Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-08
United STATES' Share
OF DOMIN|ON'S TRADE
Our Northern Neighbor Suffers
Contraction in Billion DOL
lar Business.

Washington. Special-Canada is now
a ~"billion-dollar country" its aggre-
gate imports and exports of merchan-
disc In 1913 having been 1.095. 600, 900.
against 1917 900. 900 in 1912. Its trade
has. however, undergone some contrac-
tion in more recent months. "a fact
which IS clearly reflected In the official
statistics of merchandise moving bet
tween Canada and the United States
during April, complied by the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce., de-
partment of m
In the calendar year of 1918 Canada'S
imports of merchandise were 1858, 900, 900
In value. while her exports were $685.
0OO. 900 imports thus averaging $55, 900. 900
and exports $S6. 600. 900 per month. Cam
adlan imports, however, are sharply de-
Ginning from month to month";. the to-
tai having been sos, OO0, 900 in March, 1913
6 $1,000. 600 in May, s5S, 900 900 In August.
500. 1000, 900 in November. and $3S. 500. 900
in February. 1914. the smallest total
shown In n month within the last
two years. Exports of domestic prod
ucts from Canada during October. Mo-
vember. and December last, following
the passage OF the American tariff law
now in force. rose to about $57. 900. 900
per month, but in January, 1914, had
fallen to 1925 900, 900. n in February to
less than $21, Oo0, 900. The temporary
bulge in the October December period
NIAS " &c
to the United States of flaxseed, hides,
and printing paper. and of cattle.
cream and other foodstuffs transferred
to the free list by the above mentioned
law. effective on and after October 4,
last.
American goods represented. in the
fiscal year 1918, IS per cent of the en-
tire imports of Canada. while the
markets Of the United States absorbed
1914 per cent OF the Canadian products
sold in foreign countries. A ear ago
we We're selling to Canada over four
times as much as we bought from her.
while we are now selling a little more
than twice as much as we buy in our
trade with the Dominion. This change
Is illustrated in the following sum-
mary Of our own trade with Canada
during April and 10 months ended with
April of the present and Immediately
preceding year:
4 tygs. AsSi 49, SS:: % y Sss.'
H I%pe5ss ' to cs S \ 81 e Isl Isl s ss:t 2 2ss:s
Particulars with respect to the kinds,
and quantities of merchandise export
ed to Canada during April and the TO-
monthe ended with April are not yet
available. bu the March figures afford
a reliable basis as to the present trend
OF trade. During the nine months end
ed with March we imported from Can
ada 210.4S1 head of cattle, compared
with 26.O18 head in the corresponding
period a year earlier. Similar COM
2,aSS head of horses. as against 1906.
3.0Oo.Oc0 pounds of combing wool, as
against 1913, 200 pounds; 1913. OOO. 900
pounds Of wood pulp. as against &c.,
100000; $500. 900 bushels of flaxseed,
ain 1866, 666; 1893. oOo.o 0 pounds Of
/ printing nnnnY fnr hnnlxc D~l 5000
papers. against 1893. 600. 900; 14O. 900 tons
of iron ore. against 8 1000; $3.50, 900
pounds of calf r. kip skins. against
5000 900; 1900, 900 pounds of sheepskins.
against 1888 S33;; z46,OO tons OF bitum-
nous o against 1000. 900: 1000. 600
900; ~, OOO.00O pounds Of copper in pigs.
ingots. etc, against $4,000, 900; and ST.
100000 worth of undressed furs, against
y 1866, 666; furs. coal. and copper being
the only articles in the list showing de-
creased imports In the period ended
with March. 1914, when compared with
a like period of the preceding, fiscal
year.
The articles exported to Canada from
the united States are too numerous for
enumeration within the limits of q
brief discussion. Representative items.
ments, 81, 1888. 1893, compared with 81. So
goo IN the nine month of 1913: cattle.
5.526 head. against 1854 last year; corn.
:, 500, goo bushels. against 1000. 900; wheat
2,333.333 bushels. against $50. 200: auto
mobiles. 2.6s7. against 4,919, Canada be-
ing a marked exception to the rule Of
increased exports in this line; passen-
ger and freight cars. 81 ,750,0 600, against
100000 coal; 12,25O, 900 tons, against
IL, 500. coo; cotton cloth, $4,000. 900 yards.
against 10000, 900; locomotives, u;
against 1lS; steel rails. 100000 tons.
against $4,000: tin plates. so, 900, OOc
pounds, against 5000. 900: boots and
shoes. 1.223,197 pairs. against 1,158. 213:
bacon and hams, 49, 500, 900 pounds.
against nearly 100 600: and wood
500. 900.