Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-11-25 | Page 8 | Our Canadian Trade

' . H Bint OUR CANADIAN TRADE. If; HilGCgtl Imports to the Dominion From ttil fj' United States Are Orowlng Mori B-f r Rapidly Than Prom Entrland, M" " ' g 91IUI no Washington, Nov 22 Canadian In ml" ports from the United States contlnutJ;c"', to grow more rapidly than lho-e (rom I A the United Kingdom despite the ltjli J lutlon of 1837 in favor of products 0! Bl In the United Kingdom, ln that year It B"t' will be remembered, the Canadian tat. B10 Iff luws and regulations were load " Juslcd as lo give an Immediate reta.B'1,1" tlon, beginning with April, 1897, of IK per cent In tariff rates on Imports from B""., the United Kingdom, with a further B . provision that another 12JJ per cent rt. B ductlon should occur In 1898 In 1M0 B1 V a stilt further reduction was made, ma. B, king the total reduction of tariff rata B J"' In fnvor of merchandise from ths Inlt. '.? ed Kingdom 33 1-S per cent. The of. B 1 llolal report ot the trade navigation ot B i ' the Dominion of Canada, which haijun "' reached the Treasury Uureau of Statli BES tics, includes a series of tables hov. Hllost Ing the Imports for consumption from H I c the United States, Great Britain anl -! tu other countries, and the tolal Imnorti H dlsp for a long term of years Thla rhovi B'rt that In the fin.nl year 1M6 the one lm- H Itn mediately preceding the year In which H (n the reduction of tariff ln favor o( prod. trT' ucts fiom Great Britain began Cant slu dlun Imports frum Great Britain iqu! (32 979,742, and In 1902. J49 2W06!, an 'ou Increase of Jl 220 320. In 1S98 tha Canadian Imports from the United ! States were iSS 574 024. and In 1902, JIM,- f 814 750, an Incrense of 162 240 726 ( Not only do Canadian Imports Iron n the United Stntes show a greater ar. m tual Increase from 1896 to 1903 tluui do Hi those from the United Kingdom but (, the percentage of Increase In Imponi . from the United States Is also greater ,, than that In Imports from the United ,. Kingdom, unci the percentage which H, Imports from the United States form b, the totnl Imports of Canada Is greater , In 190J than It was In 1896 while the mit percentage sshlch lmport,s from Great ,, Britain form of the total Import! ", Canada Ih less In 1902 than It sal In , 1S06 Comparing 1896 with 1902. the c- tual Incrense In Imports from Great B. Britain Is, as already shown, Sl(2!- , 320 and the actual Increase In Imperil ,. from the United States Is 62 240 726. . Considered by percentages the Importi j, Into Canada from Great Britain ihow Hf un Increase of 63 per cent, while thou ,; from the United States show an In- ;, crcaso of 107 per cent since 1896, Ira- Kr ports from Great Hiltaln formed In . 1896 30 per cent of the total Importi ' Into Cnn idi and in 1902 21 per cent, while Imports from the United States which In 1896 formed 52 per cent. formed In 1902 60 per oent of the tolal Imports Into Canada. '