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and of transport as well as by improvement in the
manufacture of the finished product. As a consequence,
energy in the colony was drawn into the production of the
staple commodity both directly and indirectly. Population
was involved directly in the production of the staple and
indirectly in the production of facilities promoting
production. Agriculture, industry, transportation, trade,
finance, and governmental activities tend to become
subordinate to the production of the staple for a more
highly specialized manufacturing community. These
general tendencies may be strengthened by governmental
policy as in the mercantile system but the importance of
these policies varies in particular industries. Canada
remained British in spite of free trade and chiefly because
she continued as an exporter of staples to a progressively
industrialized mother country.