Show FALLING G OFt OIT Slump of 1 raffle on the hall Ial roal 1 America from the Iho he big railroad system 18 yut tem truo show that hunt the Ihl net let earning are arenow now hots running behind at nt the tho raIn ralo of n a month or close toie to 10 a it year It I Is that lint t strIkes ire are rl responsible tot for at It least t one ono third of or this total while depressed In Industrial II I Ions and the Iho curtailment cu rt a I litton I of or shipments of or merchandise are aro re to for the lie Ih balance With Wih lie tho falling oft off or In lut 11 freight however there thero Is ha Isa li haa a n decided pickup In tho Ito passenger bus busIness Iness incus when hn compared wih lie tho same MUO months month o or of last year This slump In II the 11 earnings of or th thou he roads Iq t i responsible for tor thin tho cutting down don of ot expenses and the ho attendant ie me II leasIng of or taIls hands anti and other men tIl employed by the operating departments Not otili do tb these IhA conditions prevail In the lie rutted I States but hut Canadian Pa Ia Pacific la rifle shows n II I decrease In earnings 8 from July I 1 1 to 1 tt April Apri 30 of nearly nerl 2000 heLter business for 0 Os railroads Is ha II com coming eoll ing In however western malingers l ol for improvement to come comae slowly At t the th ho present the lie Ih greatest tonnage lo is II moving In the lie south and southwest |