POSSIBLE MARKETS IN AMERICA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1185, 21 July 1911, Page 8

POSSIBLE MARKETS IN AMERICA.

CHANCES FOB OUR PRODUCE. "For the information of those desiring j tu'.take advantage of the markets of : Vancouver and San Francisco, which aro ■ now. available with the steamship servico : wiw established, n leport has been secured by tho. Department as to the pro--1 spectfi for New -Zealand..products on tho ' .Pacific riiarkets of the north."—So says a i ' npto in the "Journal of the Department i' ' of Agriculture." ' SAN FRANCISCO. ,' 'The Teport referred to states that tho : business men in 'Frisco state that there ; should bs a good opening for New Zeai ; land: meat on Californian markets, as the ' local article is rapidly increasing in price. '. The demand would bo for beef rather ' than for mutton. [ The Pure Food Act of tho United States stipulated that, no preservative is. to be ■- incorporated in butter, and if this regui llatioh is observed there is a good open- •■ ing for New Zealand butter on the Western markets of the States. One shipment ' ,of, New Zealand . butter made' without I '. preserva'tive was pronounced. first class ■ !'in every.way. The markets would only ' 'be profitable from October to March. I . -."There is a good market in the States ; -for hides' and skins," .continue? the rej ipbrr,.and the importations from' New Zealand hnvo always given satisfaction. ; Kauri gum is at present in demand in ". i flic Eastern States, but it is anticipated '. -'that'-within a short time, some of the i .'.varnish and linoleum manufacturers of ■ New. York will be forced to erect works -.' in California. : ; "Phorminni fibre 13 at tho present time 'off. the American market, owing to the -.'abundant, supply of low-price Manila. ■ : and no development to the advantage of ; •.-. New ,-Zealand hemp millers is probable ' ,'in the immediate future. Largo supplies I "of sisal are also on hand. ' : ' VANCOUVER. j "The firms controlling the meat-storage ■works-of Vancouver have expressed their ; .eagerness to learn .all they can of New ] Zealand meat and of, fbe possibilities of establishing connection, for it on the '.- markets they serve. They express a :'. doubt as to whether our mutton will ; iprove suitable by reason of the fact that ' I Australian .freezers, which had proved - 'very'suitable, were of light weights; but ; „ this merely, points to ncjssity of fur-,,-pishing the west Canadian markets with ' light-weight carcasses. ] "New Zealand butter has already estab- '> .liihed a reputation on the. Vancouver ■ markets, though it docs not contain so ; imnch salt, and is of a paler colour, than ; .-butter from eastern Canada. The dairyi produce merchants of Vancouver consider , -there is a big future for the.butter trade ; i between New Zealand and their markets. "Though British., Columbia is noted for ■ lits apples, there is said to be a good . market for apples on local markets be- ; .tw'cen the .months of February and June, ; though naturally there are not tho same ', prospects for high-class dessert varieties ;' as the London 'market offer-.' There is a } strict inspection of all fruit entering V British Cohimbio." < ' Cool-storage for perishable- products .is :' provided in Vancouver on ah extensive : scftle. It- is ' necessary to use the correct ;' form "of invoice to get the benefit of the ;. reciprocity treaty in shipping, to Canada.