438 



Since the Treaty lias been in full operation the annual average lias inercnsed to 

 1,505,888 dollars, the imports havin<^ been as follows ; — 



e. 



1H71 

 1876 

 1870 

 1877 



Dollnrn. 

 l.OU.JUS 

 1,(1^7,712 

 l,l,')"),(ii!0 

 1,317,1)17 



the increase in tiio nnnual .^vcrai;o bcin;r •'*'>'S'^-10 dollais, of which increase 27,4fiO dollars 

 was due to trcsh (ish, leaving ;UO,,')HD dollars as Hie increase upon articles previously 

 subjected to duty. From these ti^urcs it is clear, then, that as rcs[)eets the advantages 

 arising from an increased market the I'nitcd States and not Canada lias been the ^^reatest 

 .icainer. It may be remarked, before leaving; this part ot the subject, that althoui^h the 

 statistics put in by the (Jovermnciit of the United States, as to the total imports into the 

 United States from Canada, approximate very closely to those put iu by Her Majesty's 

 (iovernmeut in respect ot the exports IVorn Canada to the United States; tliere is an 

 important discrepancy between the e\-|)orts from the United States to C!anada, as jiut in 

 evidt'iieo in Table XIV of Apjiendix O, and the imports into Canada from the United States 

 as put in evidence by Iler Majesty's Government. 



This has already been reierred to durini; the course of the evidence, but the at'ention 

 of the Commissioners is now aijain directed to the explicit admissions of Mr. Youm,', the 

 (."hief of the Bureau of Statistics at Washington, in his rejwrts of 1^74, 1875, and 

 I87t», With regard to this subject, for example, ho says, at page 15 of his report for 

 187G :-- 



" Duriiv; tlie year un(l(!il June oH, l.'^TO, tlic3 totiil value i>l' (luiiui.stic! iiuTcliaiulizo ainl jirdduci' 

 i'X]MirUMl ti, ( ',111111 111, iiiul wliifli Wii.s DiiiilUiil ill tlu! Uutunis (if tliu rnited Stiitt'.s' C'listmii ollirfr.s (in 

 Clu' (.'iUiiKliiiii liiink'i', as uppi'iu. nii tlin (illii'iiil stiitciueiilrf I'liniislieil liy (he (Jdiumis.sioiK.'r (it 

 Ciistdiiis iif till' liiiniiuiiin, iiminiiilua to l(i,ri(l7,,jUo dollars, as against 15,59f),5lii ddllarii in the 

 preccLliug year, and ll,4l.'-l,56G dollars in 1874." 



2. I bes; now to call the attention of yonr Excellency and your Ilononrs to the fact 

 that a considerable proportion of the products of the British- American fisheries, exported 

 to the United States for many years past, has been re-exported to other foreit^n countries, 

 where they may be fairly presumed to have entered into competition with the direct foreign 

 exports of Her Majesty's British-American subjects. 



This will clearly appear by reference to statement No. 11, to be found on pai^e 4-'57 of 

 the British evidence, wiiicli siiows that the exjiorts of dried and smoked, pickled and 

 ot V cured tish (exclusive of California) to all other foreign countries, from 1850 to 1870, 

 averaged annually (at a gold valuation), as follows, viz. 



iR.^)ll-18,'54 

 ISOO-lhCfi 

 ISOC-lSTl! 

 187:J-1«7G 



Dollars. 

 7.)J,165 noii-iceiprooul yo.iij. 

 l,OI)l,;i.S-l ruciprcjcal Vfars. 

 l,l!Hi,,iri-l rioii-iveiprocal years. 

 1,(110, l-() ri'C'iiirocal yours. 



Now, comparing these exjiorts from the United States to all foreign countries, with 

 the impoits from Canada to the United States, it would appear that they are largely 

 inter-dependent. The imports referred to are as follows : — 



Dolliirs. 

 IS.'iO-lHJt .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7'.12.tl',) 



IHJl'i-lSC.ll .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. l,o77.7'i7 



lH(ir,-187:! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,137,8S9 



1H7;:-1S77 .. .. .. .. •• •• •• .. 1,505,888 



With regard to this matter, I call attention to the ibilowing assertion made at page 

 of the " Answer " of the United States, viz. :— 



" r.ut wliik' tin; result (of tlie AVasliiii;;tnu Tn>aty) to tlicm (Canadians) lia.s lii'cti o\w uf steady 

 devel(i[iiiiciit; and iiicreasiiii; wcaltli, the failed .States' eodlisliery oven has deeliucd in iiiiidiint aud 

 value." 



If, then, the domestic production of rhe United States has decreased, and the cxjiorts 

 to foreign countries have increased in about the same ratio as have the importations from 

 Canada, is it not evident that the increased imports have been made miiinhi with a view to 

 the sup|)ly of foreign markets — or what is equivaleiit — to supply the hiatus in the markets 

 of the United States due to the exportation of a greater quantity of their own tish products 

 than the yield of their fisheries warranted, in view of their own requirements for home 

 consumption ? it would seem from an examination of the statistics that the Increased 

 importations from Canada during those years in which no duties were levied on Canadian 



