The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-16
ANTI DUMPING MEASURES NOW
 IN CONGRESS

Committee on Finance, according to an opinion expressed recently by Rep resentative Cordell Hull, member of the House Ways and Means commit tee.
 After thorough study of the legis- lation, MT. Hull has presented to sen ators on the Finance committee a re- view oe the difficulties such legislation would put before the American bus mess man and has urged that be.ore the Senate considers the measure a thorough study of the legislation be made He has been advised by some members of the Senate committee that they agree entirely with the views he expresses.
 The anti-dumping legislation was rushed through the House in such given to members to understand the ultimate effect 1t would have on trade. | It was prepared with the approval of Representative Joseph w. 9SEdney. chairman of the committee, and had the endorsement of the Republicans. Through 1t the proposal Is made that this country wouRd bar from Ameri- can trade the productions of foreign countries sold at less price in this country than in the country where produced.
 '"The legislation which passed the House is another one of those meas ures founded on the economic theory that we can live entirely on our selves,'' said MT, Hull. 'It ts the highest of btgh protective tariff meas ures and the American manufacturer who needs foreign product to use in manufacturing his own wares for sale abroad is going to find himself at considerable expense because Of this legislation"
 Despite the reported enIdeavor of foreign countries to prevent American or other foreign imports, MT. Hull points out that only three anti-dump- ing measures have been enacted.
 FTn all the history of international commerce. in the light of aA past ex- perience in foreign trade. only three other countries today, so far as I can learn, have permanent substantive these three countries is 8 separate, in dependent action," said MT. Hull. ''They are Canada. Australia and the Union of South Africa. Only Eng land, among the important conner cial nations, by their trade policies high tariff, low tariff or no tariff has thus far proposed new or addi- t1onal anti-dumping legislation"
 Referring to the proposals in Eng T. ported recently that high protection ists, low protectionists and free traders had assaulted the proposal so vigorously that the government an nounced it had been withdrawn and pies of Christ, which proposed to re- place steam launches with flying boats. The plan has not yet been carried into effect. Airplanes and spare parts, valued at several hun dred thousand dollars, were recently sold by American manufacturers to French interests, who are planning airplane commercial routes in the Orient. Delivery of the material has begun
 In Europe three English com panies maintain regular passenger and parcel post service between Lon don and Paris and London and Brus- sells. On one of the trips a grand piano was carried from a London store to its customer in France by airp1ane.
 In accordance with British aircraft regulations, adopted last April, pilots of these commercial craft are ex- amined, physically and technically, and licensed by the government, landing fields and prominent points along the routes are distinctly mark
 
 regular airplanes are followed. Two French companies carry pas
 sengers on sightseeing tours over the l battle lines and there is a regular l service between Paris and Brussels l and some of the large French cities. 1 Merchandise carried on the first Pa 1 ris to Brussels trip included 300 | pounds of Holsters. Regular mali ser | vice between Paris and Geneva was | established last May when a Swiss
 aviator made the trip of 250 miles in
 1-2 hours, including 30 minutes spent on French soil as result of a | forced landing in the fog. London, 1 Manchester, Paris and Berlin news
 papers are successfully employing airplanes in the delivery of their pub | 1ications.
 Zeppelins as we'll as airpIanes have been used extensively for commercial purposes in Germany. Although little l is known of German aviation deveI- | opment during the past few months, 1t is reported that several long air routes, including one from Berlin to
 London via Vienna, will be put into l operation during the coming year. Commercial aerial service has been 1 put into operation between Johannes | burg and Cape Town, South Africa. ! rans-continental route from Sydney i to Port Darwin on the north coast,
 a distance of 2,550 miles, with stop 1 ping points every 300 or 400 miles. | Experimental commercial aerial jour 1 neys of more than 1000 miles also have been made from Calcutta to 1 other points of India and regular l routes are now under consideration. A British company was organized 1 last June with a capital of many mil
 lions of dollars for the establishment | of airship lines virtually around the
 earth. Airships of 3,000,0OO cubic feet capacity, nearly twice as large as the British dirigib1e R-34, the first lighter than air craft to cross the At 1 lantic, are contemplated. These air ships would be able to carry 15 tons | of passengers and freight and have a
 cruising radius of 4,50O miles at a | speed of SC miles an hour.
 A route from London to New York 1 will be the first to be put into op- | eration, if the company's plans are ; carried out. Lord Northcliffe re- l gently predicted that the time was 1 mt f1 To1do-,