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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



tered, including such producers as Russia, Brazil, and other minor 

 cotton-growing centers. All the great industrial countries of 

 the world make a very extensive use of American cotton. Eng- 

 land consumed 3,800.000 bales of cotton during the year 1913, 

 of which 3,200,000 bales were American. Of 1,600,000 bales 

 consumed in Germany, 1,300,000 were American, and of nearly 

 1,000,000 bales consumed in France, nearly 800,000 were Ameri- 

 can. American cotton is indispensable to cotton industry of 

 these countries. It can not be replaced by the cotton grown in 

 other countries and the whole surplus production of the world 

 outside the United States, for instance, would be insufficient 

 to cover even the wants of England alone, let alone all the 

 combined consumption of Germany. France, Austria-Hungary, 

 Italy, and others. 



There are several other materials which might be used by 

 this country effectively as articles to be used in bargaining for 

 rubber or any other raw material. Copper should be mentioned 

 among these and, in a lesser respect, iron and lead, although the 

 control of the latter two is not as complete as that of cotton 

 and copper. Oil, also, might form an effective bargaining com- 

 modity. 



It is not always the power of withholding other supplies which 

 has been thrown in the scale by the bargaining countries but 

 sometimes that of being a great consumer of some other 



product in the sale of whicli the other country is very much 

 interested. Germany, in fact, has used her own buying power 

 very frequently for that purpose, especially in enforcing the 

 compliance of its Russian treaty of commerce, the dispute over 

 which nearly led to a German-Russian war many years before 

 the outbreak of that just ended. An imperial Germany might 

 have made a similar attempt in another direction. It might, 

 for instance, have tried to avoid the results of the economic 

 isolation proposed by the Paris Conference by cornering as 

 large a part as possible of the Brazilian rubber production. 

 Such a step would have been very detrimental to the American 

 rubber industry in view of the general efifect of the Paris alli- 

 ance on the American supply of raw materials. America in 

 such a case might very well have enforced the free marketing 

 of Brazilian rubber by declining to take Brazilian coffee unless 

 a quantity of rubber was also allotted to the United States 

 industry. 



Commercial agreements of this character were frequently 

 made in former years, and it is one of the blessings expected 

 from the constitution of the League of Nations that it may 

 make impossible agreements of this character and thereby also 

 remove the necessity of countries taking action to enforce their 

 equitable rights in other markets by committing exactly the 

 .same act a.gainst which they protest. 



Canadian Import Tar 



C.\X.AD.\ has three classes of import tariff rales, namely, 

 British preferential tariff, intermediate tariff and general 

 tariff. 



The British preferenlial tariff rates of customs duties, if any. 

 apply to goods produced or manufactured in Great Britain or 

 her colonies, when imported direct from any British country, 

 but applies to such goods only when brought into Canada by 

 ship direct to a Canadian seaport. This rate, as noted below, 

 is markedly lower than the other two rates. 



The intermediate tariff rates apply to goods which are the 

 produce or manufacture of any British or foreign country to 

 which the benefits of such tariff have been extended, when im- 

 ported direct from such British or foreign country, ^ as herein- 

 after provided. The accompanying list gives the latest amended 

 tariffs on rubber and manufactures thereof as compiled from 

 the Act of April 12, 1907, and the various amendments authorized 

 since that date : 



CANADA. 



( e rates uiv er yj' ;*,;pjj,.,^"f"g'|," the' United'" Sutes.) 



Tariff , B/itisli Inter. Gen- 



.Vo. Preference, mediate. eral. 



Crude Rubber, Etc, 



616. Crude rubber and gutta percha. unmanu- 

 factured; powdered rubber and rubber 

 waste; recovered rubber and rubber sub- 

 Etitute Free Free Free 



254. Gum chicle and pontianak Free Free I-ree 



Belting, Hose, and Packing. 



610. Eelling, not of leather 20% 25% 27'/.% 



683. Fillets of cotton and rubber, not exceed- 

 ing 7 inches wide, when imported by ^ ^ 

 manufacturers for their exclusive u.w.. Free Free Free 



619. Rubber or gutta percha hose and cotton 



or Hnen hose lined with rubber 22/.% 30% 3j% 



619. Rubber packing 22^^% 30% o5% 



619. Rubber mats or matting 22Vi% 30% 3o% 



'These countries now include France, Algeria, French colonies and French 

 Indo-China, and in this list are included manufactures of india rubber 

 and gutta percha; a similar arrangement with Belgium and the Nethei;lands 

 makes the rates for boots, shoes, and slippers of any material 21 V^ per 

 cent, and manufactures of rubber and rubber cement 25 per cent 



The general tariff rates, if any, apply to all goods not entitled to ad- 

 mission under the two previously-mentioned tariffs. This rate is apphcable 

 to imp,.rts from the tJnited States. 



iff on Rubber Goods. 



Boots and Shoes. 



Taiiff British Inter- Gen- 

 No. rreference. mediate. eral. 



617. India rubber boots and shoes 15% 22;4% 25% 



569, Stockinette for manufacture of boots and 



shoes, when im.ported by manufacturers. 10% 12'/!% 15% 



Clothing. BHtish Inter- Gen- 



Preference, mediate. eral. 

 Slf. Ir.dia rubber clothing and clothing made 



waterproof with india rubber 22J^% 30% 35% 



;>6:. Oiled silk and oiled cloth and tape or 

 other textile, india rubbered, flocked or 



coated, not otherwise provided for 20% 27/.% 30% 



628. Braces or suspenders or finished parts 



thereof 22/% 30% 35% 



Hard Rubber. 



286. Articles of hard rubber for manufacture 



of electric storage batteries Free Free Free 



616. Hard rubber in sheets, but not otherwise 



manufactured Free Free Free 



652, Combs for dress or toilet (including mane ,„ , „ ,,„ 



combs) 22/% 32/% 35% 



653. Brushes of all kinds 17/% 25% 27/% 



755, Hard rubber in strips or rods, but not 



further manufactured, when for use in 



Canadian manufactures Free Free Free 



742. Hard rubber unfinished in tubes, for use 

 only in the manufacture of fountain 

 pens, when imported bv the pen nianu- 

 iactuicr Free Free Free 



Tires for Vehicles. 



392, Tires of rubber for vehicles of all kinds, 



fitted or not 22'/% 30% 35% 



Other Goods. 



646. Belts of all kinds (except silk) 22/% 307o 35% 



575. Elastic— round, flat and garter 25% 32'/% 33% 



407. Wire, single or several, covered with 



cotton, linen, silk, rubber or other ma- _. , „ 



terial, including cable so covered 20% 27/% 30% 



660. Clothes wringers for domestic uses, and 



parts 22/% 30% 35% 



688. Artificial limbs and parts, artificial teeth ^ ^ _ 



not mounted Free Free Free 



618. Rubber cement and all manufr.ctures of 



inuia rubber and gutta percha not other- „,yor 



wise provided for 15% 25% 27'/% 



648. Rubber thread, not covered ...,., , Free '"ree 1-ree 



620. Webbing, elastic, over one inch wide.... 12'/% 17'/% 20% 



620. Webbing, elastic, for artificial limbs Free Free Free 



The total exports of rubber goods to Canada for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1918, was valued at $4,502,525 and included : 

 Delting, hose, and packing. $539,496; boots and shoes, $423,236; 

 druggists' sundries. $206,490: automobile tires, $1,766,518; all 

 Dther tires, $92,707; all other manufactures of rubber, $1,474,078. 



