Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-17
CANADA'0 WOOD SUPPLY
CoOSul lll, al Chatham, Reports That
lhe United States Could Use Ii
Up i1 Eleven Years.
ARGENTINA ASKS AMERICAN BIDS
For Four Iron Bridges and a
Swinging Bridge.
INCREASE IN GHILES FOREIGN TRADE
A''o'IRied TFes' Dispatoh BY Special wlrs,

Associated Press Dispatoh by Special Wire,
Washington March steamship
discrmination against American shin
ping Is reported 20 the Bureau of Aann-
iacturers from Singapore by Consul-Gen-
efai Mllber, who advises that combinn-
non has been effected between the Barber
lQe, East Asiatic and some of the Stand
ard OIL steamers, all of which are under
me English flag and the Hamburg
American line The freight rates be-
tween South Asia and America have been
greatly advanced. This is move ON
the part OF the European shipping confer
ence To and English and German dealers
M last Indian products TO regain control
Oh the business which they have been
gradually losing The consul believes
thai what is needed throughout the Orient
d an American line OF steamers under the
American flag running from New York
through the suoz Canal entirely indie
pendent of any combination.
Consul litt has reported to the Bureau
oi Manufacturers from Chatham. Canada
ON the subject of the future wood supply
oil tins continent bearing specially on
the devastation of American forests He
quoted a Canadian authority as saving
that the matured timber of the Dominion
amounts to only 532 1000 900 900 feet
which the United states could use up in
i years at the present rate of consnmp-
ton
Consul-General Miller Of Yokohama
makes report on the valuable timber in
hakkaIdo, the nOrthernmost island of
Japan, which is covered with huge oaks.
curly ash. birds eye maple and other
hard woods. He believes that good
trade between the Pacific coast and Hak-
kaido could be built up by utilizing ships
that ore taking fish from Alaska 10 carry
timber as return cargo He estimates
that America could secire annually ihere
5O0000O feet OF oak with other woods
in proportion.
The coal supply Of Canada is reported
by Consul Shank Of Winnipeg at 22.O00-
O0O0OO tons The Dominion is now pro
ducing yearly about SJOOOOO tons of
coal and $4,000 tons of coke, worth
altogether nearly 100000.
Successful results in tanning by cleo
tucity at Halifax, Canada, are reported
by Nice-Consul-General Hill, the new
method taking only 30 days.
Minister Beaupre at Buenos Ayres re-
ported that the Argentina government
desires American bids for four large iron
bridges and a swinging bridge.
Special Agent Hutchinson, after an
exhaustive examination of the commerce
of Chile, predicts that the present wave
of prosperity in Chile will bring her foreign
purchases up to S75,O0O,OOO or more. Inc
present share of the United States in the
Chilean imports is comparatively small
not quite reaching S5,OUO,OOO but it is
increasing far more rapidly than that Of
any other country, except Italy.
lhe foreign trade growth at Iquitos,
Peru, a developing commercial centre
ON the headwaters of the Amazon. is
shown in a letter from Consul-General
Gottschalk Of Calao Imports at Iquitos
now exceed S2,60OOO0, and the exports.
principally rubber, exceed S3,O0OOOO.
The United States takes the leading share
OF this.