. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. es touching the UnitedStates. Nova Scotia is an excep-tion to the latter rule, as it threadsout into the ocean and just nar-rowly escapes being an island. Itis one of the old settled provinces andperhaps for that reason has always beenregarded as conservative in tone andslow to change. Nova Scotia is per-haps not as susceptible to outside influ-ences and to the sudden flurries of eitherbusiness boom or of depression asother parts of the countrv; but NovaScotia has progressed rapidly and hasestablished industries of impregnablesolidity and widest scone.
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. es touching the UnitedStates. Nova Scotia is an excep-tion to the latter rule, as it threadsout into the ocean and just nar-rowly escapes being an island. Itis one of the old settled provinces andperhaps for that reason has always beenregarded as conservative in tone andslow to change. Nova Scotia is per-haps not as susceptible to outside influ-ences and to the sudden flurries of eitherbusiness boom or of depression asother parts of the countrv; but NovaScotia has progressed rapidly and hasestablished industries of impregnablesolidity and widest scone. It is neces-sary to refer to but one concern, theNova Scotia Steel and Co-1! Co., in orderto demonstrate that the Flue Nose, asthe Nova Scotian is sometimes called,responds to great opportunities. Thegrowth of Nova Scotia Steel is one ofthe romances of Canadian Scotia is interested l^rqjelv in theshipping industries and in ship ago the Nova Scotia coast was May 12, 1917 HARDWARE AND METAL—Export Section 85. A view of Mt. Robson in tits Rockies—Canada has in her mountains an asset as great as the highly commercializedAlps. A system of national parks has been established in the Rockies which is drawing every year a heavier quotaof tourists from other lands. It is doubtful if the equal of the Rockies can be found anyivhere for scenic beauty. dotted with ship yards; but the ad-vent of the steel vessel stopped theseactivities almost entirely. War on thehigh seas has, however, brought thewooden vessel back, and ship building isreviving in Nova Scotia in a remarkabledegree. The province has also extensivecoal deposits. New Brunswick is also extremely con-cerned in shipping operations, but is pri-marily a lumbering province. Althoughone of the oldest provinces, it is com-paratively sparsely settled, and in thenorth and west has extensive timber lim-its, which yield vast quantities annually. Quebec, the largest province of all, hasits share of all indus
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