Show TRADE INCREASES The Th government at Ottawa has been comparing the growth of the trade of ot Canada with the principal countries of ot the world during a period of or forty years and has discovered that the Dominion occupies third place in inthe inthe inthe the list The period from 1868 to 1908 was used for tor purposes of ot comparison com comparison comparison parison Japan was found to occupy first place Argentine second and Canada third as stated But forty years ears ago Japan had comparatively little foreign trade amounting all told to with a population I at that time of ot a little over Canada had a population of about In 1868 On a per capita basis Japan shows a trade Increase of ot only per cent while Canadas per capita total trade Increase of ot 1908 as compared with 1868 was Upon further analysis of ot the per capita trade Increase of o the principal countries s of ot the world Belgium stands first the United Kingdom second Argentine Republic third Denmark fourth and Canada fifth Of course the trade of the United States has also Increased enormously In the past forty years but so 50 has bas I I the tho population of ci the country On Ona a per capita basis therefore we are among the also rans The struggle for commercial su supremacy supremacy supremacy has only fairly begun Japan In the Orient and Argentina In South America are rapidly forging to the front and many other countries not commercially active heretofore are showing signs of ot life Evidently there are strenuous times ahead for tor this country In the foreign markets If it we hold hoId our own |