also Canada's principal general customer and consumes 40 per cent. of Canadian exports. Newsprint alone accounted for no less than $115,000,- (000 in 1927; then there are timber, pulp, furs, wheat, fish, gold, as-Beatos, and cattle, all of which are exported in great quantities to the prosperous country to' the south. Canada's mineral empire, richer in potentialities than any other kindred area in the world, has just entered on an intensive development, most of which is being done' with American money. In 1927, -some '$800,000,000 worth of general Canadian securities were marketed in the United States.
Economically speaking, the outstanding difference between the United States and Canada is that, doing young, Canada must depend heavily upon her export markets, which is the'reverse of the situation in the United States. Last year, Canada sold to the United States a total of $474,500,000 worth of goods, which was about $232,250,000 less than the value of U. S, exports to her. One gets some iden of the Progressive spirit of modern Canada when it is known that in 1880 the value of all paper that went out of the country was less than £50, while in 1927 she sold to the United States alone 89 per cent, of her total export, oF $15,000,000 worth, Then Canada is becoming increasingly popular as a holiday centre for American tourists, who every year leave behind them something It is no wonder, therefore, that the superficial observer should exclaim that Canada is becoming Americanized. The wonder is why Canada has not absorbed more of the cultural traits of her near and Prosperous neighbours. One must Agree with Mr. Marcossan, writer of authority, that future population remains matter of speculation. "Obviously," he says, "Canada needs people, Dut she inclines—and wisely—to a shortage of desirables rather than ton excess of und coming few years more intensive drive to. get British-born immigrants." That are British-born need-"not
86E know' sufficient about emphasized bat-Byitish people the wonders of Canada, and the unique opportunities existing inthe Dominion to popularize the country! at a place of settlement, not alone {for the immigrant who has to make his way, but for the many British people of world experience who are. seeking a young country to which to settle down in later life.
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