THE CANADIAN WOOLLEN INDUSTRY.
DAMAGE BY PREFERENTIAL DUTIES. ■ (Pbzss Association. — Cofzbjobx.) (Beceived Sept. VJ, 7-55 a.m.) MONTREAL, Wedneaday, Mr Bolland, in his ©residential address to the Canutes MBsofa«tt.rcr»' ' "A ssociation* Ctmvmtim s& Montreal, ' said that under tfes> j*ftfo*B»#aJ tariff the woollen iedssray **S steadily declined. . The raloa oi whiles wana-. • features imported iot t&# feat eaUltijt April, 1897, ita»£l/iO&Jm, white the value for the yeur ssafcg April last •was £4,200,000, Bime l&W time iad been a decrease oi estpitat ia Oaaadian wool production of £720,000? in tho hands employed, 220JJ; and te the annual value of produeta, £229000, lie appealed to Canadian* to insist on an ' increase in tho woollen duties to prt- ~ vent the extinction of .the industry.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 17 September 1908, Page 3
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119THE CANADIAN WOOLLEN INDUSTRY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 17 September 1908, Page 3
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