. Canada and its provinces; a history of the Canadian people and their institutions . ges, lumber, paper and fish, the WestIndies for breadstuffs and fish, Newfoundland for breadstuffsand coal, Argentina for lumber, Germany and Belgium forbreadstuffs, and France for fish, minerals and machinery,were the most important outlets. Meantime the total imports had been growing with muchgreater rapidity, from one hundred and eighteen millions in1896 to five hundred and fifty-nine in 1912 ; the imports ofmerchandise for home consumption advanced fivefold, fromone hundred and five to five hundred and tw
. Canada and its provinces; a history of the Canadian people and their institutions . ges, lumber, paper and fish, the WestIndies for breadstuffs and fish, Newfoundland for breadstuffsand coal, Argentina for lumber, Germany and Belgium forbreadstuffs, and France for fish, minerals and machinery,were the most important outlets. Meantime the total imports had been growing with muchgreater rapidity, from one hundred and eighteen millions in1896 to five hundred and fifty-nine in 1912 ; the imports ofmerchandise for home consumption advanced fivefold, fromone hundred and five to five hundred and twenty increase was mainly in manufactured goods, iron andsteel, cottons, woollens and silks, leather, rubber, auto-mobiles and electrical apparatus ; but raw materials such ascoal, cotton and hides bulked large, and fruits, vegetables,breadstuffs and provisions rose in equal degree. Of thiscustom the United States obtained the lions share : importsfor consumption from the republic increased from fifty-eight 1896-1912 : THE COMING OF PROSPERITY 241 to three hundred and thirty, and from the United Kingdomonly from thirty-two to one hundred and sixteen. In 1868Canada made fifty-six per cent of her purchases from theUnited Kingdom, and thirty-three from the United States;in 1872 fifty-nine and thirty-two ; in 1888 thirty-eight andforty-six ; in 1895 thirty and forty-nine ; and since then,with fair steadiness, twenty-five and fifty-seven in 1897-99,twenty-four and sixty-one in 1910-12. In face of the sub-stantial tariff preference accorded to British goods this recordcreated disappointment in some quarters. It was to be noted,however, that at least the decline in the proportion of Britishimports was arrested, and the absolute amount greatly in-creased. The experience proved once more that the tarifffactor in international trade is often counteracted by theabiding but less discussed non-political factors. The
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