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Se ei i ee ee ee a ee i i a A a ee ee ae a eae ak i 26 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Pridey, September 14, 1962 Border States Claim Less Canadian Buying Canadian reported many sto hadn't been able to hire the aval num- ber of summer salespeople this whol year and some were "having to many shoppers a helped commerce thrive United States border communities. This is a capsule summary of|banks si @ series of surveys The Associated Press along mile border--but there assessment that fits her citizens are allowed ake home duty-free. Minnesota and North Dakota had a while, in far-west W. 'on State, Mer- chants reported the currency discount did not affect their bus- iness as much as the goods- Mic! sources also noted a drop in Canadian revenue but! --in a puzzling counterpoint-- Canadian customs collections at Windsor and Sault Ste. Marie were reported higher in July bed year than in that month in DISAGREEMENT IN MAINE And in Maine, James Casey, president, Calais Chamber of Commerce, declared: "It is a topic of conversation unworthy| of the attention it gets. Cana- dians, like Americans, will pur- chase what they want, regard- less of premiums and dis- counts." Other Maine sources, however, did not agree. From Buffalo to Watertown--' along the New York shore of Lake Ontario -- merchants re- ' ported a definite loss of busi- ness, blaming the slump almost entirely on the weakened Cana- dian dollar, pegged at 92% cents in American funds. "Tt actually doesn't pay them to come over," said Enar Ahl- strom, executive vice-president of the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce. "It has kept the| Canadian in Canada." | In Buffalo, Jack Travers, ex-| ecutive secretary of the Retail) Merchants Association, said) "Canadians are obviously spending less time and less/ money in Buffalo." | Ahistrom said Niagara Falls) merchants. believe Canadians who have been accustomed to) visiting the U.S. strictly for en-| tertainment at movies, sear i] lounges and other recreation spots still are coming. It is the shoppers who are staying home, Ahlstrom eal 'SAD CANADIANS' "There are a lot of sad, sad people in Canada," said one Buffalo store official. He said his store had been approached by a representative of a large employer in Canada who asked for a discount for the Canadian employees. After the lag in Canadian trade became apparent, how- Sever, some American store- owners teamed up to. give Ca- nadians a little more than the official value of their dollar. In Plattsburgh, for example, 30 members of the Retail Mer- chants Bureau agreed to dis- count the dollar at five per cent instead of 10 per cent. Banks were co-operating. David Merkel. and Edward decide whether to off some of their present employees." At least two Plattsburgh supported the bureau's efforts by lowering the discount rate to 844 per cent--the offi- cial exchange rate plus han- dling fee. Border banks gener- ally have been assessing serv- i th ice fees of 1 matte, cents on the ma liar for han Retail stores in the past have taken pains to inform Canadian buyers of special sales. Some advertisements now proclaim: "Canadian money taken at rel or "Canadian money ken for the amount of pur- chase." REFUSE PREMIUMS This means that if a Canadian makes a $1 purchase and pays for it with a $10 bill, $1 is taken at par and the $9 is discounted. Not all Canadians are willing to accept the discount. Some Waertown residents com- plained they were refused the exchange when travelling in Canada. "It's just politics," said one gasoline station attendant in Waterloo, Que., cheerfully re- fusing to honor the Anierican- dollar premium. But for thousands of Ameri- cans living in Canada and work- ing in the U.S.--most of them cottage-dwellers in the summer --the new exchange has been a boon, By purchasing gas, food and bridge commutation tickets in Canada they say they save about 10 per cent. Detroit's largest department store (J, L, Hudson Company) reported a "decided drop in Ca- nadian money." A Sault Ste. Marié, Mich., man who makes a business of exchanging currencies, esti- mated his business was off 75 per cent. He said that in two stores where his pickups for- merly ran as as a on they now are down to $10 a SPENT BY AMERICANS Both in Detroit and Sault Ste, Marie it was said that consider- able Canadian money showing up in tills was brought home from Canada by Americans and spent before "they get out of e area where exchange is Carlos E, Toro of the Greater Detroit Board of Commerce said "generally Detroit doesn't get much Canadian tourist bus- iness" since the city is less than a day's drive from much of Ontario's population and many Canadians entering De- troit are bound elsewhere. Toro said that while no com- plaints had been received from exporters, some manufacturers complained that extra duties-- imposed under the austerity program--hurt more than de- valuation. These ranged from five to 15 per cent. Toro noted that many Cana- dians who work in Detroit live in 'Windsor, across the Detroit River. No fine-tooth comb is used in customs inspection at the Detroit-Windsor tunnel or the Ambassador Bridge--a situ- ation that has not changed since the austerity program was in- troduced, IMPORT DUTIES UP Interviewers found Canadian customs officials tight - lipped about before-after comparisons but they obtained comparative figures for July. These showed that import duties collected at Windsor in July this year to- talled $4,159,188 compared with $3,439,700 in July, 1961, and $2,989,230 in July, 1960. At Sault Ste. Marie, where tourist spending was said to be low as reflected in business, Casey, the Calais Chatter of There were yes-no indicators in Maine, too. Ali Mr, Commerce official, questioned the impact of the discount, mer- chants gave varying responses, Managers of department clothing and auto stores said business was down, Ted Mec- Lain, liquor store manager, saw no ditterence, ego = monds, running a clothing-auto operation, said "Canadian busi- ness has at times been approxi- mately 25-40 per cent of our total business, but has de- creased to 25-80 per cent this ear." A department store of- cial said high-tag items were hard hit. Eddie Foss, clothing store owner, said "The Canadian cus- tomer who would come in and spend $50-§60 a year ago now feels that $5-$10 is more than he can afford to spend." Leapfrogging westward, in- terviewers were told by mer- chants in such towns as Minot and Grand Forks, N.D., and In- ternational Falls, Minn., that business has suffered. totalled $148,838, compared with| Penny $120,518 : uy, 1961. a ay, ary ei gis Company. Another de- partment 'store manager said his Canadian business is down about 50 per cent. CAR CROSSINGS DOWN A hotel man said his, business is off about 60 per cent amon, Canadians and a banker esti- mated Canadian business in Grand Forks at one-fourth that of a year ago. 'The austerity measures are believed to explain a sharp drop in yeiicular traffic from Can- ada into the U.S. at Interna- tional Falls. Cool, wet weather, however, was believed to have discdur- aged some Canadian tourists. ating establishments, as wel! as bars and American-plan re- sorts, reported far less revenue from Canadians this year. In Bellingham, Wash., the im-' pact of the import-limii was particularly. noted on furniture, appliances and clothing. When the limitation went into effect, numerous Canadians had goods in lay - away at Bellingham, some almost paid for Many cancelled and in most cases the merchants refunded the money r Labrador Coast Fishing Revives BURNIN, Nfld, (CP) -- Four schooners and 50 men from this south shore area are fishing Labrador waters this summer, double the number that partic- ipated last year. Another in- crease is expected for 1963, This represents a revival of the summer cod fishery off the Labrador coast, onee a matn- stay of Newfoundland's fishing industry. This segment of the industry practically disappeared during the Second World War when fishermen abandoned their boats to work ashore for cash, From 1950 to 1960 only about 20 boats a year were sent to the Labrador cod fishery. A resurg- ence started last year with about 56 boats being shipped to Labrador points for the fishing season. About 500 fishermen and members of their families This year, in addition to the schooner crews from this area, there are fishermen from Con- ception, Bonavista and Notre Dame bays and other parts of the island. It is estimated there are 1,000 Newfoundland fisher- men and their families. scat- tered along the Labrador coast this season. In the bygone heyday ot cod fishing off Labrador, scores schooners participated and the fishermen mostly lived aboard the sturdy wooden boats, Today's operations are gener- ally based ashore. Some fisher- men_took prefabricated homes to Labrador with. them this year. The men who fish from shore are called "planters", those who live aboard boats "floaters." Some fishermen who had shore bases more than 20 years ago are: patching or re- ee PP iii a ae " ' ND MOP OP PPO LIL TS Electric Home Heating Rate REDUCTION | ae PAGE 22. SELECTIVE International Falls merchants estimated loss of revenue at 10 to 20 per cent. Lay-bys by Ca- nadians who want a particular litem reserved came down to zero. The manager of a large Minot store estimated Canadian shop- ping down at least 50 per cent, with buyers showing much se- lectivity. Another Minot store manager, who said his Cana- dian business is off 90 per cent since late June, blamed the $25 maximum since he had offered to absorb the currency discount, A Minot furniture dealer said he had no Canadian buyers Banking institutions said little Canadian currency is being ex- changed. Grand Forks businessmen noted similar drops. Merchan- R. B. Griffith department store said "they're coming down in small numbers and buying less, especially the big items. Canadians in the past had been good-buyers of cotton lines but now sales are away down, said William Krick of J. C. July, 1962, customs coilections THIS IS WHY ALL CONTRACTORS McCulloug @ PRICES ARE RIGHT! 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