New-York tribune., 1908-07-20
PROGRESS IN CANADA. !,
Business ,rith Omr Northern NeiGb-
bor Shozcs Gratifying lncvcasc.

washington July fs-Canadfan progress 10 ont
lined in the Introduction TO the annual series 0e
consular reports the Dominion Just pu6ished
by the bureau Of manufactures. Department. %
Commerce and Labor.
The total trade for the calendar year 1897 30
cordfne to Canadian statistics. Ss4615AWe. cf
which Ri. IS ON0 imports and C7S.18.m0 ex-
ports The increase IN imports the previous
year 81. 90, and IN exports Hsfe 40 The
figures for the Canadian fiscal year. which ended
March a. 1914 make approximately the same show
ing. The United States exported to Canada IN tfs
calendar year goods to the value OF G2vAzOat
which increase Of SOS 90 over the prs.
vious year This increase was maintained IN the
face Of the preferential tariff which gives the
United Kingdom advantage Of about % psr
cent in the customs duties. The exports from the
United States to Canada are more than TO ali the
rest of North America. including Cuba and the
West Indies: more than twice the amount to
South America or Asia. and four times that 10
Oceanica.
The import. from the United Kingdom into
Canada were Hs $4,000 increase OF 0SD4H0
over the previous year. Exports to the United
Kingdom decreased S.45soon
Capital from the United States has been invested
In Canada in one hundred and nfty important In
dustries since 1897. The immigration from fhs
United States during 1907 was 5000. and the essf-
mated property brought by these immigrants wao
$40 100000
The mineral production in 1877 was ses ls3.co an
increase OF S1ss.a6o 1875. There was loss
of 100000 in gold production. slight Increase
in copper and an increase in coal from A9 9S40.mo
to s4. $4,000. The wheat crop now averages ap.
proxirnately 10000 COO bushels annually
In 1907 fifteen hundred miles of railways vero
constructed and the total mileage in operation
at the beginning of the present year was little
short of 5000. n Is estimated that Go,No.nO VII
be spent In railway construction In 1898
In electrical development the present plans con-
template 10000 horsepower from Niagara on the
Canadian side as compared with 10000" horse
power the United States side. About - N1Mo
is involved in important electric light and
power enterprise transmit the power 119 miles
to London Ontario. Substantially all the innpcr-
tatons of electrical apparatus from the Cnite0
States this country having sent So A1o00 worth. a.
against s74Mo from the United Kingdom In
dutiabIe machinery other than agricultural tho
United States supplied $4,000 out Of total o1
s. 10000 o.
The United Kingdom has better SUCCESS In hoids
ing the market against the United States for
textiles The United States only supplies Il per
cent of the textile imports The Importation cf
woolIer goods from the United Kingdom Increased
from $4,000 600 in 1900 To 81 ooo0c in 1895 Coinc
IDENTIFY the number of Canadian wooilen mills de-
clined from 157 to 103.
AS an illustration of the increased cost Of living
II is said that the royal commission has recom-
nlended an increase salaries for the civil servtc0
employees Of II rer in Eastern Canada and 10
% per cent in Western Canada