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DCL

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MAKERS

The Distillers Company L

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THE` HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 1924.

"D. C. L. "

MALT EXTRACT

with

COD LIVER OIL

Is made from the finest selebted Barley and malt

ed with the greatest care on the Company's own premises by the most scientific methods of

manufacture.

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$1.00. 1.80.

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A MILD WINTER

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VANCOUVERS SHIPPING.

PHENOMENAL GROWTH.

A shipping correspondent of the

chester Guardian writes:-

of Alberta, and Dr. J. W. Rutherford, Professor of Agriculture at the Univer Isity of Saskatchewan), is having the whole question put to it pretty strongly, and fan there can be no doubt from the reports

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RATES ON TWO ROUTES.

received that the farmers of Alberta and | Saskatchewan bave madə out à successful The meteoric advance of the port of case, and appreciable reductions are more Fancouver within the last few years de than likely. It is reported that already serves far more study than it has up to reduction of 10 per cent. is in opern- now received. In the struggles of Van tion on westward rail routes. couver -there are crystallised the out- standing problems of the Pacific. Thore is, drst, the future of Canada nas wheat- Taking this into account, the following exporting country, and then there are table will show the advantage of the all the "problems engendered in the Vancouver and Panama route for an powerful growth of complex civilisations exporting centre such as Calgary. The on both sides of the Pacific. For the freight rates taken are fairly average, Bgures quoted in this article I must make though fluctuations of several shilling, are acknowledgment of the assistance given to be reckoned with. me by many interested companies..

Comparison of Cost of Carriage of Wheat from Calgary (Alberta) to Liver. pool by East Coast and West Coast, Routes.

Per tan. sd.

Calgary to Vancouver (rail)... 211 Vancouver to Liverpool...

Canada's important position to-day, an the second on the list of the world's sup- pliers of wheat, must not be taken for granted too easily. But for three very important developments it would depend West coast route:- almost entirely on Russia remaining per

The growth of manently quiescent. Canada's wheat exports has hastened thei whole trend of events in the Pacific, and on the maintenance of her position de pends not only her own economic destiny, but also to a very large extent the future of trade in the Pacific. But it must be remembered that Europe is the world's largest buyer of wheat, and that Rawia supplied half of Europe's needs in pre war days. Vancouver and the United States providing only a third of Rustïa's] surplus supplies.

The wheat position to-day has reached normal on quite a different basis of supply Vancouver and the United

East coast route:

31 13

Calgary to Fort William..... 95 3 Fort William to Montreal, Hudson Bay, or U.S. ports (average)

North Atlantic Ocean freight... 14

62 Q

But even taking into account the re-. States have now token Russia's old posi, ported 10 per cent, reduction on westward tion; and the Argentine. Australia, and rates, they still compare very highly with the rest of the world have increased their pastward rates; and without knowing a production sufficiently to account for the basis for the differential for transport remaining deficiency. But Russia is this over the Rockies they appear to be graly year beginning to export once again not inrquitable. In the following table, for in any quantity to disturb the world carriage over the same distance of 1.200 markets, but to many people it will be a miles, there is a difference of 91 cents per sign of returning competition. At the bushel between the two routes, and if same time, should Russia in the future the reported 10 per cent, reduction does seriously enter the world market, she not apply the difference amounts to 193 will have to compete with a very changed cents per bushel. Canada Canadian wheat production is Comparison of Canadian Rail Rates on moving westward towards the sea-that is, in the direction of cheap transport.

The Panama Canal has bridged the Pacific Ocean with Europe, and Canada] a finding alternative markets for her wheat in the westernising Orient. All these developments converge on. Van

couver.

THREE TRAK4* SHIPMENTS.

:

Vancouver (1,200 miles)....26 cents. The phenomenal, development of the port of Vancouver is therefore quite a natural consequence of the opening of the Panama Canal gateway to Europe and the piovement of wheat production west- ward, and as a Fact, is actually being retarded by the railroad difficulties in Canada Grain movements have natural

HONGKONG

PRICE LIST

MICHELIN

TYRES

FOR MOTOR CARS AND CYCLES.

THE INCOMPARABLE MICHELIN FIVE PLY FABRIC 30 X 31

CASING: $21.50 RING-SHAPED TUBE $2.15

CABLE" and

Rim Sizes

CORD" TYRES SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES

SOFI BEAD CLINCHER TYPE.

80 X 700.

Cable" Casings

Ring Shaped Tabes

$17.30..

$2.70

Grain Eastward and Westward.

Per bushel. Edmonton (Alberta) to Fort

William (1,200 miles).........13) cents. Grande Prairie (Alberta) to

90 X 710.

23.70..

3.05

760.

25.50..

3.20

810..

27.35..

3.35

-105 X 815..

32.75,

3.85

875.

35.40

4.05

120 X 820..

43.65.

4.90

880.

48.20

5.20

920.

50.05.

5.40

135 X 835 895

61.80.

5.40

65.50.

5.55

18.30.

2.70

26.35.

3.05

STRAIGHT SIDE TYPE

one

Rim Side 32 X 31 32 X

Cord" Casings

Ring Shapes Tubes

·35.40:

3.20

38.30.

+3.85

39.10.

3.85

40.95.

4.10

52.70...

4.90

53.70.

5.05

55.40.

5.20

72.70%.

5.90

Sea transport is so very much cheaper that land transport that, taking a point midway between Fort William, at the head of the Great Lakes, and Vancouver; it is cheaper to ship eid Vancouver and the Panama Canal than vid Port William, the Great Lakes, and the North Atlantic brought about other important freight route. As is fairly well known, the cost developments, both in imports and ex

Ireight of rail transport in Canada is very much ports, touching almost every

Bat perhaps the dearer westward (towards Vancouver) market in the world.

important development then eastward (towards Port William), but ot despite this the advantage of the Panama which has nothing to do with the Panama route is so iderable in cost alone, Canal route, but will nevertheles have apart from the natural advantage in it the most important effects on Pacific

trade. This being open the year round, that the weak

the discovery of the Orient ern half of the prairie provinces gains a wheat consuming market, an occur

In the in using Vancouver. This is the reason rence of the last couple of years. for the wonderful advance in Vancouver Top year 1991-29, 3,122,144 bushels of wheat exports, as shown in the following ham Kobe and Shanghai: and during wheat were shipped principally to Yoko table. It should be noted that this table shows the position for crop seasons he ginning September 1st, and in this in stater, accordingly, bring the figures usually published for calendar years:

Export of Wheat (in Bushels) from Port of Vancouver.

'Crop Years, 1930-21. 1921-22. 1912-23 U.K. Cou

tinent. 301.221 Orient

the last season the figure increased to 3,950, 113 bushels, and it will be interesting to watch the 'progress in the future.

A few facts will show the importance of Vancouver to-day. The port is now the largest in Canada; more than 50 steainship” lines, replace the 12 lines of a dozen years ago. Over 13 million tons of shipping docked at the port in 1022 and her exports are multiplying year by 4.060,763 14,888,5 year by good integral figures. Consist 3,442,144

1830,113, ently with the remarkable growth of the 0,666 331,030 port as a wheat exporting centre exports of other West Canadian products, onts 301,021 7.480,578 18.018,032 rye, four, canned fish, timiser, fresh and dried fruits, dairy produce, zinc, copper, The prairie provinces of Alberta, lead, silver, gold and cal have also in Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are the creased. Imports have also increased; wheat-producing provinces of Canada, for and should increase very much more on which Vancouver is the nearest seaport account of the low freight rates obtain- More than this, wheat production is in able.

S. America.... Yit

creasing in the west and diminishing in The bride of Vancouver is well covered the east, Manitoba, which produced or by the steam hip lines serving the part,

00 million bushels of wheat ten years among which are the following British

companies:~~~

Alfred Holt & Co..

Canadian Government Marine, Ltd.

Merchant.

Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd.

Canadian Australasian Royal Mail. Canadian R. Dollar Co., Ltd.

Furness Withy & Co., Lad.

ly not expected to produce more then 40 million bushels this your, while in the same period Saskatchewan has multiplied its production by 2 and Alberta has in- creased its production tenfold, and is this season expected to produce well over double the quantity of last season, Tho three provinces together before the war! produced under 900 million hushels of wheat last year some 300 million bushels (about 95 per cens, of the total produc- tion of Canada), and this year, are "ex-] pected, to improve upon last year's pro- Most of these maintain fortnightly or daction by something between 80 and 100 monthly services with the United King- million bushels, the biggest increase being dom and Continental ports, av also do the in the province of Alberta-that is, the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique and province for which Vancouver and the the Asiatic, Holland-Amerika, Isthmian, Panama Canal has become essential, Johnson, and Coamor lines. Vancouver

Harrison Lioc.

R.M.S.P.

Elerman Wilson Line.

In the crop season 1921-29 Canada is, of course, open all the year round, and ported about 135 million bushels of wheat, has in this way another inestimable ad- and out of the total no fewer than 100 vantage over St. Lawrence_ports, as the million bushels were transported vid Fort grain shipments can proceed more evenly William, Buffalo, and the United States and without any seasonal disturbance on ports Farmers of the west naturally do markets.

not favour swelling the trade of the The tendency, it would seem, is for United Stater in this way, and feeling in Western Canada to becoins an economic aggravated by the difficulties in transport unity of its own, perhaps more related and trading on this ronte.

with the western States of America than

It can readily be seen, therefore that with the eastern provinces of Canada: the question of rail-carriage charge on Vancouver naturally falls into a group, whent in Canada is one of the utmost in so far as shipping with Europe is con portance. No doubt there were some cerned, with Beattle and San Francisco, good reasons for originally differentist-and cheap and daily sea transport will ing between transport "over, the Rockies bring these ports continually nearer to and transport to Fort William, but at one another. Wheat and timber from the same time the farmers of the prairie Vancouver, tinned fish from Vancouver, provinces appear to be becoming more and canned fruite from Seattle and San and more united in east, and divergent Francisco are bound to make up the bulk interests are pulling divergent ways. The of homeward cargoes "Outward cargoes Royal Commission inquiring into the are harder to fix. Possibly most steam- grain question in Canada (which is at ships will have to sail in ballast. But Serupting principally to regulate the British Columbia and the prairie pro- differences between the farmers, elevator vinces are bound, in the natural course proprietors, and transport companies, and of events, to make Vancouver their buy includes its members the Hon. W. F. Aing as well as selling centre, and so long Turgeon, formerly Attorney-General for us exports continue from Vancouver, a Sukatchewan.. Dr. D. A. McGibbon, klemand will lie there for machinery and Professor of Economics at the University manufactured gooda.

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