The Washington times., 1922-09-13

AihShiSdh hiOucy' 1Ouay ~ 10 "oh III
one hundred cents.
Canada and Canada's business,
agricultural, financial and other af.
fairs hold more interest for those
populating the American border
States than for those who live
farther away from the Dominion.
Some briefly stated facts about con.
ditions should, however, interest
every wide-awake business man in
the United States.
From authoritative sources I
have gathered what follows.
Canada was the best customer 1
the United States until the high n IS
of the emergency tariff cut dowp her
purchases from $767 200, 900 to $780,
000. 900 in the year ended June 80
last. Our balance of trade with Can
ada was reduced in the same period
from $265. 100000 to 1907 900, 900.
Britain is now our largest customer.
America Is rapidly building branch
plants in Canada. We have built 500.
Great Britain has established only
200.
Canadian crops this year are excel
lent both in the eastern and the
prairie provinces. Grant Hall, vice
president of the Canadian Pacific
railway, who has been on an inspec.
| ton tour through Western Canada,
| says:
Between the Great Lakes and the
Pacific coast the cereal, fruit and
vegetable crop will be one of the best
we have ever had. British Columbia
is suffering from drought. but appar.
| emily 1t has not seriously shortened
| the crop. On the prairies we have
every reason to be hopeful. Along
our main line south to the interna.
tional border and for 175 miles north
the crop is better than for several
years. OF course, in some districts
It is short, but the heads are of good
length and we'll filled"
The demand for agricultural i'm,
plements Is increasing.
The iron and steel industry is
improving.
Unemployment in industrial cen.
ters has greatly decreased and sg
ricultural workers plentiful
Canada's pulp and paper industry
Is becoming very active. In one
recent month. OF the dominion's to
tai exports to us so per cent con
sisted Of wood, pulp and paper.
| In Toronto and at some Other
points all former building records
1 a hTnHan
| Canada's output of precious and
emiprecious metals is adding
greatly to the nations wealth. AL
though Canadians feel that theil
mineral resources have only beer
scratched. total output to date ha.
been: Gold, $4SS 900, 900; silver
$265, 900. 900; copper, s270.00O, 900
nickel. s17S 900; lead, $4,000,
900: zinc, 500, 100000 making alto
| together, $1,000 900.
Mineral production thus adds ma
terially to Canada's 100000. 90,
bushel wheat crop.
The Canadian picture, however
has another side.
| Canada's national debt has soaret
to $2,372 900 900. equal to 1858 pei
head Of population-a rather stag
gering total.
This debt is being steadily swoller
by the annual deficits OF Canada
acknowledgement railways. Thi!
deficit last year, without figurinl
interest, reached $4,000 900, strfk
ing contrast with the very ably
privately Canadian Pacifi,
which has earned and paid its regu
lar dividends all through and sine,
the war. The truth is that Canads
has greater railway mileage pc
capita than any other country anC
badly needs more population t
catch up with her three transcon
tinental lines.
A former Milwaukee boy-one o.
the worlds great railway geniiuses
Shaughnessy-has offered to rIlT
the national railways for the Ca
madam people He is a strong I'D
vocate OF an intelligent, aggressive
broad policy on the part Of the gov
ernment toward increased immigra
ton to fill Canada's vast, fertile
prairie lands and thus help to make
all the railways pay. Since 1880 hi:
own company has spent $50 900 .Oo(
in securing new settlers. wherea,
the government has spent only hall
that sum.
The favorite Canadian reply wher
YOU ask how things are going is
Not too bad"
Interpreted, this means that Ca
nadians are full of hope and cour
ape and confidence.