The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-05
OP.aiN Of PHRASE
| "ANTI-DUMPING''
How an "Americanism" Was
Adopted as a British Protec-
ZIONIST Party Slogan.


lished on October1, 1915, the rcadci
will find an article entitled, Anti
Dumping Legislation" 1t begins will
the statement:
In view OF the general and wide.
spread interest proposed legislation
TO prevent what is popularity known
as dumping. the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce has prepar-
ed the following general statement
on the legislation in Canada, South
Africa and Australia. In Canada
,he anti-dumping law and REGULATE tons
are made part of the customs Tar
1T and their administration q part of
the work OF the customs authorities.
1t then goes Oh to quote section &
OF the customs Tariff of Canada.
which after fashion, explains the
practise which our Bureau of Com
merce says is "popularly known as
dumping. This section reads.
In the case of trticles exported to
Canada of q class or kind made or
produced in Canada. if the export or
actual selling price to an importer
in Canada he less than the fair mar
( ket value of the same article when
sold for home consumption in the US
/ ual and ordinary course in the coun-
try whence exported to Canada at the
time of its expectation to Canada,
there shall. in addition to the duties
otherwise established, be levied, col
| lected and paid on such article on its
importation into Canada. a special
duty COR dumping duty equal to
the difference between the said sell
ing price of the article for export and
! the said fair market value thereof
for home consumption. and such spe-
cial duty Tor dumping duty) shall be
levied. collected and paid on such ar
ticle although, it is not otherwise
dutiable.
/ The title, the opening sentence and
merce attaches Importance to the dis
semination of information concern
ing dumping" suggest that the word
is not as popularity known as the
writer intimates, and that its use is
as likely in the near future to attract
as much attention in this country a.
il did in Great Britain when Joseph
Chamberlain first employed it in his
imperalistic campaign and made an
ti-dumping the slogan of the Pro-
tectionists who accepted his leader
ship.
Mr.. Chamberlain did not originate
the phrase; he borrowed il from
"Protection and Progress which was
published in 1900 and copy of
which was sent to him later by the
author, and which was duly acknow-
lodged. although the distinguished
speaker in the many Protection
speeches made by him in no instance
referred 10 the source from which he
derived the arguments freely employ
ed by him in his attempt TO show the
British Cobdenites the error of their
ways. Among his numerous illustra-
tionS was one upon which Williams.
the author of Made in Germany"
that authors arguments. the phrase
dumping process" was frequently
used by Chamberlain. and it was
speedily adopted.
The use of the word gave rise 10
some amusing comment. On the
occasion of a visit 10 London. the
writer was informed by one of the
editors of the London Telegraph that
purists had assailed Chamberlain for
il. because a vulgar mean
ing attached to il i'm England. al
though il was apparently unknown to
Or at least not recognized ny the die
LiOnary makers. While the British
photographers refused to recognize
Il, those of this country have done so.
. Dumping ground" is defined in the
Century Dictionary as "a piece Of
ground or lot where earth, offal, rub
Dish, etc, are emptied from CARTS
nut the definition is followed by U.
J.. which implies that its use was
TO this country.
The writer of Protection and
was familiar with the word
md it semmed to be an appropriate
me TO employ in describing a pro-
less which Protectionists strongly
'ntagonized. 1t appears in several
'laces in the book. but in one pas
age (page 469) a consciousness that
I might require explanation is shown
speaking of certain observations
made by ]. Stephens Jeans of the II
British Iron and Steel Institute on
he workings of the Protective sys-
EN-. the writer Of Protection and
'rogress" said;
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