TRADE WITH CANADA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 641, 19 October 1909, Page 3

TRADE WITH CANADA.

THE OREGON PINE INDUSTRY., Among the delegates to the Imperial Commerce Congress, Christchureh, .is Mr. B. H Alexander, of Vancouver, British ColnmDia, who. is engaged in. the Oregan pino wdustry. Referring to the exportation of OreEon pine from Canada and'tlic United States, Mr. Alexander told a reporter ,that ho was practically certain that the imports of the timber'into New .Zealand, which had boon stated to be twenty-four million feet, had been overestimated. There were about n hundred sawmills engaged in tho production of , tho,timber, and the bulk of their output was absorbed by tho Eastern States of America, lno export trade was widely distributed, Australia taking a large amount, the- consumption in tho Australasian colonies, China Japan, and South America representing about 70 per cent.. (fairly ; equally distributed among tho fonr. countries named) of tho total actual export, while the: balance went to Europe. Africa, and other countries. The trade to New Zealand had begun when both prices and freight were extremely low, owing to the depression generally throughput tho United Mates following the financial ■ stringency, lhere was now a tendency toward a resumption to the proper market value of the timber, and ho believed that prices would rise at least r o per cent. on. present rates.- Whether this increase would,prove prohibitive to tho further importation of tho timber'ho could not say, but it seemed that it had been found more suitable for .certain classes-of construction than the native timber, and it was only reasonable to presume that it would still be■n demand for thoso purposes. Canada could .jot complain of the imposition of a protective duty against Oregon timber, but he would like to see a distinction in favour of the Canadian' timber against that produced- in tho UnitM Tho addltlon "f an extra sixpence to the duty o n each hundred feet imported from the United States would give protection to »ffn,H? na «, lan " ? ,Ue r s j ,T ! th< "'t detrimentally affecting the native industries. Thcro was already a similar-concession in regard to saf mon and other products from Canada. CanKr r n anxiou s to , develop a trade with thei Australian colonies and with New Zealand; anu to losto a closer connection with them nrX a f DS f f* 1 , 1 A good many products of .New Zealand would find a ready ™« £ l a A C ? nad J a - ~A in Australian mutton had already been developed and there 7«i "S- reaso is wt / t the enterprise of New « ciW s i. ou i d A 0?, b ? .directed 'to fostering a similar trade, while dairy produce could also be exported to Canada with profit. Tho diflerence in the seasons of tho two countries suggested possibilities in the' way of an ei?™it S uun\ n , / or the Kevr Zealand fruit should be ready for export at about the exh ut d Cantldl!111 Wofod was practically