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 ON BUTTER 
 
 Consumption of imported Butter In Great Britain. 
 
 CANADA'S SHARE IN THE SUPPLY NEEDED. 
 
 RESOLUTION OF COMMONS COMMITTEE. 
 
 ACTION TAKEN BY THE DOMINION MINISTER 
 
 OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 LETTER OF HON. MR. ANGERS, 
 
 Mmiiter qf Agriculture, 
 
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 BUTTER PRODUCTION AND EXPORT. 
 
 During the years 1885-93 the United Kingdom, accord- 
 ing to the British returns, imported from Canada 33,214,272 
 pounds of butter; according to the Canadian returns 
 Canada in the same period (9 years) exported to the 
 bu7teI^ "^ 32,398,645 pounds of Canadian-made 
 
 During 1885-93 United States' butter took the St. Law- 
 
 7^^LT^" *' '^' ^""'"'^ ^"^^^^"^ '^ t^>« extent of 
 4,214,bo0 pounds and Canadian butter was shipped from 
 
 .^llnt'"'^ P""'^' ^'' *^' ^'°^*'^ ^^°g^«°^ *« the amount 
 ot 8,323,507 pounds. 
 
 Some of the Canadian butter shipped through the United 
 btateshas doubtless been credited in the British returns 
 to the United States, and some of the United States' butter 
 shipped ihrough Canada has been credited in the British 
 returns to Canada. 
 
 Substantially, however, the British returns may be 
 taken as correct. We have, therefore, during nine years 
 
 rroAV. '"^'^'*' '^*^' ^""'^ ^^^^^"^ «» ^^e4e of 
 
 o'T.n^tr''^'^' ^ ^'^' *° '"PP^y ^^ ^"^"^1 demand of 
 220 65 ,400 pounds. That is, in every 100 pounds the 
 
 United Kingdom has imported, Canada's share has been 1 
 poi?nd 2 ounces. 
 
 During the nine years the United Kingdom has imported 
 from all countries 1,986 million pounds of butter, and 
 Canada has accepted as her share in that trade 33,214 000 
 pounds. ' ' 
 
Taking by three-year periods we have supplied If 
 pounds in every 100 pounds imported by the United King- 
 dom in 1885-66-87 ; i'^ of a pound in every 100 pounds in 
 1888-89-90, and 2^ pounds in every 100 wanted in 1891- 
 92-93. 
 
 In 1894 the United Kingdom imported 288,519,056 pounds 
 and Canada's share was 2,339,344 pounds, or f of a pound 
 in every 100 pounds wanted. 
 
 The United Kingdon has increased its demands upon 
 the butter-exporting countries, while Canada has sent in 
 1894 less than the proportion for any of the three-year 
 periods. 
 
 But this is not all. The Danish butter is entered in the 
 British returns as worth 24^V cents per pound, while the 
 Canadian is entered at a value of 19 j<^^. Jf the Canadian 
 butter sent over in 1893 had had the value of Danish 
 butter the sum of |236,000 would have been added to the 
 total. That is, it would have been worth just about 25 
 per cent more than its actual value as adjusted in the 
 British returns. 
 
 Applying this percentage to the total export of butter 
 from Canada during the past nine years, it appears that 
 the farmers and traders of Canada havo .ost over $1,500,000 
 because the butter shipped has not been equal to the aver- 
 age Danish standard. 
 
 We have not only supplied an infinit<^;imal proportion 
 of the British demand, but we have supplied an inferior 
 article. 
 
 The questions which are here expressed statistically oc- 
 cupied the attention of the Committee on Agriculture and 
 Colonization during the last session of the House. It was 
 moved in the Select Committee on Agriculture and Col- 
 onization by Mr. R. R. McLennan, M.P. for Glengary, 
 
" That this Committee are of opinion from evidence placed 
 before them, that the Creamery butter manufactured in 
 Canada and sent to the English markets, suffers from an 
 unfounded prejudice which has hitherto affected, mate- 
 rially, the prices obtained, and consequently the increase 
 that this country should be making from year to year, in 
 this important article of our dairy product, and therefore 
 recommend that the Gorernment take such steps as will 
 place our butter on the markets, in fair competition with 
 all other butter imported into that country."— Carried. 
 
 GEORGE JOHNSON, 
 
 Statitiieian. 
 Drpt. of AaRiouLTDBB, Ottawa, 
 
 Statistical Ditision, March 8th, 1895. 
 
 The Minister of Agriculture has aimed at meeting the 
 wishes of the Committee, and has adopted a plan for that 
 purpose. The following letter explains the plan he has 
 prepared. 
 
 Ottawa, February 26th, 1895. 
 Sir, — 
 
 I have to acknowledge your letter of the 18th inst., in 
 which you intimate to me, by instruction of the Butter and 
 Cheese Association of the Montreal Board of Trade, that 
 the Board in Montreal "views with alarm the proposed 
 " offer of the Government to pay advances at the rate of 
 " 20 cents per pound on creamery butter of the finest 
 " quality made between the 1st day of January, 1895, and 
 " the 30th day of March, 1895, when for shipment to the 
 '' British market." 
 
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 in yourilL'rM°ar> '" "''^ *? """" '='■ »' """'""'"J 
 Great Br.ta.n, under date of the 9th inst., the finest 
 Austrahan butter i, quoted at from 90 to 100 shilling, per 
 hundredweight, and that there is an improved trTde in 
 
 weight. These latter prices I take to be equivalent tn . 
 range rom 21J to 23J cents per pound in England at the 
 current rate of exchange. 
 
 I am informed that the actual and necessary business 
 expenses for shipment of butter to GreatBritainfinclX 
 reasonable charges for commission) need not exceed f 
 cents per pound from the Creameries in Canada. 
 
 Competent judges in Canada, among them the lar<rc.t 
 
 exporters of butter in Montreal, have ex^-ressed h p ntn 
 
 hat Canadian creamery butter, when fresh made is eoTa^ 
 
 m quality to Australian or Danish. This opinton hL been 
 
 trnC ma^ °™"^' '"^ -"--<• '^"^^^ •>•>"« 
 
 If the statement in your letter be correct, that fresh 
 made creamery butter shipped from Canada is not like/ 
 
 to m Totl " 'VT "" P°""^ '" ^"«"""^' i' appears 
 
 I ""^^ ^»»\ ""Po'tant and desirable that some action 
 
 should be taken to obtain for it a recognition of qua! itv »nH 
 
 price from which it is now excluded ' ^ *'"' 
 
 The advance of twenty cents per pound cannot be said 
 to have injured the interests of butter merchants who have 
 any stock of butter to dispose of; ou the contrar/it hi 
 made a better condition of market for them. 
 
 I cannot see any reason for the alarm expressed in your 
 letter, as the action of the Government, at most could 
 only affect the prospective trade of a few members of yot 
 
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 creamery butter. . winter-made 
 
 ment m th.s matter is heartily commended by representlti™ 
 c eamery men and farmers in the Dominion, and yoTwi, 
 permit me to state that, while I regard the action of Thi 
 
 chants who ezport butter, it will be found especiallT ad 
 vantageous to the dairy farmers of Canada, whose S,t^ 
 
 The second reason which is unred in vnnr in+*« 
 the action of the Go.ern.entTtLt .Tte ^aL^^^^^^^^^ 
 dian butter would come into comDetition '' JiT 
 made butter from other cou^Terwhicr t^^^ 
 market is receiving." ' *^^ English 
 
 I fear that in making this remark on behalf of vonr a« 
 sociation you have not hor^n «r^n • <• •^^'^^ ^^" 
 
 whence the Engl' h Irlet T. ^^'T'" *' '' *^^ «^"^««« 
 of ♦!,• ^"gi'sn maiket received its suopliea of hnff^n 
 
 at th,s season of the year, or it would donbtCs ha.e oC 
 
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 enrred to you that Danish butter, which has won a good 
 reputation, and commands, probablj, the highest prices of 
 any importpd butters in the English markets with the ex- 
 ception of a small quantity of mild-flavoured and nearly 
 saltless butter from France, io fodder-made butter from 
 cows which are fed in stables ; and I may further point out 
 to you that the conditions for the making of fine butter at 
 this season of the year are quite as favourable in Canada 
 as in Denmark. 
 
 I am pleased to notice that your Association is not op- 
 posed to the plan which is under consideration for provid- 
 ing cold storage service and accommodation to permit 
 summer-made Canadian creamery butter to be put on the 
 British markets without deterioration in quality. 
 
 I have given careful condderation to the statements in 
 your letter which say that "eflforts should be made to 
 "induce butter-makers to sell their product when fresh,'^ 
 and also that ^' The makers should be clearly and em- 
 " phatically told that, unless they are prepared to compete > 
 " in the English market with other butter-exporting 
 " countries, in price as well as in quality, Canadian butter 
 " as an exportable article must cease to be, no matter 
 " what Government efforts are made to help it." 
 
 I have to inform you in reply, I am of opinion that when 
 finest Canadian creamery butter is put on the British 
 market in as j^'ood a condition as when it leaves the hands 
 of the makers, it will readily command such prices as will 
 leare a good margin of profit to the producers and the 
 merchants. 
 
 It appears to me urgent that the attention of the trade 
 and also that of the consuming public of Great Britain 
 should be called to the excellent quality of Canadian 
 creamery butter, through channels similar to those which 
 
hare been used so successfully in attracting attention to 
 the superiority of Canadian cheese ; and I am desirous of 
 seeing that such bo done. 
 
 In conclusion let me say that the action of the Govern- 
 ment is taken in the interests of the dairy farmers of 
 Canada; but I am at the same time hopeful that the 
 members of the Butter and Cheese Association of the Mon- 
 treal J3oard of Trade will reap advantages from it. 
 
 T have the honour to be, 
 8ir, 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 A. R. ANCi-RS. 
 O. A. Irv/in, Esq., 
 
 Secretary Butter and Cheese Assn. 
 
 of the Montreal Board of Trade. 
 
 10 St. John Street, 
 
 . Montreal, Que. 
 
 The following extracts are from a letter received by the 
 Dairy Commissioner from a firm in Manchester, England, 
 to whom fresh-made Canadian creamery butter was seat 
 for sale : — 
 
 " The high colour o*f Australian is against even the best 
 "qualities. The paler the colour, the better the demand 
 " on this market." 
 
 "We are much pleased with the quality of boxes marked 
 "'ChesterviUe' and ' Lennoxville, No. 3,' Government 
 "Dairy Stations). Those will sell in preference to Aus- 
 
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 '♦ tralian on this market, being paler in colour and at least 
 ^^ equal m flavour. For these we made 86 shillings to 90 
 sHUlings, which is more than Australian brought." 
 
 a 1^^''^^ ^^^^^ customers were surprised at the quality of 
 this parcel, as they expect Canadian to be something 
 
 ^' inferior. If you can ship quality equal to ' Chesterville ' 
 «nd ship It when fresh-made, we can handle all you 
 
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