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Show WHEN HYSTERIA LEAVES US When will readjustment period end? An authority says not until retail 'prices get down to earth and not un- til there has been a readjustment or ; ' w ages. To this should be added: Not until railroad rates hav been reduced The railroads for a time were j underpaid for their services. Now they i ;ire bring overpaid. Thej nre reeelv j Ing more than many commodities can ; Icarry. For Instance, under the present 'rates, wheat from Idiho points to Gal j -ton, Texas, must pay 60 cents a j bushel, which Is as much as the grain j Old for prior to the war. If the range of prices were to re-1 main as during 1920 the railroads Would not be receiving more than their proportion, but with the sralln; down which Is proceeding, the carriers , are being overpaid. There Is some evidence that big I business has things well In hand. It that be true, then a quick recovrr; may be looked for when somethlngap proaching a normal condition has been reached. Inflated values are being forced out land a condition of stability Is being reached. Once tho country gels to t ! ! sane basis of doing business, there, should bo an uninterrupted prosperity : |