Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-03

LUMBER MART
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chimes show $4,000 4 day wagered by
the crowd.
Cool headed citizens say Vancouver IS
all right. They declare this center had
fictitious wave Of prosperity and now the
depression IS equally fictitious The real
trouble. with Vancouver, they say. is that
II buys too much abroad and too little
at home There are 200 concerns here
about making goods British Columbia re
quires and 500 firms cater to domestic
demands. Recently a questionable was
sent 10 fifty representative Industries ia
and about Vancouver as 10 whether the
local market could consume 30 per cent
more OF their products and If SO how
many more workers they would employ
and what additions would be necessary
to their plants
The replies Of these nifty manufacturers
was that the local market could take
from % to 1000 per cent more home prod
ucts than II buys today; that 30 per
cent increases would mean additions to
los skilled and $50 unskllled workers
to their forces and all but two said they
could take care Of the added business
without Increasing their plants.
OTHER FACTS THAT
ARE TOLD TO WRITER
The gentleman who sent out this cues
tionnaire told the writer that British
Columbia purchased 500 .694 eco of foreign
merchandise in 1919 and approximately
sci, 100000 In l920-nesrly all Of which
came from the United States and paid
S100O0000 additional on exchange and
other charges, Advertising OF American
goods IN periodical publications Of i'm
mense circulation. he said. had created
a n rD~ bot Fr~
in the British Columbia field and now in
city and country It was habit.
Not only that he said. but British Co
lumbia imported from other British prov
inces In 1920 livestock Of a value Of
s3954, o07, meats for which It paid 81 1857. -
642. poultry and eggs, S395 .50l butter
chees and milk, SO SO 0i6; wheat. oats.
barley, rye, etc, s. 900 1876 hay. s1G4. 1914,
and canned goods, $500 935. or q total OF
SiS.9o2,9S1 for what 1t had IN abundance
at home
Some OF the Illustrations given by this
gentleman are striking, He SAYS onions
were imported from New Zealand al
though 100000 pounds Of them were al
lowed to rot In Okanag gan. Millions Of
eggs were brought from Cbina-one con-
signment making a train Of twenty six
cars.
OTHER STORIES
MORE CHEEE ING.
But there are other stories more cheer
ing 20 the Cana liam. Today in the pral-
RE country to he east Of here they are
completing the harvesting OF perhaps the
biggest crops Canada ever produced The
agricuturists are in funds Men are buy
ing who have not been able to buy much
in the last two years. In one valley
where only 1000 PERSONS live 1000 car
loads of apples alone have been produced.
The wheat crop Is Of excellent qualitE
In Vancouver industries are broaden
ing. The plants are small but there are
many of them. These include tractors
and variety Of automobile accessories.
breweries, box factories, boilers. cement
and brick and elevators, paints. pipe ut
tings, roofing and shoot metal tile var
nlshes. toots and shoes, lingerie, wom-
ems clothing, fur garments and gloves,
mackinGv's. sweaters, drugs and chemi-
Gals. fish canneries, baking powders.
sodas, candles. dairy products, coffee,
-four mills, fruit Canneries ginghams,
packing house products, holdings. fur
niture Of various kinds. furnaces. stoves.
nantes, soap. toilet preparations, cir
planes, babbit metal, bolts and nuts,
incubators, canning machinery, castings,
cigars, gasoline engines. inks, leather
goods lenses. mill and mine machinery.
rope. cordage, saws, desks, tanks and
various tools, trunks and welding ap-
paratus.
The government has set aside 50, 900 900
to assist promising Industries.
COAL MINES ARE
WORKING FULL CREWS.
Vancouver's coal mines are working
full. The concentrate mill Of the Britain
MIA at tho largest copper mine in the
British empire, is being rebuilt. FIRE
destroyed the old mill
The lumber industry, as heretofore
stated, ia reviving. The Japanese have
placed an order for 100000 feet of box