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DUMPING DANGERS.

THE GERMAN INDUSTRIAL INVASION.

way to defeat the foreign sweater is to deny him the free access

to our markets. which he has enjoyed for too long to the detriment of British labour, and to establish a trade policy The following article recently which will give our own mant- appeared in the Journal Commerce

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facturers the opportunity they were led to expect, and to which No little anxiety has been they are fully entitled. Many of aroused in the minds of British them have ample plant available manufacturers by the partial to enable them to take up new opening of our ports to German classes of work, but before em- goods. Following closely upon they want to know whether ther barking upon such enterprises the withdrawal of import restric- tions generally, and the absence will be given a reasonable chance

clearly-defined economic to develop.

of a

policy, the effect is bound Among the fallacious argu- to delay, and in some ments adduced, was one which cases to prevent, the revival laid it down that if foreigners of British industry. It is were fools enough to ship goods ail very well for ministers to this country at prices below to recomend manufacturers those of similar bome products we to have faith in the Government's ourselves should be fools if we did will and power to carry out the not take full advantage of their Prime Minister's pledge, and to apparent generosity. The fallacy prevent German exporters from here lay in the assumption that obtaminz a paralysing advantage foreigners were fools. As a matter in British markets. But when of fact this process of underselling the public see on every hand-on dumping, as it came to be! unmistakable signs of successful called-enabled Germany, after a foreign activity in the home and certain period of sacrifice, overseas markets is it to be which their Government kindly woadered that they manifest helped makers to tide over, to impatience at the delay in drive certain of our manufacturers translating the Government's out of business and the industry "will and power" into action. out of country, so that the time Superior persons pretend to be- came when the generous Germans little the fear which the toymakers were in a position to control entertain from German competi-Iprices, and we were left depend- tion. They tell the public that, ent upon them as we found to the toy trade is of trivial our cost during the war, In the importance. But the public critical trade period now opening are not likely to be misled into up for the country we shall have the belief that the Board of Trade to be strictly on our guard against were wrong when, they strongly organised attempts to bring about urged British manufacturers to a recurrence of the old conditions. "capture" the toy trade and thus The old vested interests still exist, open up an important avenue for and together with other influ- "the employment of labour. For,jences, which have been working quite apart from the labour direct-silently but persistently to the ly employed in the manufacture advantage of the foreign importar of toys, the industry furnishes an ad the foreign producer, they excellent market for many materi- will put up a big campaign in. als-wood, paint, nails, &c.-all favour of restoring free importa. of them being the products of tion. Their activities are bound British industries which would to fail in the end; but in the benefit from the home manufact-meantime they are largely res- ure of toys.

ponsible for the present com It is a favourite trick in some mercial and industrial chaos. quarters to protest that any tariff The "poor German," we are told. policy must raise prices, and that has nothing to export and we with the present tempor of labour, reed not fear his feeble rivalry. exasperated with high prices, If that is the case, how is it that trouble must follow. Prices are German engineering firmos are ad- high to-day not because of Tariff vertising extensively in Dutch and Reform which we have not yet Spanish technical journals and in got, but because of insufficient export, trade journals? How output. If an industry is given a comes it that the German, who reasonable chance by the State to jhas nothing to sell, is neverthe- reach its full and natural less anxious to advertise the sale development, production will of plant and machinery in be on a scale large enough to bring English technical journals? All down menufacturing costs, and this illustrates the misleading thus enable the products to hold character of certain arguments their own in open competition used against a scheme of pro- with foreign manufactured goods.tection for British industries. Prices must consequently fall,That a country with a vast and and in purchasing the British-highly organised industry such made article the consumer will as the United States, protected, have the satisfection of knowing moreover, by a high general that he has obtained from well- tariff, should deem it neccssary paid British Isbour goods as to enact stringent import cheaply as, if not cheaper than strictions is surely an object those produced by sweated under-lesson as to the possibilities of paid labour" abroad. The only dumping after the war.

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WILDER DANCING.

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A FORECAST. According to latest advices from Paris "the dance this winter is to be the fandago." with castanettes in the the ballroom to add to the uproar of jazzing. There appears to be in Paris a society or association or caterie of dancing professors who decide these things They have lately mes and resolved to make dancing a feature of physical education. holding that it not only makes the body supple but brings out the beauty of its lines. There are some who argue that the dances in vogue do pot do that exactly, and, they are clamouring for the return of the Scotrish reel, the tarantella and the polka. But the professors heed them not though they are reviving the "Boston" and are pruning the tango of what they call bad interpretations. But the fandango from Biarritz) will be the real thing. Meanwhile London dancers this season are likely to find that the noise has been taken out of the Jazz Tinkettles and frying-pans are to be strictly forbidden. “Jazz bas been unfortunate in its name, says one authority. It ought to have been called dancing to syncopated music, but with the noise and the freaks cut out it should hold the floor this winter." It may be hoped that, thus re- strained, the jazzers will do no less.

CHINA'S ROADS.

HAPHAZARD WORK.

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acting upon the innumerable suggest- ions which will come from the equally innumerable sources indi- rated in the mandate. Doubtless A. engineering influences will be sufficiently strong to overcome this haphazard tendency before the schemes are actually put into operation, and it is of the first ira- portance that it should be so. It is no longer a case of driving strategic roads through widetracts of country as the Roman soldiers used to do, but rather to think on up-to-date lines as a country like Great Britain is at present doing. Only a few days ago we were told that consideration would have to be given to roads solely for motor traffic within a distance of say 50 miles of large centres, and judging by this the whole aspect of road engineering must be revolutioniz. ed. Motortraffic is likely to play just as iroportant a part in the future of China as in any other country, so that, a comprehensive scheme, huge as it will be, appears more than ever a necessity.

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New regulations which will have the effect of relaxing build- ing bylaws up to July 31, 1922, are about to be issued to local authorities by the Ministry of Health.

. Only houses proposed to be built by individuals are dealt with in the regulations, and a wide discretion is left to logal authorities in regard to the materials and method of con- struction which may be per- mitted.

The wall, for example, "may be of any material and con- struction which give sufficient stability and reasonable

pro- tection against the weather. The requirements as to foundations and roofs have been placed at the minimura necessary to safeguard life and be ith."

It will be open to the authori-

ties to permit the erection and use as dwellings of "Army huts and similar structures, and a Com- mittee has been appointed by the Ministry of Health to consider. new methods of construction.

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Weather Boarding. Asbestos abests.

Metal reinforcement

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Plates of metal

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