New-York tribune., 1905-06-12
CANADIAN DEPENDENCE.
United States Taking Trade For
merly Enjoyed by England.
rrHoN rnx TRIBUNE nunKAr.l


U.sh.nston Juno il-Cansdas increasing CUM
sumption of products Of tho United states CON
fsnues TO be a notable feature OF American eo,,i
ynercs Exports from, the United states 10 o
Dornfn,on of Canada grew from sSlsSo's IN 'no
"a, months ending with April 1891. TO Sesls''SsS IN
80 g., months ending with April, 1904, and TO
s,,1 ass -s IN the corresponding period or lsS Inc
increase here noted is truly continuation VI '"e
srnwth which, with trihng exceptions. mas c"Ni az
s.rtzed our trade with Canada since IS'" D"isle
,h. perod from 1855 to 1856 reciprocity treaty "as
=, operatson between the United States ana Can-
sa. e-,,, 1877 70 1897 commerce between the two
countries was unaffected by special trade arrange
r,ents: from April Isy7 to August lsss, inc on'eu
States was placed st slight disadvanfase as Conn
pared With the United Kingdom. products from
that country entering the Dominion OF Cahaua oe
ing admitted at reduction OF igA per cent as com
,,-~a with ths duties charged importatons
IRON, IN. United States. On August l. 1885, this
,~s,ct,o, IN favor OF the United Kingdom was IN
creaseS 20 |. per cent md on July l. 1so was sun
further increased TO So 1-s per cent
The popularity Of American goods. however. IN
conjunction with the advantages OF conhguity. has
eerv.s 70 maintain and even increase the volume
@, exports from the United States to Canada de-
spite the varying conditions 10 which our 'rsue
with that country has been subjected In the nscai
year Is5 the first year of reciprocity with Canaoa'
our exports to that country were s27,I4lSS IN
value; In 1855 the closing year OF the reciprocity
period x4 SIS $50 In 1887, the year which insu-
tuted the policy by which Great Britain and GER
tain of her colonies got the benefit of special
reduction In dutie. charged upon iportations into
Canada our exports TO that country were s04sZS'-
sa1 end each succeeding year has shown an IN
crease the total 1854 having been N3i2 24S4e While
for the present fiscal year, should May and June
equal the record made by April last the total VIII
be in excess of s4o.0 00,G9.
Meantime imports into the United States from
Canada have also grown, though at much slower
psoe For the fiscal year 1855 the total value or
Imports was eSe; In 1S75 2T,S67615; in 1873
f3657< sz7 in 1904. s51<06265 and for the present
year, estimating May and June upon the basis OF
the figures OF April last the total viii be about
e57 oo0 600. Thus, both regards imports ana e1.
ports our trade with Canada in the present nscaI
tyeer has broken ali previous records.
she Department OF Commerce and Labor and differ
somewhat from the corresponding statements OF
the Canadian government The statistics from the
two SOURCES fully confirm however, the general
statement that Canada IS increasing her imports
sfrcn the United States even more rapidly than her
exports TO this country as viii appear from tables
presented below
The gains made By the producers Of the United
6tates In supplying the requirements OF the cana
dian market illustrated by the following table,
,oornpiled from the Annual Tables Of Trade and
of Canada during recent years The dates selected
are lSso-seven years prior to 1897. the which
marked the beginning of special tariff concessions
on imports from the United Kingdonl-1S97 and
aecz seven years after the date Of the concession
referred To-: