The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-03
TRADE WIN CANADA.

WAsHISoIoS. Oct. For many v..,
Germany has held the second rlac. |,
the list 81 customers for the prn,iIct. a
the United States. The returns Tor q.
first eight months of the current aso,l
year show Canada as a larger buyer th,,
Germany. Sales Ia Germany f7- TIA,
term are reported as ti35 .Ooo On. and sal,.
20 Canada a. SIS, OOO 90.
A review of such details a. have re-,
publishsd dos not clearly account 'l- N.
change in merchandise movement II.
sales during the same term last YEAR YER.
N2O. tOO. 600 To Canada and sI?i ~ On o.
Germany. The greater increase n n.
Canadian account this year does M,
appear in any single item or group n,
items Germany's account shows a,
increase oI - 30 GO, while the CANADIAN
ACCOUNT shows a gain Of about So 80 M
The articles showing notable gain IN n.
classified report OF Canadas purchas-.
during the first seven months 81 the Yea,
are automobiles. with an Increase a
g. .OO.GoO lumber. with 81 .sOO.n"n. stric.
tural iron and steel. 81 200 On: ayr crIltura
implements. 81 .OOO 90: horses. sSDOn
raw cotton. SsOO.OOO; electrical machinery
Ssn.UOo. electrical appliance. sJ"o0a
books &c. SSOO.OOo; unmanufactur~t
tobacco. $40 900. and corn. SSDV'n In,
accounts for about one-qunrt"- 70 N.
increase, and the remainder j. ~. identity
scattered in comparatively small SUM.
throughout long and varied uS' Of
purchases.
COMPARED with the same period ~ 10
Germany's purchases are large wn..
sales To the United Kingdom. 10 Frame
Belgium. Italy and the Netherlands afe
smaller. Sales To Canada in August ver.
nearly double those 90 China from Jam.
arv | TO September 4. For the - sh'
months Canada bought ten times az mu,f
as did Japan. twice as much as t,d tho
whole Of Asia and Oceania combined. aud
about ~ ~ cent. as much as did al W.
rest Of the Western Hemisphere. Canata
bought in that time three times a. muir az
did France. Ave times as much as l,aIv
and considerably more than half A. mgCd
a. the United Kingdom. In August ssIes
to tho United Kingdom were S3o ~" So
and to canada s23 90 GO.
All this is important in view NJ ~
pcnding negotiations for closer trad
relations with our northern nelghho-
1t ~ interesting to note that in the eIEh,
months our purchases from Canada IN
{ reused from So 90 .OO IN 81 fso IN
The argument against an extremely lib
eral attitude toward Canadian Commodi.
tics ignores the assurance that an lncreas
Of our imports from their present annual
value of about $40. 90 600 10 s2Oo 80 On
or SSO. uOo.OO would almost inevitably
l.. an ~.
present S,25.Do.DO or ~ To $3.50 ~ IN
or Sg'O.DOOOo. with material benefit 10
both countries While the sums involved
ar. uncomfortable in their relation N the
business " this country. Il Is possible
to locate some specific influence from the
revision at the tariT last year. For IN
stan,a. a material reduction was made IN
tho duty on iron ore. pig iron and scrap
iron Canadian exports 81 these com
mudities ~ tho United States during the
twelve months ended July 81 show q
Nalu" It S7i7 lDO. a. compared with f2lA-
.tD year ago. small reduction was
made m the duty on mica, and imports
show an ~ per cent increase. 1arh
influence ~ a somewhat doubtful factor
in n" gain. hut there is good increase IN
purchases Of hides. aluminium. coal and
lumber The notable gain. however. was
IN tho item 81 cream. Whether deliber-
at.ly or inadvertently. a heavy cut was
made ~ the rate. In the twelve months
ended July II. 1910. Canada shipped IN
this country sS7O.SnO worth of milk and
cream. an increase from -. $50 year ago
This was a benefit to Canadian dairym"n.
a benefit tn American cr"am"ries along
tn" border, and no injury whatever 10
any American interest. The pending
negotiations should put many other com.
modities on n similar or q better footing
with equally beneficial results.
Canada's retention Of its present plar-
on our list 1t customers il perhaps quite
iouhtful. hut the fact that IL has even
for brief time. reached and held the
position - sufficient evidence of ne
larger and more profitable business 20 no
done under more favorable conditions.