Evening star., 1922-09-24
CANADA SEESL0SS
FROM j. s. TARIFF
Dominion Seeks New Export
Markets in France -
and Italy.
TRADE PACTS PLANNED
ENJOYS Already in Europe to
Draft Treaties, May Also Go to
Australia With Like Aim.
TRADE PACTS PLANNED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, Canada, September %
Canadians are "digesting" the new
American tariff and already are after
new markets.
The Canadian interest that will suf-
fer most is agriculture. The cattle
industry especially has been feeling
the effects of the emergency tariff for
year. The lifting of the British
embargo will give the Canadian cat
tie raisers a new market, and Cana
dian wheat, displaced across the
line. will meet the United States
product in Europe. One result of
tariff legislation at Washington will
be to dig wider and deeper channels
of commerce between Canada and
Great Britain.
In few days Mr.. Fielding and Mr.
Lapointe proceed from Geneva to
Paris to try and get as favorable
trade treaty with France as the
United States has. In negotiations
French merchants have been found
friendly to Canada but prohibition
being in force in most of the Cana
dian provinces has deprived the do
mirion of her advantage as con-
sumner of French champagnes and
other wines.
Also See Italian Pact.
Mr. Fielding will also endeavor to
arrange commercial treaty between
Italy and Canada. The Canadian
delegates have accepted an lnElta'lo,s
to go to Rome, and if the French
negotiations are successful they nope
for an equally favorable outcome OF
their conference with the Italian ofh-
ciaiS.
The government contemplates send
;-tn fn
to possibly plan pre1erehtla,
arrangement between Australia ana
Canaga. :.
The new United States legislation is
discussed at length and many eN-
tended lists are published TINS Week
of articles that will be affected. the
new tariff being complete REVISION
of the tariff of 1913. is much WIDER
In it's range than the emergency TAR
if 1t covers a greater NUMBER OF
commodities and not until eeneral
trade returns with the United States
are available, will it be possible to
determine at all accurately what the
effect on Canadian trade has been.
Canadian Exports Boosted.
Trade returns show an Improvement
in Canadian exports coming under
the emergency tariff. For the three
months ended August. 1872, cana
dian exports to the United states ar
S1lOS3.6SO, an increase of $3,94e,4eo
over the total for the corresponding
three months of 1921. Despite the
high tariff rate of 35 cents bushel.
Canada. during the three months OF
this year, exported rather more than
900, 600 bushels of wheat to the
United States valued at S5.254,60I.
This compares with 1.556.5SS bushels,
valued at S2.179.4O4. exported in the
corresponding three months of l92l
Under the new United States tariff,
Canadian wheat will have to meet a
duty of 30 cents a bushel. instead OF
81. as under the emergency tariff.
In Quebec. Minister of Agriculture
Caron, for that province, advised ef-
forts TO sell more dairy products TO
England. France and Belgium.
In the west there are complaints
"of the cattle industry b"'r= hit
badly, but hopes that good will result
by the r, moval of the tBritisn) cattle
embargo"
The trades and commerce depart
ment is again being pressed to ap-
point more Canadian consular agents.
il being pointed out that Canada has
only twenty of these throughout the
world, while the American govern
ment has them everywhere. Particu-
larly now. when Canada is going after
more business in foreign countries,
is this claimed as important.