Representative Party of Business Men Paying Visit to China adion Trade Commission to the Far East arrived in Shanghai on November 16.
mats erty of the Ca The siission is headed by Mr. John M. Imrie, one of Canada's leading journalists and managing director of the Edmonton "Daily Journal."
Ina statement issued to the press Mr, Imrie points out that the sending of the mission was prompted by friendliness, goodwill and the hope of mutual benefit to Canada and her neat neighbour, China, and it was hoped to acquire business contacts and a knowledge of local conditions.
With Mx. John Bf, Imrie are My. William Bel. Clarke, secretary of Canadian General Chamber of "Commerce and formerly Government Tyade Commissioner to the Mediterranean countries: Mr. R. Baird, supervisor <f the Royal Bank of Canada; Mr. F. J. Burd, managing diteetor of the Vancouver "AProvine," the lending daly nows-paper of western Canada; Mr. A.B. Calder, special representative of the Canadian. Pacific Ruilway Company; Mr. J. 0, Cameron, president of the Cameron Lumber Company, of Vie~ toria; Mrs, $. H. Carsiey, of Mon-avenol, chemical writer; Mx. H. V. Haight, of Sherbrooke, Ontario, vexectitive engineer <f the-Canadian Angerscll Rand Company; Mr. Mayne 'D, Hamilton, of Vancouver, secret vary of the Canadian Bank of Com-"merce; Mr. Grant Johnson, member the Montreal Stock Exchange; Mr, R.S, Kelsch, consulting engineer of Montreal; Mx, Alfred Lambert, president of Alfred Vambert, Lid, the Aston Rubber and dizecior of the Canada Recldent Company, the Acton Shoe Company
and Fire Insurance Company.
Messrs, J. L. Lawson, Montreal, supervisor of banking arrangements, Royal Bank of Canada; J. Edmond whole -6f economics; H. J. Oldaker, Vane couver, manager of the Vancouver 'Norman C. Sawers, of Vancouver, president of the P. J. Fyfe-Smith 'Company, hardwood lumber dealers cand Max Steiskopf, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, senior partner of 'Stein-opt and' Lawrence, attorneys.
The members of the mission are soevering a large amount of territory an this visit, and in view of the fmpreasion that may be conveyed that the mission can not be thorough {in its work by only staying three sdays in Shanghai, Mr. Ime ed out that this mission is actualy' covering quite an amount of ter ritory through individual member cand that also It would serve as the forerunner, "he hoped, of many other trade missions. displayed recently a capacity for vigorous growth and economic €xpansion. "Since 1913, our exports Fave increased threefold, and our imports have deen doubled, To-day Canada stands fifth among the nathe world, alike in expert, import and aggregate trade.
China and Canada are in many respects trade complements of each other. Each is growing or mans-facturing goods which the other lacks. Canada is in a position supply many commodities that [China will need in her internal development of agriculture, transportation and industry, and in turn Twill have need of much that China producing or will produce in the new economic era on whose threshold she now stands.
'Therefore, the Canadian Chamber! of Commerce, which represents ambers of commerce in 205 cities fand towns in Canada, and of which T'have the honour to be vice-president, has sent this trade mission to China' "Te has a fourfold purpose, to reflect the goodwill "and {friendliness of Canada's business interests; to acquire knowledge of trade conditions and trade requirements; to establish personal eon-tacts; and to promote mutual understanding with a view to the further expansion of hi-lateral trade on a mutually beneficial basis.
Tncluded in our party are, representatives of three of the leading Canadian' banks, two managing directors of daily newspapers, five representatives of lumbering" and manufacturing interests, a member of the legal profession who is also fon several business directorates, two technical engineers, a fnane! representative of the distributing. trade, a representative of the import trade, a representative of our Transportation system, the vice-preident and the secretary of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Our delegation is looking forward with great pleasure to our sojourn {in China, and sincerely hopes that jour visit will prove of mutual benefit CITy GOVERNMENT GIVES, DINNER,
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