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THE MARKETS OF BRITISH COLONIES

BY JOHN HOLT SCHOOLING

1. MARKET

ART'S

IS DEA, APS TRAFT SETTLE TRALIA, CANADA, THE

MENES, TIL CAPE OF GRIP HOK.

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The purpose of this article is to ascertain whathe the Fat King dan is holding its place as eller in the markets of British Chats no Pasession, relatively to the prerinn, shredders in the emme markets, of the other tions that supply goods to British Colonier and l'ossessions,

The order of precedenes of the markets now j to be mad may coas niently reord with the valle imports from AB Countries Poss som daring intoenels beiði- 'Any r

tha perial Pipe The Batter year is the tust pecent year for which all the facts are availalife.

The three Huding markete paided us lih places for pesetandise a British Indie, die Ausfindian Con us with, and Demition of Canada

Thore, the

We give to our rivale a free markt of £1,000,000 persons in the United Kingdom, to add to their own Free merke 1 in their own country. For example, F United States poster an opnu market of persons in the United States plus an open market of 1300 persons in the United Kingdom: todel, 125,000,000 Bat the United Kingilon posse an open market of 43,11,990 in the United Kingtun, which moreover is prosents we hay considerably interfered with by the foreiga

rivala & great tradle, advantage.

TABLE HI

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 8TMæ, 1907.

TABLE V.

JMPTA INTO THE CAPE or doon BorF FROM ALL COUNTRIES AND FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, ISOLISM, Yearly Averag during bath Deonde,

Test Imports Imports from

Parcentag T'aited from All Countries. Kingdom. Proportion

of B to A Per cont

903

Docade.

11-22

א

79

A. Million £

Million U

1890-1941

6.80

1884-3800

742

6.03

8:3

1882-1891

731

816

The intries.

A. Million L

IMPORTS INTO THE POMINION OF CANADA FRES ALL COUNTRIES AND FROM THE

NED KINGDOM, ISSO 1945. Yearly Averages during vask Decado.

TEST. Imports Imets Trein alt from United Percentage Kingdom. Proportion of P. te A. 13. Million & Percentage.

1883.1899

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1884-1890)

691

1846-195 1887-1896 18-8-7897

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1890-1890

1432

1483

1-01-1900

15-28

1892-1901

162

12-

119 1587 1889-1891

3

424

1345

--

9-11

1894-1983

2068

171

681

5

194

ww

23-4

1495-1901 17

15:29

1806-1995

1486

55.1

1894 1895

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उप

1886-189

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380

Course A largo

1>KG-1995

376

of Trade, Rien,

A largo

Ric

A large Fall

18871-946

36-0

ENON THAT

344

1981-1990009

18-19!

Thread Countries.

Imports from alt

Imports

from site Kiopetus.

A

11

of B.to A.

'I ENE Percentage 1894-1900 Prepetion. 1895 1904

4-98-1

1993. Hing

+709 timi

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27·1 26-1

34-2

374

M

Mill

Per

Course (

тара

++

3771

A large

Ris

1880-1989 PALEO

DIS

ti

1842.4091 ROLLIN

714 750

544

757

Shi

+

188-190

kate will be dealt with first.

TABLE 4.

IMPORTS INTE BRITISH INDIA FROM AL COUNTRIES AND FROM THE UNFIED KING THIS, IN 1945

Yearly Averages during each Dreade

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1800-1909

1991-1993

1895-1904

WE-1905

Contras of Trade. i

A MIZ

and

'entin

Rise

1997

71

A

A Large

Nourly L'afinurns -

Rist

Fall.

419

26

247

A Fall and A hargaand

Continuous then

Full. Risa

*Logouts Bar startupesa in Uscado, including

*Includingoallion and square, but not including

In

FEAR.

A NOTABIM NEW POSM

Four? Yes, I fent,

1irth dowered we

With terror of the world's bigh mystery I fear.

The will omnipotent that fashioned me, And led me, "anul and lawy, with desire Unfameable, nt, yearns towards the stars. White slara Elin: langhapon a fairy sex. And givax desirw no incompouse; the will That made mys of a scret from myself, Competing to search, fromver marcis Tis purpose, fill in the eternal quest. I ree', and still majestically weaves,

luscrutable and wholly mute, I fear,

But there shall full

Nor sigt nor FAST.

Though lind, 1 stoatly maseh, and bold

my fear

In thrall,

In this doth man's immortal glory lie

Not in the heart antroubled that asenils

The throw of fortune, aud is unafraid, But in the onl that locks nos from its way, Though pist about with perd of the night And pale with dread: this is the strength that

stamps

gold brought into the Cage for shipment at app man's brew the diguity of Gol, forts finding gek impattat the Cape Bal And sets bigu, Frail and sacrul unbroken still,

Magnifie ui in conquest of the world trust in the interion of South Afrien cluding stood fother than gadis imported, over Iand into the Caps

Table V. is an instance of a large increase in purchases from The United Kingdom ascom- panied by a still Irger increas in parchuse from countries other than the United Kingdom. For despite the Capes increase in purchases from ne, we we cleats that nur slurs in the markers of the Cape of Good Hope has largely fallen. During the first decade our share was per Efe of the Cape's purchase from All Countries, but during the last decade ur share 142 bio ad seein

toponda's Futish Proberential Tayiff can info had fallen to 1574 per 10. And the fult has

The Culian Julkar has hon | Feen continuous sina the decade 1841-1895.

In August, 10-3, the South Afrieni Customs ture is M. envetted mat . at the envorsing value of

fad, during Union car into fores, by which imparts

British production from the United Kingdom Alluring 1880-07-1, at an

receive a Preferential frentent in the Cape, Natal, Southera desia, the Transvaal, and The Orange River Colony. This period siven 1:23 is, of our to shock to producs any appreciable effect apon the course of truko shown

Tub's V.

This trade advantage given by us to ourdrade rivals at the 1: pestua uper a large selena sell rails, unywhere in Andre on reason why For example, And that'

and continous fait the large in ur share of australian markets show in the tax column of Tables II. This wir part is, of course, highly procedure in

truistie, luat is it wise fise us to be altruistic in comuneres, knowing, as we do know, that inforrn. tional trading is a daily ding-dong fight for the world's markets, and tige devil fake the hindmos! lighter?

Table 1 shows the couges of trade ja

fosports by sea, including bullion and spre Canada's market.

froutier Not including imports by est trachs"; fren various Asixtio Stres

At the par valne of the rupes, 18 rapes But the version sulae of the rupee us fall considerably below 2-

1

Thero has un large increase in Carala's purchases from Autine, aurousa lumiil recut penes by a fall in Canada's rebuses from the Faited Kingdom. The net result simple in the lust coinma of Tuhla III. share was 1 - par Table 1. Leinleg to British Turin, which is namely, laste and entirangs fall in mar stare monch the biggest inpirter of all British Co. of Canadian markets.

Mr British India 110 of Connda's purses during the first mi and busi is the largest ensiemer of the United Kingdom, donde and) £21,5 per £100 during the insa decaties, figoted that Canada's British of all the latter's foreign or Colonial customers,

The thing that we are concerned tresse is the Preferential Tariff came into foren in 18 If courer of fiadencia a long pericul. The forts; sogn, gener in Judad af before me after 188 Thy we see a conlinmts yearly bol: cbangs into a for this or that year are of no arenaret.

mutinuous yearly rise as a Canada's cap track as nothing.

Table 1 shows the renise of finds in the purchases from the United Kingdom. ·And, A large rise in looking at the decennial average in Table II. Ja volim, was that the rate of fall it ens

lexand. INTkets of British India

But imports from All Countries, and a large orice în

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Ab: This is genit. To fea", ot dare.

To tremble, yet to how ant to despair Or Fate.

JOHN DRINKWATER,

In almost every walk in life instances can be found af simple incidents that bare materially change the course of the world's history. Tako the case the ricity, for example. To the evident thing of haber is pasbably due the away in electricity it would be diffi mult to say To the cor Then again with feel and drink. birth of that arises. How much the world now

sulable, a due the growth of that,indu-try. The afparatively simple fact of rembring

foncer of the firm of Vallonten was the dis is will raised us the best Grunghont, the world. It pure soluble, easily digested, and overur of this proses and Van Honter's Cara

I there not all sport highly as wishin zen.

The concluding part of this article will deal with the markets of other British Colonies and

(Take retinał next voorka

DINNER.

Dinner is the triumph of leje drer experience. A mendacious protech declares the a Inert You child dreads this tee It is not tran

night as well way that the ice dels à tart

your wrist.col.

your dorm.

mrs from the United Kingdom But what akure has ben terena "given to its has overhang with flowers

does the best endnum, disclose?

Canila's unrequited"

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child. The dinner-out is na babitual martyr. When you receive an myitation to dinner, you Hope springs eternal in the buman stomach

You hops with for. With lay the tattering union of anticipation to

The executioner mean the fresh-mown far you in your tie, soit lausomto fat ber-taken four cast and hawls your Bain". You wonder you smile bravely at them. whith white shoulder will be the captic f Your bust and hostess smile barely at you, and

Then two by twe, like 1 kaifs and fork. Modi's guest, you march raliamily into the s you unfold your shroul- 1 ment your napicin you glass down the long lining yom vista of new paved with Silver and erystal ad vers The faces ar teisty not been in force leag enough materially to exportant. The bloom of hauter tinget flet,

Von begin to arrange 11 shows that chung the first dersler war setur shat Moreover, welave time in check and pravdered-ness. There is a plied British India with Qui per pay party, wind that Carla has been largely invest tinkly of swati-tull.

ber purtases from count les oth that the your inpirmptos and marsi all your arealers f Betish India's purchases for all congees

Cafed Kingdon This is somption's Yound your right oraya h ohr warily And that during the last decade our Surin

1 sauce hor If you are elles nut ense British Julie's marka te had fallen så gi per perduke and it ends for hinder one share of like ferrers. If you are modest, think

landened, you ask yourself. Will close And the tail was confit cons us wollte Cunda's purchases from intrrasiap.

Being a mind the great and growing

17h ash pisu gadi consitletaks

Thois, although British To pasos fror of Canals as a buy of mer. She is asking the sum question. Ten

banimal looking as at the longes can see it in her eye as tree increased (Colman 1 of Table 1. wol

nr share of grade's markets. it. I sip sour soup and your sherry, and and your third best card. Perhaps she ratarus year four!.

• fall in see pleiniy that we have considerably failed to)

Periaps she revokes. Then you try another. is really mesirable feat anyone in Lola our place as a seller. Other sous bel

If the last now play dous net draw, you fall delay with Brit din hate mad.

for

If you are a relatively, then we have unde as a tramtry en hesituds to grasp the secerat y

upon Preferential T wie with Canada. Audour back on the hast bowl. Then you British lua.

You have law reached the 'critical moment. Wiecme now to the ran kets of the Australian present refusal could not mee bean s if this tiously bad the Silī rangardians.

What have you let to talk about? Will you Commonwealth, which ranks second to, but far question of Preferentis Trade had not be the lucky, these may carry go into the hook.

Aperfidy of circumstances be degraded to the below, British ludia ne an importing country.

waste your sumsition and squander your level of party podities.

unge holes. It is wise to kill fan birds with en Pat yourself outside of these islands. Lork at IMPORTS"ES TO THE AUSTRALIAN plazhis time as a formgur weld ok at it,

first to the lady on his sight and then to

If it is modrenely! Regard it fer the brol sa upoint of Imperial: The trapal neelatial fells his story WTATEM, Aata of STRIPS AND Flex

the lady on his left policy. If you will do that there is only car THE UNITED KINGDAL, INS0-1506

-wer to this question of Protegential Trade Fresh, the ladies will reps it to the neigh bones until it mes itse hall-way rul Yearly Averages during fach. Dicado)

Lupups Jupirts T-30 Test. Per; with British Coloney; an unqualBied agwat.

I pen tot Upit

As I am taking 1 -- Lalogies and Possessions the ubles. If you tell it only one lady, centage

It was quite! Kingdom Propertion in the order of their importuner as buying it will come back to gon.

Antre, with at regard to the meiler of self- story to my lefthand neighbour. Min Million C

Per Calverntent, the Saits Settlements come next. mye, for I had invested it in the mah. Twenty- minutes after the paner in my right band tolt bug, crippled, points take at which I

I by! I PORT INTO THE STRAITA SEPTL laughed with westin duplicity. As

MENTS SINGAPORS. PESANO, AND MA-awake always ng awak after a dinner party

-Iard the cleksi ing two, and uldly it ! LACCA) FROM ALL COUNTRIES AND TRU32 THE UNITED KORPION, UNSA1965. Yenly Avenges during each. Drende.

Impert Imper from all from United

Kingdom. Confries.

Million

TALE 1.

Diede.

Countries.

A.

1880-1880 1851-1990 347

150

1882-188

18-3-1992

1885 1894

Course of

213

A long Fail. A Tange | 1884-1

Con-

401

monter

TABLE IV.

1: Ore

T'est

1

of B to A crisis of di quer.

2.81

t-shed in that oth the predo'e, mora!

I is a Ti น might "chaders of my can

Why storyteller who knows his own story. pre mes mate in tell a story without for That is th Percentage ratting the point? But I am disgressing. Where Proportion ans Ital, at the mospagne

You either sink we swip Mut men shom-lexly strike themselves dumb, and dive deep into Lithe 1893. If you are wine. proof you may do so, and let your neighbour fade seng of the nightingale. I know *way like the many subalit diners cut of both sexes. But if you are not wine-proof Heaven hely Now you get only a repriori of half nù hour at most. Sometimes it is ten minutes. What is that for a broken heain and a altered digestion? Then you go back to the drawing room feeling like the Light Brigada, 1t is all very wel te walk on can you talk empty tomach, but how

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1996-1997 19-746 18.1807

304

215

3

20

1891-1800 1892-1901 1993-1902

69

ATA

Devante.

A.

31-0

2015

Million £

Per cent.

1834 193

214

139-14 1890-1905

217

365 Fluctus.- ion and

29-1

620) 613

INSKIRST 628 1881-1890 1882-1891

18-1

18-1

376

204

196

3-86

39.5-

201

9-76

1883-186

20st

207

3-19

170

1885-1894 1890 189

3-35

160

39

324

152

Rise

-221-6 1987 19

319

147

1988-1997 iss sign 11-1 1892-101

217

219

305

149

1

1996

132 12-5

93 R

49

5-94

114

1894-193

268

બની.

11-1

1895-19004

27-6

2-92

106

1896-1998-

395

31:1

14-5

A coating-

A Full,

Course

Ons Rise.

Trade.

with Slight

Fat. Rreesery.

Not including The Inter-State trade of the is parts of the Comewealth.

Lochading Inffion and specie.

Otsere that "able II. dues not include the Tater-Siste rada of the six parts of the Austra: 1893.75. ban Corwenkl. It relates to Australia's "outside" purchases,

What has been the cents of trade during 1880-19-52

Australia's purchases from All Counties have risen, and Australia's purchases from thos United Kingdom have fallen. The latter were 43 million yearly during the first decade, daring the last decade,

144

you

on a full one. Animals know better. They sleep. Som mer om sleep with their eyes epen and their mouths shut. If you are not a rend skeper, you la Lelute is worse than your First

You born and are bored by a new talker. A large and If she is pretty you may try to flirt with her. continuour But after dinner firiations are not gay. The

Fall, F Trudo

brain is Wood'oss. All itenergy has been

•Inetuning taillion pasi perie. Not including borrowed by the gastriz juies. It is painful to swerking at high pressure. e dollar his L

twenty digestions Mest modern wonen are too lazy to fire. You motivated intek ai entes deerasing from 3. FAL Interesatlement Tride

nibble. Only the senile or the juvenile pay cou

We take no plausare These two opposite

Fliments Tablo IV., which relates to the markets of the combination the result disclosed in the last coinma of Iable II. A luge and Cortinous fall has occurred in the United Kingdom's share Straits Settlements, shows the same course of

trade in the self-governing parts of the work our jaws a hard at a dinner-piety to have the pluck to give a dinner party without a of Australian markets. For example, during the first decade our shure was 1727 per £100 of | British Empire whose representatives are vou

But during the last in this country, and to whom Sir Henry Comp-1 dinner. It could be taken as eaten.—James Australia's purenses decade our share had fallen to £613 por £100.-Bannerman spoke on April 15th of the Danglas, in M. A. P‚“ And the fall was contignons. Net only ure we desire to streden every point that can be stretched in order to meet the views of each! inking less advapes in foreign markets than is made by our trade rivals, be also we are losing constituent part of the Empire," our place as a seller in the markets of Briti-E Colonies

and 44 million ses of trade preduce in ! per dollar during 19rt. I a. per dollar during | may bowl your best oftweaks without getting a

One of the causes of this loss of position by us in foreign markets and is warkels of British Colonies is the fact that we give to each of our

The course of trade in Table IV. is a largo and continuous fall in the United Kingdom's share of the markets there named.

The Cape of Good Hope takes the fifth place as a buying country.

iu

Praceful in the plain truth is that we

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This wetul and camper i pres

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valle der all roasted ms and cond there and it is d ficut to image f deiras derangement, wie mans feudianos mie skee el debilite, that will not burements and harga bem fit! by thas never failing term

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We have sent a limited supply of these large Catalognes to the office of this paper, where all who need it at ones can have one on payment of 50 cent to pay local pourage and expenses.

Secure your copy at once to prevent delay.

Write a letter to our Export Manager, at Chicago, and ask him any questions you like. He will be glad to furnish any information,

Do not miss this opportunity to Get Our New 1200 Page Cata- logue No. 74, FREE.

MONTGOMERY,WARD & CO.

CHICAGO. U. 5. A.