The British Columbia Legislature by @ unanimous vote to-day decided to request the Canadian Federal Government to abrogate all. inter national trefles which at this prevent the Dontinion from con~ trolling Oriental immigration. The faction took the form of the passage of a resolution offered by William Sloan, Minister of Mines.
"Mr. Sloan said that Canada must kept for Canadians, adding thi Orientals and whites will not mi —Reuter's American Service, Heavy Decrease in Silk and Artificial Silk Importations During 1924: The World Trade Outlook Mins. Coma La'Fonor was granted her fifteenth divorce in the St. Louis From Our Owx Washington, Jan. 2, American imports of silk and artificial silk during the first 11 months of 1924 were greatly under the figures for the same period in 1928, according to figures just made public by the Department of Commerce, and indicate beyond that, that silk importations from China and Japan must have fallen off 1924 enormously.
Total silk and manufactures imported during that period amount to {$830,197,342 as against $408,126,768. in 1923, Raw silk importations decreased fr '$45,433,901 to. $44,868,465.
Silk waste import decreased from $8,475,127 to $6,502,897.
'Manufactured' silk imports _decreased from $40,869,514 to $34,802,- 654
Spun sill decreased from $4,201,- 166 to $3,518,777.
Broad silk' decreased from $16, 267,758 to $12,320,570.
Pile fabrics imports decreased from $6,350,485 to $3,727,701.
Silk laces and embroideries imports decreased from $4,496,106 to $4,334,087, Artificial silk (rayon) imports fell from $9,505,951 to $5,111,398.
Yarn, waste and thread imports fell from $7,554,664 to $3,239,526.
Manufactures of artificial silk fell from $1,951,287 to $1,871,872.
The only increase in silk importation is shown in silk wearing apparel, the importations - of which increased from $5,485,057 in 1923 to $7,210,433 during the first 11 months of 1924.
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