. Hardware merchandising March-June 1919. unning from 8,000 to10,000 tons dead weight. It is thoughtthat a start will be made about June andduring the summer the ships will run di-rect from Montreal to the French port. The idea of those behind this enter-prise will be to develop the export ofCanadian materials from raw to manu-factured goods, and that a large numberof goods from France will come back inreturn. It is felt that during the re-construction period direct service be-tween Canada and France will stimu-late trade in various lines that will be re-quired during this period, while gradu-
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1919. unning from 8,000 to10,000 tons dead weight. It is thoughtthat a start will be made about June andduring the summer the ships will run di-rect from Montreal to the French port. The idea of those behind this enter-prise will be to develop the export ofCanadian materials from raw to manu-factured goods, and that a large numberof goods from France will come back inreturn. It is felt that during the re-construction period direct service be-tween Canada and France will stimu-late trade in various lines that will be re-quired during this period, while gradu-ally building up a permanent line of ex-port. It might be well just here to quoteLloyd Harris, chairman of the CanadianTrade Commission in London, who inspeaking at Leeds recently, said thatthe aim of the Commission was to createa larger interflow between all parts ofthe Empire. Canada must no longer bethought of simply in terms of prairies,but in terms of factories. The economiceffect of the war had been to change(Continued on nage 117). Not an uncommon sight in any one of C anadas grovring shipyards. 116 May 10, 1919
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