The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-11
For Seven Months the United
States Have Furnished Fifty
Six Per Cent.
UNFAv0RABLE TARIFF Avs.
Iron, Steel, Breadstuffs, Provisions,
Live Animals and Tobacco Are
Chief Products in Which This
Country Excels AL Others.
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18Th 81. ana pennsylvania Ave
Washington. April 10. ~-.'aradilr import
figures indicate that the manufactures and
merchandise OF the United state. are pcpu-
lar with the peooie Of Canada. The stats
teal statement OF Canadian commerce. just
received by the Pureau OF Stats
tics. covering the m OF the seven
months ending with ia ,u1ry. lsc2. shows
hat Cana6k imported from Ire United
States during that time ss7.jO9.5G worth CT
merchandise. against s2.OcocO worth frcm
the United Kingdom. ard S1.OOo0J worth
from all other parts OF the world. In other
words. the United States supplied IS per
cent OF the imports of Car7da In the seven
months ending with JanIAcy last, the
United Kingdom supplied q per cent and
the remaining portion OF the world Il per
cent.
This large importation from the United
In view OF the fact that the csnl,I.an tarin
permits the Introduction OF prodnct from
the United Kingdom on payments Of only
two-thirds the duty which goods from cthe=
parts Of the world. including the United
States. must pay. This reduction In tariff
on goods from the United Kingdom g
against goods from other parts OF the world
was begun some four years age, and the
reduction on British goods increased IN
III It reached . l;$ per cent: Yet: In spite
Canada twice as much merchandise as does
the United Kingdom.
LIST OF THIRTY-SIX ARTICLES.
In a large proportion of articles or class
es OF articles imported into Canada, the
United States supplies n larger share than
does the United Kingdom. In a list OF
thirty-siN principal importations into Gsn-
from the United States than from the
United Kingdom. and ten show larger i'm
portations from the United kingdom thsn
which the United Kingdom supplies a
larger share of the Canadian imports tnan
does the United States are: Cotton man
ufactures, flax and hemp manufactures. SIX
manufactures. wool manufactures, tin and
manufactures thereof. earthen and china
ware. spirits and wines. tea wool and fancy
articles. !.
OF the articles Of which the United States
furnishes a larger supply than does the
kingdom. the principal ones are manu-.
features OF iron and steel. wood and It's
manufactures, coal. coke. breadstuffs,
chemicals. fruits. provisions. live animals,
tobacco and Its manufactures. paper and its
Taking up in detail the articles in which
the imports from the United Kingdom are
larger than those from the United States.
the figures for the seven months ending
with January. 1905. stand:
WOOL FROM UNITED KINGDOM.
Wool manufactures. from the United
Kingdom ss.0L.24 and from the United
States SS1.55l: cotton manufactures, from
the United Kingdom S.a0.476 and from the
United States N.1J.So; fax and hemp man
gf.acturers. from the United kingdom 81 s9t-
- oA1 ~ NGE oNIN1 ~9s- @-@
manufactures. from the United Kingdom
S.l0O. 1S5 and from the United States S2-
l2: fancy articles. from the United King
dom S115.O 65 and from the United States
Sal. los. The principal articles in which the
larger share IS drawn from the United
States are:
Iron and steel manufactures from the
United States. N6.52s,0A United Kingdom.
S S07 .lG. Wood and manufactures thereof.
United States. S.SS0.30l: United Kingdom.
Tobacco and its manufactures, Uni
ted States. N.564,s@; United Kingdom. e4.-
S6- Provisions, United States, U.II2.70e
United Kingdom, ss.126. Paper and manu-
features thereof. United States. $s21I3i; Uni
ted Kingdom, ES7.OT. India rubber and
manufacturer, United States. H.I5S. 1e5; Uni
ted Kingdom. S1sS, $40. Fruits. United States.
81 .79. 9ls; United Kingdom. $50. 0Ss. Raw cot
ton. United States $3.50. 7Ss: United King
Sl.s22 Breadstuffs. United States, 81
ao4.022; United Kingdom. Sls9.3T. Books,
maps. etc, United States. SSs7, 0ss: United
Kingdom. <2s0.2S7. Coal and coke. United
States. ss.SS23; United Kingdom. asS,7Z2.
Hides and skins. United States. H,5T224
United Kingdom, $s44.21s. Seeds. United
States. a.1s4.S15: United Kingdom. a2.1aL