the exports
from the United States to Canada occurred
In the fiscal year ending June 80, 1897. the
exports from the United States to Canada
were S65. 100000, yet they have increased
to 123OO0OOO in 1903. This is an increase
of 80 per cent, while the increase in the
total exports meantime has been about 40
per cent.
The Canadian tariff, which gave lower
rates to the products of Great Britain and
her colonies than to other countries was
introduced in April, 1897, and provided that
the tariff should at once be lowered 12h
per cent on merchandise from Great Britain
and the colonies. and that on July l, 1903,
the reduction should be % per cent. This
was put into immediate operation. In 1900
the reduction was increased to 33 1-3 per
cent 1t is proper. therefore. to include the
fiscal year 1896 many statement made for
the purpose of determining whether the
reduction in the tariff articles from
Great Britain and the colonies has had
marked effect in increasing the imports
from those parts of the world, or reducing
those from The United States.
Imports Into Canada.
The following table, taken from Can
adam official publication, shows the total
imports for consumption into Canada from
the United States and Great Britain respec-
lively in each year from 1897 to 1903. The
figures of 1903 are estimated from the Of
fetal figures for eleven months:
Imports into Canada from the United
States and Great Britain and the share
which thew rpSppptiValv formed of no
total imports in each year from 1896 to
1909: