538 POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Even in Canada, notwithstanding a preferential tariff of 33% per cent. 

 in favor of British imports, we continue, says Consul-General Bit- 

 tinger, of- Montreal, to enjoy 'more of Canadian customs than the rest 

 of the world put together,' and many classes of goods which some years 

 ago were bought in Great Britain are now more cheaply and more 

 conveniently purchased in the United States. Last year, our sales to 

 Canada amounted to more than $110,000,000, while those of Great 

 Britain were only about $43,000,000. In Mexico, Consul General 

 Barlow reports, the purchases from the United States show a large 

 increase — over $4,000,000, or 11.8 per cent — while those from every 

 other country exporting largely to Mexico, except Germany, show a 

 large decrease. The German gain was only about $411,000, or 5.8 

 per cent. In the reports from Central America and South America, 

 there are gratifying indications of substantial growth in the sales of 

 our goods, and we are steadily widening the variety of our exports to 

 Africa, Asia, Australasia — in other words, to every part of the world. 



Commercial WorTc of Consular Officers. 

 In the 'Eeview of the World's Commerce' introductory to the 

 annual reports for 1901* the effort has been made to summarize the 

 detailed reports of the consular officers in such a way as to bring out 

 the points of chief interest as to the trade and industries of the 

 various countries and the obstacles to, as well as the opportunities for, 

 the sale of American goods. It is but due to the consular officers to add 

 that the quality of their work shows continued improvement, and that, 

 thanks to their industry and promptitude, the Department is again 

 enabled to transmit the annual reports to Congress within a month 

 after the close of the calendar year. 



'Commercial Relations of the United States' (in press), 



