MARKETS FOR NEW ZEALAND

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 65, 18 March 1908, Page 6

MARKETS FOR NEW ZEALAND

MR GRAHAM GOW S REPORT

(N.Z. Times.) '' At preseirt I see great'possibilties • for a targe trade in cur canned goods ;. if we can meet the prices of the Unit- j ed States and Eastern Canada mar- j kets. There is little doubt that if our j merchants could get in touch with j Vancouver buyers for the Yukon dis- j trict, the steamers which leave periodi- j cally for the Yukon Territory could ; carry cargoes of our canned meats, jjams, and fruits into that territory. j So opens the report which Mr J. ', Graham Gow. has presented to th> | Government on his recent visit as i trade representative to the Dominion [* of Canada. ■ / THE WEST WANTS MUTTON. _ There is, Mr Gow states, an unques- j tkmably good market' for New Zealand > mutton, in the West of Canada, but ! before the trade could be properly es- ' tablislied a direct service ofrefrigera- I 'tor steamers from New eZaland to! Vancouver would be necessary; The' longj cold winter makes sheep raising : in Canada impossible, and importers | there state that the superior reputa- ; tion of New Zealand over Australian mutton would earn for it a great market in Canada. Mr Fry, manager of i the Cold Storage Works at Seattle, to'i whom Mr Gow was.introduced by Mr R. A. Alley, statesl, his intention of visiting New Zealand to; purchase mutton^ At present he is importing Aus-1 tralian. .A Calgary importer of Aus- ! tralian mutton—sor which, by the ! „ way, the steamer service- is Quite inadequate—is also prepared "to take JSew-Zealand if the price can compete As far east as Winnipeg, which will be ! the Chicago of Canada; there is a-good ! opening for New Zealand" banned ! goods and frozen mutton, if they can meet competition, a condition which will be conduced to by the great 'i-e- ---. duction in overland freights which is expected to follow the completion of the Grand Trunk Pacific Coast to Coast Railway. y The^ field in Western Canada for manufactured goods from/ New Zealand is practically limitless, and when the many factories which ,ar© now! building in- the West, are completed there will he an opening for a laree quantity of our raw material. WOOL FOR TORONTO. In Toronto there were many inquirers for New Zealand wools, and /one farm of importers immediately proceeded to establish a buying branch in H^akd. At present a good deal of New Zealand wool reaches Ontario by way of London. ' r&) the, T capital of the Dominion, a' ta™% ■i S oy? was well/received by , Wilfrid Laurier, and was greatly assisted by_ the. Dairy Commissioner >ir J. A Ruddick). Scarcely a week parses, when the Parliament' of the ' -Uc-mmon is;m session, without some reference being made to New Zealand methods. Montreal is too remote from Vancouver to be of any. use to New Zealand, except by means of a steamer service specially subsidised to run to eastern ports In any case Toronto is the principal buying centre for raw ! material. . CANDA , "FIRST AND FOREMOST." Mr Gow considers Canada stands first and foremost amongst the colonies in. its possibilities' as a New Zealand market. He says:— . "The demand for good articles in panada is strong, and the people have , the money to buy them, and it is now .■-..:.. the business of our -Dominion to pu«=h ahead and get a share of the general ; prosperity prevailing there." WHAT THE PROSPECT IS. ■ The following remarks are abridged from the separate headings :— . Mutton and Lamb—A splendid owning in both East and West: one merchant prepared to take 100,000 carcases per year Ontario has an average of only'thirteen sheer) per farm in£ nnS 6 number W decreased by 100,000 per year, for the last five years. OlSF Vail ioU i S >brands •■ w> Canadian brokers through London markets: manufacturers evidently I prefer, to purchase in London, owing ' to imancial arrangements. New Zea- i rJ?» i mUSii, *T$ representatives to Canada with, full ,power to arrange and quote settlements. • 1 ■-.'r; dt S an^ Skins—Large, demand in ( -I'pionto where quality of New Zealaml article is .well spoken of Butter—La West • and. : North-west a splenaid market offers, local production being quite insufficient. Jlaun Gum.—One' merchant prepared to make contracts, at satisfactory price and quality, for 300 cases per month. Gum used in Canada is obtained in New York at such a hi^h pee that only limited quantity is Eh.' substltute, in making rarfallow—ln good demand: large su&T ooming from Un"S f»™?*~l? eY Zealand article well and E^i &hi J ¥°m'r n but ™ that ■_. Manila has to be used; a good market if prices reasonable, Casings—An excellent marwT d Me?t s-Q^% of New Zea, unL^sssr muclvsuperiort ° Jams—Quality goo d; satisfactory pi we would secure good market, f? i^Tr ? Ure£ market lLi« hast l ei; n Canada) owing to hi^h tariff and fact that they can be importea cheaper from Europe. DON'T BE GRASPING. Canadian merchants are anxious to would SSf Ssn w- th +^" ew Zeala *d ™* would do_ aU in their power to build WOOL AND LAND FREIGHTS B£BS£S§B rangement with the. railway which wS enable him to import direc^ and thl completion of the Grand Trunk Rail way m two years is expected tolead ... .*».;.* drop in freights. At present* owing to the competition of the imported article, 100 woollen mills are closed down. Tlie Canadian Manufacturers Association, which has very strong political influence, is urging the Dominion Government to raise the , ■ duty on imported woollen goods. Tlie money market was very tight when Mr Gow left Canada, and many factories were closing down, but business men were satisfied tha£ the depression was only of a temporary nature. Mr Gow believes there are very many wealthy Canadians who could "be attracted to spend them holidays m New Zealand. ■ ■ I