COTTON TEXTILES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



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HOW PURCHASED. 



Chiefly through agents of the foreigii manufacturers iu Europe resi- 

 dent in Montreal, and through dealers in Boston of goods manufact- 

 ured in the United States. 



PLACES OF MANUFACTURE. 



Chiefly England, some fine goods of French make, and a small part 

 made in the United States. 



DUTIES CHARGED THEREON. 



The rates of duty on the cotton goods imported are given in the fore- 

 going statement. The duties that prevent the importation of cotton 

 textiles manufactured in the United States are chiefly as follows : 



The duty of 1 cent per square yard and 15 per cent, ad valorem, 

 is sufficient to prevent the importation, from the United States and 

 Great Britain, of cotton textiles subject to that rate. 'Consequently, 

 under the "protective" tariff of Canada, cotton factories have been 

 established in various parts of the Dominion, manufacturing unbleached 

 cottons chiefly. There is but one in this consular district, that owned 

 by " The Windsor Cotton Company, limited," the sole production of 

 which consists of unbleached cottons, varying in weight from two and 

 a half to six yards per pound. 



That the tariff prevents the importation of heavy cotton goods is 

 shown by the fact that in a recent year the whole importation into the 

 Dominion of u unbleached and unbleached cottons, sheetings, drills, 

 ducks for vessels' sails," etc., amounted to only 2,510,000 yards, valued 

 at $301,450, averaging only about one-half yard for each inhabitant. 



EDWARD YOUNG, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Windsor, N. &, August 21, 1889. 



