Show 1 The Financial News which Is a very uplomlld financial authority says a I slump In the values of iron and steel is Imminent and believes that the of I forts of the Iron and steel mUG nalca to hold prices up cannot long put off what Is coining and that the business must be reduced until the market settles back to normal conditions There certainly is nn reason why steel rails for Instance I In-stance should cost twice as much now I as they did fifteen months ago They j cost no more to manufacture and arIse I a-rise of 100 per cent cannot be maintained main-tained because the difference Is I sum j J dent to stop a thousand enterprises I and the Increased price 1C maintained I would simply result in manifold competition t com-petition More than a 25 per cent raise Is simply tempting fate because an r unreasonable abnormal advance results re-sults always in one of two thing 1 either the consumption falls off or the I tremendous prices Incite other men to enter Into competition and lie result In cither case has to bo a break in I prices I |