The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-14

Washington, Jan. 14.-Trade be-
tween Canada and the United States
made it's highest record in the calen-
dar year just ended, and has more
than doubled in the last ten years.
In no earlier year have either imports
from, or exports to that country
equaled the record of 1909. Imports
35k million dollars in 1899 to approx
imately IS million in 1909, and ex-
ports thereto, from sc million to about
100 million, the estimate for 1909 being
based upon official figures of eleven
months, recently presented by the Blu
reau of Statistics of the Department
of Commerce and Labor
No other important country takes as
large a share OF its imports from the
United States as does Canada. The
official figures of that Government
show that of its total imports in the
fiscal year 1909, 60.4 per cent were
from the United States, compared
with 46.OS per cent in 1889.
The ten largest items imported from
-
far as shown by the monthly state
ments of the Bureau of Statistics, are {:
lumber, Is million dollers; copper
pigs, ETC.. million, wood pulp, near
ly million, hides of cattle, 31s mil
lion; furs and fur skins, undressed,
IL million; tea. 1 million; copper ore
and matte, 900 thousand dollars; dis
;rit
es, 700 thousand dollars. The ten
leading articles exported to the Do
minion were, in the same year, btu
minous coal, II million dollars; an
thracite coal, ii million; cotton. s mil.
lion; fruits and nuts, million; boards
etc, million; books, maps, etc, 3
million: agricultural implements
nearly million: and automobiles and
wheat, each about ~ million.
Nearly all important articles OF ex'
poftation to Canada have increased
when compared with 1908 or with
1899. notable exceptions with respect
to a ten year comparison being, how.
ever, locomotives. wheat. wheat flour
! leather, steel rails. and cotton manu-
features. Exports of bituminous and
anthracite coal, valued at about 81
million dollars in the calendar year
! 1909, represent gain of l million
| dollars over those of the preceding
year, and of 30 million over those OF
a decade ago; cotton in 1909, s million
dollars, a gain of l million dollars
compared with 1908. and Of million
| compared with 1899; fruits and nuts
valued at 5 million dollars in 1909, in
dictate an advance OF l million dollars
over those of the preceding year, and
! Of million over those of 1899; and
/ books, maps, etc, valued at million
dollars in 1909. represent a growth
of half million dollars when com
pared with 1908 and of nearly mil
| lion dollars when compared with 1899
Many other articles have increased il
value of exports to Canada in the de
cade: agricultural implements, from
less than million dollars in 1899 L
nearly 3 million in 1909; scientific in
struments. from less than a half mil
lion dollars in 1899 to practically :
million in 1909: furs and fur skins
from a half million to over . million
dollars; builders hardware, from les:
than l million to over 2 million dol
lars: sewing machines, from one-fiftl
million dollars in 1899 to about doubl,
that sum in 1909: boots and shoes
from less than a half million to owe
! million dollars: boards. deals ant
planks. from ~ TO nearly 4 millio.
dollars; timber. from less than l t,