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Canada would use, goods that would be ornamental and 
would make the show attractive, such as sugar canes. 
Principally, of course, we want the products Canada can 
use. We tind that Canada's trade with the West Indies 
is increasing year by year ; whereas we started with 
one steamer a month between Canada and the West 
Indies and couM scarcely fill her, now we have two 
steamers a month and have no difficulty whatever in 
filling them. 
" In addition to spending about five-and-a-half 
months in the West Indies each year, I spend about 
four-and-a-half months in the West of Canada, and I 
found last fall that the increase in trade was enormous. 
On account of the large grain crop in the West, we had 
great difficulty in securing cars to carry to Canadian 
ports goods intended for export to the W^est Indies. 
We hope next year that the difficulty will be over, and 
that you will find exports to the West Indies from 
Canada will show a very great increase. There are 
large quantities of Canadian goods at present coming 
through New York for which Canada gets no credit 
whatever. People in Canada have very vague ideas 
about the W^est Indies, and what we want to do is to 
get a representative show to bring before the Canadian 
people what the West Indies can do." 
The Chairman pointed out that Mr. Pickford would 
like to get colonial decorative articles — in addition to 
samples of prochicts — wliich would make the West 
Indian and British Guiana show attractive so that 
crowds passing by might have their attention drawn to 
it and stop and examine the exhibits. Sugar cane 
