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Show 1 Persons, Peaces and Things -' - CANADA'S TRADE INCREASING. The era of good times in Canada :does not seem to have reached its limit lim-it The tide of commercial prosperity, which began less than five years ago, Is still setting full and strong. The foreign trade for the last fiscal year ;was the largest in Canada's history, amounting to $148,000,000 more than the volume of her foreign trade of 1896, or an Increase nearly 65 per cent within the brief space of five years. One gratifying result is that, the exports ex-ports of Canada have contributed In a larger measure to the general increase in-crease of trade than have the imports. ;In this connection it is pointed out that a debtor country is relatively accumulating ac-cumulating wealth when its exports (exceed its imports, and Canada's ag-igregate ag-igregate of exports for the last five Jyears has largely exceeded that of her 'Imports. Previous to that time the balance of trade was all the other way. In domestic exports alone it Is a significant fact that there is a total Ibetterment of about $120,000,000 in the balance of trade since 1886. The foreign for-eign trade of the Dominion as per head of population is exceeded by only a few countries in the world. |