Concerned by the menace to Cai adion trade with the Orient through Vancouver, as a consequence of Chinese boycott of Britich goods and British ships, the Vancouver Merchants' Exchange has wired to the Premier, Mr. King, at Ottawa, The wire urged him, to advise the British Goverament the "inevitably very serious result} to. Canadian expurt trade and Attention was also drawn to the} fact that Chinese business houses, importing Canadian goods through Vancouver, ara demanding that Canadian labels and all origin of Britith manufacture be erased and that the products be transported in 'United States ships. The purpose of the Chinese merchants' edict of course is to make the goods appear to be of American origin and thus satisfy the popular boycott of the Chinese public against the use of merchandise produced in the British Empire. Flour and fish are among the commodities specified in the wire,
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