| 3.9 | 1.1
Corn and Flour | 44.0 | 5.7
Dye Stuffs and Dye Woods | 2.3 | 2.5
Fruits | 5.8 | .6
Hides, Skins, and Furs | 3.8 | 3.6
Leather | 4.6 | 3.5
Linseed | 2.3 | 1.1
Meat, Salt and Fresh | 6.9 | 4.8
Oils | 2.9 | 1.6
Rice | .6 | 1.4
Sugar (Unrefined) | 6.8 | 1.5
Tallow and Stearine | .4 | 2.1
Wood and Timber | 12.4 | 4.0
Wool | 4.6 | 22.8
| |
Coffee | 2.6 | 1.1
Tea | 1.6 | 8.7
| |
Cotton (Raw) | 29.6 | .8
Jute (Raw) | .0 | 4.3
| |
Other Articles | 150.8 | 16.0
+--------------+--------------
Total | 321.2 | 95.5
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It will be seen that without exception the articles in the above list
belong either to the category of raw materials or to that of food. Any
taxation therefore imposed upon any portion of these articles for the
benefit of the Colonial producer would be a disadvantage to the British
manufacturer, either by increasing the cost of his raw material or by
diminishing the effective wages of his workpeople. Remembering that the
main object of the British manufacturer is to keep his hold on the
markets of the world, is it likely that he would ever consent to allow
himself to be handicapped by such taxation? For all you can offer him in
return is preferential treatment in Colonial markets, whereas more than
three-quarters of the trade he wishes to retain is with foreign
countries.

DIVERGENT AMBITIONS.

There is, however, an even more fundamental difficulty, which neither
Colonial nor British preferentialists have yet had the courage to face.
It is this:--That the Colonist and the Britisher are aiming at different
ends. The Britisher wishes to expand in ever-increasing proportions his
manufacturing business, and it is solely because he thinks that he may
possibly