The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-27

cruises part Of the contention which
has arfayel Mr. Hill eonspicuously up
ON one side and Mr. Hartman, with
equal prominence, upon the other SO
there Is fear that Il may be year be-
fore the consummation so devoutly
wished namely, peace in an the rail-
road territory west Of the Mississippi
will come. The fear is that during
the summer and fan. whatever may be
the decision Of The circuit court Of Sc.
Paul, friction VIII prevail and IL there
be friction that 81 itself must be Car
more denorallzing to business than
the excitement 81 d presidential can.
vass can De.
And yet II is also the impression ID
New York thar there ultimately can be
but one determination Of this impor-
tant question That is a determination
which might easily be Immediately
reached were it not for the impression
that Mr.. Hill IS disposed to be imperl-
Gus. dominating. bound TO have his
own way, whereas Mr.. Hartman and
those who are with him are Of almost
equal determination. The Northern Sc
curities corporation was perfected In
part ostensibly to eliminate the person
al equation. But with the dissolution
Of that corporation the personal equa.
ton is again discovered. The ultimate
determination Of this railway situation
of the far west as Is believed in New
York inevitably win be the establish.
ment of the community Of interest. for
In no other way that any one now can
4 discern Is It possible to secure that
freedom from lawful competition, that
fair share Of business which each sys-
TEN has q right to expect without yio.
lation Of the federal statutes.
In General Tracy's opinion the real
peace which must prevail If the mar
vicious advances that are possible for
the United States are TO be made with
in the next four or five years will come
II the great capitalists controlling vast
railway systems cease their contentious
and II the labor organizations fully
recognize what the law permits and
what the law forbids.
Some Indication Of what the turmoil
that Is In the labor world and the tur
moil that IS caused by the struggles OF
the great capitalists are costing us is
! furnished By the report from Washing
ton which caused no little anxiety IN
this city. Every one familiar with the
course Of commerce and almost every
one In the world Of finance here ex
pected IN midwinter to be able to rea6
some time In April that the record d
our foreign commerce for the spring
would match that Of any preceding
year. But instead Of that our exports
for the month Of March show Til,
smallest excess over the imports tina
has been recorded for any one mont
in the last seven years. There Is rea
son to fear. too. that a like record i
: being made in this month Of April In
. ternationaI commerce of that kind can
not be maintained month after mont
I without seriously eomplicating our In
ternational finance and compelling th
United States TO become a heavy boz
rover fiji the money markets Of the Oh
4 world
The reason for this falling off OF e.
ports is we'll understood. Our price
are so high that the well known rul
! of the political economists Is perfect
exemplifed. Imports are increasing bf
cause prices are high here and export
are decreasing. Prices are high for va
rious reasons. The agltations in th
labor world in part explain them. The,
: almost wholly explain the Increase Q
rents In New York city. The great ad
vances in wages made last year AM
the year before have also entailet
higher prices.
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