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NON-METALLIC MINERALS USED IN THE CANADIAN 
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. 
INTRODUCTORY. 
The rapid industrial growth which Canada has been under 
going in recent years has greatly increased the demand for the 
non-metallic minerals and is constantly affording new uses to 
which they may be applied. In many of the manufacturing 
industries, minerals, in a more or less crude state, are used as 
raw material or, indirectly, as a means of producing the 
products of the factory. 
A reference to the tables in this report will show that an 
unduly large proportion of the mineral used in these industries 
is imported. In some cases the importation is necessary or 
advisable, since some minerals and particular grades of others 
are not obtainable at present in Canada, or the material may be 
obtained from abroad for less than the cost of production and 
delivery of the Canadian. In other cases, however, it,is due to 
the fact that the domestic products are not always prepared in 
the form most suitable for the purposes for which they are re 
quired. Frequently the buying and selling methods in use 
are at fault. For example, the Canadian producer, through 
lack of capital, is often at a great disadvantage, being unable to 
advertise extensively and thus attract attention to his product 
and secure a trial of it, even though his price be lower and his 
product as good, or better than the imported article. During 
the gathering of data for this report, it was found, in many 
cases, that the consumers of certain minerals were not aware 
that these were produced in the country, often quite close at 
hand. In such instances a list of the producers and their 
addresses was furnished. 
There are a number of trade journals which reach the 
manufacturers, and it would seem that even small advertise 
ments judiciously placed by the Canadian producers would aid