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Show ; WHEN IN DANGER OF FIRE I Walk, but Dor't Run, In Burning Eullding or Ir: Pusinece Frenxy Keo Cool. When some one shouts "Fire!" In a theater those most likely to be trampled tram-pled down are those who start a wild' stampede. Those who keep their bends and act ra i lounlly stand better cluuies of esenping injury, " remarks Forbes j Magazine. The cry of "Wire I" wrs re-cently re-cently raised In the business world and staned a stampede in many qua? ters. Now, it cannot be doubted that the war time frenzied boom has reached Its zenith and that prices ar moving downward. It remains to b seen, however, whether It whs wis to attempt to force goods on tha market at greatly reduced prices nnd to cancel can-cel orders for freeh supplies on the assumption that producers would also-cut also-cut their prices drastically In a mad effort to get from under. It Is worth noting that woolen, shoe, silk, and certain other manufacturers promptly curtailed operations, thus refusing to gamble to the limit In futures. If production pro-duction be curtailed on all sides, then some merchants may find that they overplayed the cancellation gatno. Goods cannot be produced for some little lime at any tremendously lower cost than formerly because It takes time for raw materials, labor, taxes and other expenses to fall drastically. The advice prominently printed on New York theater programs-Is: "la case of fire walk to the nearest exit. Don't run." This advice might be worth heeding by the business community at this-moment |