CANADA'S TARIFFS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 753, 28 February 1910, Page 5

CANADA'S TARIFFS.

.v- Apparently; some. of-'the'- German ■ manufacturers :can;seU- more'..cheaply, withsur. ; ,ta&plus-bonus,than/they;cani.miniis bo'thl' The ■ QermanVGoTernment;'according';to; .the: cablegram, - has -been' paying UO--'per'-' cent.Coh v certain: exports .to. neutraliseVthe' effectst.of ; the surtax..-.'SiVV ; .-.-.■:;;«.;:•;,.. ■;/■. Canada 'first.decided'upon .'granting "preferential'.rates' 'i'oi- 'duty ,upon ;Brihsh'.; goods, - Germany, ahd'.'fielgiumde-' - manded'.the :same .rates.' on. them products' as;,were- accorded;.to "goods i.of -. British .'bngih. :;They, claimed-this under - the '.'com-' 'merciali'.treaties.rwith; Great:Britain,\ but' .Mese.. i rf-.j^ties..-j;iiord,': : 'Salisbury;,'-:. , ,th'en.' Foreign;; .'jMinisteri"' .unhesitatingly '•'..de;npunced;': i a'nd'- i fr6m. : :lß9B'';onwards-.Cana'da'' had.'np,; most -favoured' nation'-stipulatibn? ,with..Germany.V:;Canada claimed.i.howeVer, 1 that ; \!the,,/imposition;' i bf.;.;the; general? tariff -on'Caiiadian ! .feoods was ; .effect a.punitive .measure'adopted-in>;con-' sequence iof '.theymeasurb* which;-. Canada .had. -iidpJEitedv.inr'favour; of i. the ■!-.' MotherCountry,- .-: and that'- as, a . matter Vof, ■'• fact ;Ge'rmanyi',was;,.treated.' in. the;- Canadian marketj!6n;i'the\;same'.- footing,;. "aiidv ; , ; .on': exactly ;equal;. terms' to any .'..other 'foreign' country, "•''''!.!-';'.'.C !'v : ;.'.-;.: !v'Eepbated ; ;reprosentatibris,.were"made' to "-lower • :.cbnv6htaraal... tariff,', - and T:these: ; having ..proved, unavailingCanada'.ih 1903 ; imposed; •'goods':'- entering. ;Cahada,'- equal,to,one-third,of.,the;duties. under .the;, Canadian - general',-tariff/, with ;th'o -disastrous! result..to :;'Germah:.:tr"ade 11 stated.! above, -I..Canada, >it I should , be: ex-, |lplaihed,;' ! has;,three.' ; tariffs,'a ! general; tariff, ; a ipreferchtial').: tariff '■':■ applied i '• to . produce', of .''Great ; BritainVr'and ; ■■■ an,''intermediate v'tariff f for' .'.application; ,to:'^ .to; f .Canada.: •The>cbmmerciaf:.''cony«tioh :withTPra'pce, ? gives.;Cahada the. benefit; of. ':the.Trench''minimum- : itariffi'. , ;and : :b.'-,]?r.ancevthe jl ;bcnefifeof,,Cahada , s- , :interr' ;mediate:; tariff-' for ! certain;;..products,; and' |.a psp.ecial.; tariff ■>• for.'.; others, ii : .-.'A! ':■ conv'en,^oh,similar. was' irdesired: ;i])y!/,Germany;','';.but'.;' Canada;!': the ..cablegr(ims:'state,'?hasl'.'cbhceded:; only,, the. i'g'ehural 1 , and wilL;only.ogrant'.'a pro-; ;^sional/:arr.arigemeht;^;M.',: ! !y ? :^;;.:jr- i ;y :. f.';Sonie.,Cahadiahs Mievo.!that tthe : iepeal, of, the.'surtax.bn;German:goods, will -be:at '•the.y'eipejise^-:6fi , -.''British:. : f ; .On j the f other '.•hahd ) ":.opih'ibh'' in i.;Berlin'assumes r that : it -.will, be Vat -.the,;erpense l:bf. : tho United'.States, -'in'asmuchii.as',the .United/States chiefly;:prpfited;by,the(|h'ech ,which s the; surtax- put on .German, trade.: y'.'As ;to."tbe"'p6'sition''of'British .'goods ; in, (the Canadian,;market,, publjshed ;in';"The;Tim'es"iShovf.'that.;Great,Britain. ;need} consider,, at ti'me.'icom-; ipetitioh'' from '■*'■. three ,'; ; ;.couhtriesr-hainely, -. ..ftp) United'' States," France,.! a'nd : ,Gerniiany,-order::mentipnedj;'i';''';-r::'*J,Vi|':(; ■::'The following, figures'.show the.value!of, .'the. -imports-:: in, principal;countries: in-''lß74,.:as'.;compared, . witKthbse ;in;:1908 : '^^i# "it. ■■'. - Britain, instates..:'France.''G'rm'ny;: ,' : : :w; ;-Dols; i :'A. ; vDols^ , n':.Dols. > 1874:63,076,000 > 54,283,000,.; 2,302,000 956,000. 1908;'.94,959,0PP 210,653,0002?,902,000 8,163,000': «;.!As/--fignres.rf6r( any? particular: ibe misleading, -and.also : changes .'indicated'-took'place;;- the : folj.ow-: 1 :imporfa.dnring;;.the'.periodsVmentionedi':is; | presented r- I '--:;K :^: ; '-.'.k. ■;-;:;-:';V I: v't/ : -:?Mv">, .Periods.'?,;. Qermjlnyi: ;;•'& ..r---M .■Vii-.;D015:.-.';i Dolsj v- ! Dbls.:, .-Do!b;.';-i ! 1874-78% : r-'--' : 45,Z32.000--50,220 1 000:i,776,000 ; 69i!,000.l ;i879-88>' : .-..'.;"42437,000, •- 45,020,000 1,869,000 1,796,000 1889-98' v./. :37,699,000* 67,447,000'-2,690,000 '4,9311,000 : 1899-1908 .V. 158,383,000 "142,777,000:6,445,000 8.148.000