Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-07-08
united STATES SHARE
Of COMMONS 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 81, O95. 00O, 900.
against 1917 900. 900 in 1912. Its trade
mas. 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
or foreign and domestic m de-
partment of commerce..
In the calendar year of 1918 Canada's
imports of merchandise were 1858, O0O, 900
IN value. While her exports were $685.
oOU 900 imports thus averaging $50, 600, 900
and export $50. 900. 900 per month. Cam
adlan imports. however, are sharply de-
Ginning from month to month. the to-
tai having been Sos. OOO, 900 in March. 1919
$6l 600. 600 in May, $685. DOC, 900 In August,
10000, 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. n December last, following
the passage of the American tariff law
now In force. rose to about $57, 600, 900
per month, but in January. 1914, had
fallen to $25. DOC. 900. and in February to
less thar 81. 0oo, 900. The temporary
bulge in the October-D December period
reflected the unusually large shipments
to the United States of flaxseed, hides.
and printing p and Of cattle.
cream and other foodstuffs transferred
to the free list by the above mentioned
last.
American goods represented. in the
fiscal ear 1918, IS per cent of the an.
tire imports of Canada. while the
markets Of the United States absorbed
39R per cent OF the Canadian products
sold In fnrQ1C0 Countries ,ar~ ~->.
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 trade with Canada
during April and 10 months ended with
April of the present n Immediately
preceding year:
Apr; apr; Mos. Mos.
Imports from Canada. 8.8 liza 98.I 1918
Exports to Canada ...37.4 1872 1882 1869
Particulars with respect to the kinds,
ana quantities of merchandise export
ca 10 Canada during April and the 10
monthe ended with April are not vet;
aValiable. put the March figures afford!
a reliable basis as to the present trend
OF trade. During he nine months end-
60 with March we imported from Cam
vda az J S, asa h mead OF cattle. compared,
period a year earlier. Similar COM
PARSONS give the following rssultsa
5,aSS head of horses. as against 1905:
o,ooo.ogo pounds of combing wool. as
a aeei,,ns 5000 pounds; $4,000. 900
600, 900; $500 900 bushels Of flaxseed.
against 1866, 666; 1898, 600, 900 pounds of
printing paper for books and news
papers. against 1873. 900. 900; 14O. 900 tons
OF iron ore. against $4,000; $3.50 900
: ooo oeo. OF can r. kip skins, against
against 1,33s 1893; 49, 900 tons Of bitum-
nous coal. against 1000. 900: y, 200. 600
pounds of copper in ore, against 25. 900
900; 100000 pounds Of copper In pigs.
l ing ods, etc, against 1000. 900; and ST.
=. 6e6. t66; 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 ike period of the preceding. fiscal
ear. ~
me articles exported to Canada from
the United States are too numerous for
enumeration within the limits Of a
prlef discussion. Representative items.
however, include agricultural impie-
ments, 1888. 1893, compared with 81. 750..
0oO IN he nine month of 1918: cattle.
S'5a 90 mead. against 1854 last year; corn.
:, 50O, goo bushels. against 1000, 600; wheat
2,33S.333 bushels. against $50, 900: auto
mobiles. 1857. against 4.919, Canada be-
ing a marked exception to the rule Of
increased exports in this line; passen-
ger and freight cars. $4.75O, 600, against
~, soo.eoo cotton cloth. 49, o0.0 900 yards.
against 10000, 900; locomotives. ~:
against 118; steel rails, 1O2, 900 tons.
against $4,000: tin plates. o.ooo.o 0c
lhnaS against 79,oo0.o 900; boots and
bacon ard hams, IL, 500, 900 bounds
against nearly 10000, 600; and wood
rm%a n nnn 50, 25o. 900. against $l1,-