Show SLOWING DOWN Bradstreets Bradstreet's thinks that combination of capital has a good illustration nm nowadays in the condition of f the steel trust t. t It points out that if as ns in the old lays days there were a multitude of manufacturers of iron and steel much would be made which there thero would be beno no immediate market for whereas now one of the t leading mills has a stock of only tons of pig iron which would last but a few da days rs and that as times have grown harder and und harder production has slowed down and fourteen great steel furnaces have been blown blo out and a good many steel foundries foundries foundries foun foun- dries will ill reduce their outputs Many tin plate and und sheet mills have suspended operations this being due to the shortness of the season seasons season's 8 fruit crop and amI a lessening lessening lessening les les- les- les of orders for tin plate plato In the coke regions there is also a slowing down I and Bradstreets Bradstreet's thinks this is not so bad that seasons seaP sea sen- r P sons ons of depression have their compensations and explains as follows Thus when activity reigns reign supreme operating forces farces are apt to become mediocre in character labor becomes more arbitrary indolence de- de develops costs costs are are I run up and discipline is destroyed to a considerable extent and it is only when the slump comes that I I corrective measures can be applied In this connection the Iron Trade Review reports I that the Union Pacific railroad has discharged between between between be be- tween and workmen The Lehigh Valley galley is reported to have discharged The Boston News Bureau reports that sixteen of the great steel companies are carrying men on their payroll payroll payroll pay pay- roll as compared compared with men last laRt Januar January We Ve II rather think that the rule all over the country is t to todo do awa away with just as aR much labor as possible and andin andin andin in very ery many extensive works production is being reduced quite one |