Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-24

fashions and novelties Cur people UNI
derstand the market and with a little
courung on our part, the trade might he
greatly increased. ! have before me tho
items OF CanadIs foreign commerce In
1904. They shGy how We compete with
Great Britain IN the markets OF the do
mlnlon OF the goods covered by tina
tariff 52 per cent came from the United
states and only so per cent from thu
United Kingdom, withstanding thu
preferential rates. As to articles which
paid no duties We furnished II per cent
OF them and Great Britain only i6 par
cent.
IL Is interesting 20 look &C the figures.
In manufactures Of iron and steel Tn
Gle Sam then sold Sl7 900 00O and John
Bull $4,000 600. In hardware Uncle sam
100000 and John Bun less than $780,
GOO. In coal Uncle Sam 80 .000 0O0 John
Bun SS30000. In farming implements
Uncle Sam about S300O,00O and John
Bull s22.0O0
The same proportion exists as 20
many other items During that year
the United States sold Canada S.. 500. 900
worth of electrical machinery. while
Great Britain supplied only s62. 600
worth. and IN vehicles our saies
amounted 10 5 100000, "a Great Britt
aims $4,000. Indeed the percentage 10
altogether on our side OF the ledger,
AMERICAN CAPITAL IN CANADA.
The truth Is the Canadians Ike
American goods better than English
goods. ana away down In their souls
( believe they Ike Americans better
than Englishmen. ! overheard one OF
their commercial travellers talking TO u
group Of his fellows In tho hotel here
last night The subject was the inva-
sion of American capital and Of Ameri-
cans which had been denounced by one
Of the parers, Said the drummer.
This opposition to Americans makes
me tired. Why, American capital is tho
life blood of the dominion. II It wers
taken away the bottom would drop out
OF Canada. All our big things are rum
by Americans and American money,
Look nc the 500 II II were not for
Philadelphia dollars the Canadian side
would be a Wilderness. Take Sudbury
and the nickel mines The industries
Of that region are built up on dollars
from Cleveland and New York, The
most Of our lumber camps are fed by
American money handled by Ameri-
cans. and the biggest of our pulp mills
are owned by them. These people from
the United States are building factories
all over Canada to pay high wages to
' aUdull'l W ~ 10 illdNhlhiAuit I've
the Canadian market. | came here In
cars which were made by Americans
ana they .vere hauled by American To-
comotIves. This hotel where we are
now sitting Is lighted By electricity fur
nished by the Canadian brunch OF tho
Westinghouse compag and the match
with which | light my cigar comes from
a branch of the Diamond Match Trust,
The cigar itself was brought into Cana
de by an American tobacco company,
and the very dollar with which paid
for II bears upon its face the name of
the American Bank Note company,
which has established a big bank ne
ottawa. You people all know that there
would be no great development In tho
western part Of this country II It were
not for American money and American
push. ! know you will say that tho
Yankees are making money out OF us.
That Is true. but they are also making
money Cor us and the country Is $40
richer for every dollar they spend"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.