TRADE WITH CANADA.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11461, 20 December 1902, Page 5

TRADE WITH CANADA.

» DIRECT RELATIONS WITH NEW ZEA LAND. ' : "(BT OTJB, SFBCIAE BEPOKTER.). ; Mr T. de Stihryver, who has taken up hi headquarters for the time being at Auckland us representative of the Canadian Mann lecturers' Association, is at present on •; visit to Ohristohurch. Iα the course o an interview yesterday d representative o "The Press" obtained come interesting in formation regarding trade relations between Canada and (New Zealand. The Assocria tion Mr . de • Sohryver represent: • . i> A very (powerful one, anc one of ite greatest objects is to develo] manufacturing enterprise, and, as he expnes ■ed himself, "I am representing in Nev Zealand all Canadian manufactures whid have no direct representation of their owi in this colony." Canada, lie went on to say, had much ii oommon with New Zealand, and while sup plying the latter country wiiu many article! of commerce could take much from New Zealand in return. It was, he thought, i duty ithat ope port of tlw> Empire owed U mother part to assist it and take its goode in exchange in preference to dealing with foreign countries, when the oonditiana were \ equni". H« maintained that Canada., absolutely filled the bill in this resweot with regard to New Zealand, in that s\ie could send us the lima we atenow getting from the United States and, the, ,of Europe at equally low, if not lrhrer,' prices,' and that the articles supplied would.in all cases equal the good* ww from the foreign countries, Uα .to mam j instances be superior. This war bueiwis', and altogether apurt from wntunfrat./ What the Canadian manufac>uma was to find out, suitable lines to B JJPP»jf and to purchase , , and 'he was now looking out for suitable agents for Canadian •namifArturers throughout New Zealand. 1 van not here alone to sell for Canada, opt Ao buy also," said Mr de tfchryver, and Wflp on to enumerate the linte which lent to export to tbe Dominion, referring to: flax, mutton casings, button tallow, sheepskins (raw and tanned), Gnd kauri gum. Only the other day arrangements had been'made with one of puuoedin's principal firms to introduce its linn through the Association in Canada, and the trade, it was hoped, would grotf by leaps and bounds. It was quite a fallacy in trade to believe that in every instance price was the only ruling factor, pnd this was practically proved by tbe fact that McLaren's Imperial Cheese Company of Toronto found a good market here for their, wares. Theiv was not the slightest doubt but what New Zealand woollen good* (particularly blankets and rugs) would sell irell -in Canada, where there was a large wealthy class who would not care what they paid for the best article and tho trticle that suited. Canada could s?n<l direct to New Zealand canned vegetables, biscuits, lager oeers (all of theso lines in competition with ibo United States), and canned fish (from tbo factories of Nova Scotia in ti«s East to British Columbia ip the West). Last year the Dominion exjwrted in canned fish to Australia to the A'alue of 205,244 dollars, and to the United StaUs 5,608.935 dollars' ■worth. It was reatsonable to-presmn<» that a large proportion of ibis fonrui its way to New Zealand and other British colonies As American goods, thiougii New York. Why not trade dirtvt with CaruuJa, and «aye the middle profit? Canada, with her up-to-date appliances, •was easily able to compete with the Statain the manufacture oi paper, and lie hail proved this satisfactorily; die was now sending annually paper pulp to the value of 2,000,000 dollars into the United States. OrlKt> furniture (now larjja'y impoit-ed to 'Svvr Zt.iLrnd from America) could bo just as well obtained from the Dominion; tire iatter'r bicycles were equal to any in the inarke: fw quality, and su'il at competitive pri'.fs. In agricultural impleintiit.s the Dominion had yet to b» and lf.itber 'ivas one of her princijxtl iX])<iits. In textiles Canada was alile to send her manufactures to the Old World centres of those very indnatries. and hold her own. Was not tins proof that fven in theso lines sh. , onyht to be oonsidere<l? Canudian cuttons were freely sold und eagtrly bought all through Australasia, «tn evidence uf their quality gaining appreciation; while fur indiurubber

ijoods the Dominion claimed to be absolutely nt the top of the tree. New Zealand only wanted to know more about Canada and -what she had to offer to become a bij,' customer of the Dominion. Her i nnmelled war*, now a big industry, was t|iia!ly low in price and superior to any Continental wake, and had the added advantage of Its-in? a British article. In concluding his remarks, Mr de Shryver xiid Canada was bound to take ;i '.cad. Her natural resource*, her unlimited watfr supply would hrini; h'-T t' the fore \n the world's markets in leaps an J bounds. She has as a nation adopted tile pu<hin,' methods of the United States, and at the same time united with these the solidity and reliability of the Britisher. "Add to this the artistic element embodied | in the Fror.ch-Cunadian citizens of the Dominion, and it is obvious to any clave observer that Canadian manufacturers will take a front place throughout the world in the very future." The only drawback this advocate of the extensions of the Enipire"s trade within her own bounds jv. ould admit-, was that up to the present j tin re had bttn insufficient direct communication with othor oversea countries, but thus wmiM }>.■ overcome. Canada wished to free her stuff from her own ports, so that the Unite! Suites should not be able to take credit for much of hor exports as at present, owing to transhipment. The New Zealand statistics showed that this colony's unport.s irom Canada were actually set <i:>w-n at about £40,000 in value, but if the quantities which had come via the State* were credited to Canada be was in a position to &tat« that the figures would be very much higher.