Among the materials used in the manufac- 

 ture that year were nitrate of soda to the extent 

 of $3,000,000; mixed acids to more than $2,000,- 

 000; linters to more than 81,500,000; nitric- 

 acid $1,500,000; pyro $2,500,000; and sulphuric 

 acid, oleum, toluol each to the extent of $1,000,- 

 000. Among the more important products 

 were general explosives to the extent of 30,000, 

 000; smokeless powder $5,000,000; dynamite 

 $4,500,000; and mercury fulminate $500,000. 



An Investment of $19,000,000 



Three establishments made matches and two 

 made fireworks in Canada in 1918, the total 

 assets of the five firms being $2,364,289, the 

 number of persons engaged in the manufacture 

 being 617, receiving $368,468. The total cost 

 of the materials used amounted to $788,182 and 

 the value of the year's output was $161,795. 



The value of imports into Canada of materials 

 for the manufacture of fireworks and matches 

 totalled $2,594,448 and in the manufacture of 

 explosives $7,139,254. Finished products of the 

 explosives industry imported for consumption in 

 Canada totalled $634,522 in value in the year. 

 Exports of manufactured goods during the same 

 year were as follows: gun and pistol cartridges, 

 $232,634,973; explosives and fulminates, $40,- 

 108,383; sulphuric acid, $165,579; charcoal, 

 $3,841. 



The manufacture of explosives in Canada in 

 1918 involved an investment in plant and equip- 

 ment of over nineteen million dollars, with ex- 

 penditures of almost seven million dollars for 

 wages, and accounting for a production of forty- 

 three million dollars. The magnitude of the 

 industry is also reflected in the fact that over 

 five million dollars was spent in the last year 

 of the war in the construction of new buildings 

 and nearly an additional million dollars in gen- 

 eral expenditures. 



Co-operative Marketing of Wool 



A virtual revolution has been wrought in the 

 wool industry of Canada in the past few years. 

 Whereas but a short while ago the wool pro- 

 duced in Canada was offered for sale in such an 

 unsatisfactory state that the Canadian manu- 

 facturer looked with indifference upon the 

 home-grown product, to-day he realizes that 

 Canadian wool compares favorably with that 

 of any other country and more than half of the 

 domestic production finds its way to Canadian 

 mills. Not only is the high quality of the Can- 

 adian product appreciated locally now but in 

 the United States and the overseas markets it 

 is now generally recognized that Canadian 

 sheepmen are producing wool the equal of similar 

 classes and grades grown elsewhere in the world. 

 Gradually but surely a reputation has been 

 built up for Canadian fleece wools on the do- 

 mestic and foreign markets. 



By July 15th this year, the Canadian Co- 

 operative Wool Growers, Ltd. had disposed of 

 about one million pounds of the 1921 graded 

 clip. By the end of the season they expect to 

 have handled about five million pounds. This, 

 it is stated, represents about one-third of the 

 wool production of Canada which is significant 

 of the status of the productive industry. In 

 the fiscal year ending March 31st, 1921, more 

 than 7,000,000 pounds of wool were exported to 

 the United States, 130,000 to the British Isles 

 and 30,000 to Newfoundland. 



This elevation of the status of the wool in- 

 dustry in Canada by selection and grading has 

 been brought about through the combined 

 efforts of the Canadian Co-operative Wool 

 Growers, an organization of sheepmen and the 

 Livestock Branch of the Dominion Department 

 of Agriculture. To counteract the indifferent 

 manner in which fleeces were treated and mar- 

 keted, expert wool graders were engaged by the 

 Government for the purpose of grading the wool 

 at certain grading centres throughout the coun- 

 try. This policy was followed for the first few 

 years until last year when it was found advi.-able 

 to have all the grading done under one roof and 

 a warehouse was erected at Weston, Ontario, 

 for the purpose. Canadian grades are now 

 established standard in every particular, and 

 have proved satisfactory in every way. 



Shipments to English Markets 



The United States market has always furn- 

 ished an excellent outlet for the Canadian wool 

 crop and a large portion of each season's clip 

 has found its way across the border. This year, 

 however, this egress is closed by the passing of 

 the Emergency Tariff Bill. No apprehension 

 exists, however, over the sale of this season's 

 clip, the Canadian product having rapidly 

 achieved an excellent reputation overseas. Last 

 year the sheepmen of Canada, through their own 

 organization, made their first shipments of 

 graded wool, some 130,000 pounds, to the Eng- 

 lish markets where it was received most favor- 

 ably. Consequently, it is hoped and antici- 

 pated that British manufacturers may take a 

 substantial portion of that quota of the crop 

 which went annually to the United States. The 

 organization is also arranging at the present 

 time, for a suitable firm of wool brokers to act 

 as a selling agent for Canadian wools on the 

 Canadian market. 



The co-operative marketing of wool and gen- 

 eral organization for betterment of sheep raising 

 in Canada which has made the. pursuit of the 

 sheepman in Canada so much more profitable, 

 has aroused a new interest in the industry, ex- 

 hibiting new possibilities and opportunities not 

 hitherto apparent. The number of sheep is in- 

 creasing steadily in every province as more and 



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