Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-16
Importations From Canada.

Imports to the British Isles from can
ada are given as $13O.s13,965, as against
SIi9,Sss. 1873 for 1911, and exports to Can
ada are shown as increasing from $780,
943, $50 to S11i,423.550.
The report gives details of British
trade which will no doubt be interesting
To- Canadians and Americans alike me
Increased use of motor cars is cited IN
the report, and. 1t is said that the low
priced American car attracted BRUSH
buyers in 1912 to a greater extent tnan
in any previous year. IL Is estlmateo
that 30 per cent of the motor cars SOLD
in Great Britain were of British manu-.
facture 90 per cent We're OF continental
make and 10 per cent of American origin
There is a real demand for an mex
pensive cycle car in the United King
dom, and the American manufactures
who can meet the demand Will md
responsive market, says Consui zen
eral Griffiths.
Russia is given as the chief source
of wood supply from the United King
dom a specific reference to Canada
shows that the Dominion is falling be-
hind.
I'm 1911. of the total imports Of wood
into the United Kingdom, AZ per cent
came from Russia, while in 1917 that
empire furnished 81 per cent, which
was y per cent above the average Of
the previous five years. The other
countries. with the exception of Can
ada. which showed shortage OF some
10000 standards la standard being lob
cubic feeD supplied about the same
quantity in 1912 as in the preceding
year In consequence Of the tremen-
dous impetus given to sh1pouilding
by the demand for tonnage from all
parts of the world the largest increase
in wood imports in the United King
dom in 1912 was in the shipbutlding
districts. Notwithstanding the coal
strike and the strike Of the London
transport workers 1912 was year
- NJ and of good
prices in the timber trade"
The position of oak 10 given as one
of unusual strength. and the ordinary
supplies from Quebec were sold in the
United Kingdom before arrival.
Boom for Shipyards.
dominant note in the report is the
description of the industry in British
shipyards. Passing comment is made
IN relation TO the good year experienced
in British shops and factories. but the
shipbuilding industry Is shown as
having gone through the year 1912
making an unprecedented mark. How
ever, the increased activity was Offset,
says the report. by higher costs in
labor and materials. and the dividends
paid are said 10 be smaller than the
volume of business would have sug-
igested The report says tina, the
United Kingdom built 1873 ships in
1912. British possessions built 20s. "a
total OF 1851, and all the rest of the
world built 2,0i9. The average tonnage
of British-built ships increased from
2.250 tons In 1911 to 2.67S in 1912.
And that is not all. The report holds
out a glowing prospect for British
shipyards. exactly in accordance with
the prophetic words of John Barrett
director of the Pan-American Union.
who has said that British shipyards
would gain an impregnable ascendancy
because of the trade 10 be put through
the Panama canal
1T IL confidently expected In British
shipping circles" says Consul General
Griffths. that the completion of the
Panama canal will make a large de-
mand upon the shipyards OF the United
Kingdom. 4 remaking. in a sense of the
map of the world will result from the
building of the canal, through lessening
by thousands of miles in many instances
the distance between various countries
A shifting OF markets, causing the estab-
lishment of new trade routes. Will fol-
low. and this must mean more to Eng
land as the center at the present time of
the worlds shipbuilding than to any
other country.
British electrical imports and exports
Increased in 1912, says the report There
dom, IL is reported TO apply electricity To
stated will result in the putting To sea
Of two vessels. one of 50o-horsepower
being built IN England and one of 5000
horsepower being built In America
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