The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-10
HENRY GLEWS'
 WEEKLY LETTER
Peace Progress.

The world is heroicaIIy struggling for a more settled and normal condi- ton of affairs. Its chief obstacle is a scracity of many necessities, to- gether with the greatly overstrained nervous condition of the war-torn na- uons While these abnormal condi- lions continue, social and political disorder must be expected. and ac- cepted as the natural consequences of the great upheavaI The difhcul- ties are innumerable, yet they are
 gradually and surely being overcome. Time and work combined accomplish wonders, and there is every reason to believe that a year hence will wit ness a long step taken toward the new normal. No serious delays in the peace program have thus far happened, and none seem likely to | occur Germany will sign the pact, despite characteristic protests, and | there is good reason to hope that Mir | Wilson will very soon return to his pressing duties on this side of the | water. The peace treaty, the great ! est document in history, cannot att tain perfection, and more or less dis | satisfaction is inevitable; but peace | has already been established on Q ] basis of strength and justice that
 seemed very far away only a year ago | when the tide began to turn against ] the Germans.
 Better Understanding.
 | Congress has settled down to work, | and definite results may be expected | before long; that is if the political | game, which may become very 1 strenuous, does not interfere. The
 railroad problem is already receiving
 serious attention in committee rooms | !, oh, -a l considerable differences of ideas be-
 tween the Senate and the House. there | is prospect of a reasonably satisfac- | tory compromise bill. which must be | passed before the roads are returned | to their owners; unless the govern l ment repudiates it's promise, which | nobody believes remotely possible. | The changed attitude towards rail- | roads and other public utilities is il- | lustrated in various ways. Mir. Will | son recently appointed an official | body to look into the question of To- | cal utilities securing better rates to | offset increased expenses; and a re- | cent canvass of public opinion re- | garding government ownership of | railroads developed an overwhelming l majority against all such theories {; the experiences of the last two years
 of Federal mana cement have taught 1 the public expensive lesson in this 1 respect. In other ways also the tide l is running more strongly against . half baked, impractical theories; and
 the latest outbreak of radicalism in | the form of bomb plots is sure to | have the effect of awakening the l conservative forces of the country 1 into greater activity. Abroad there | are signs of the radical elements ap- l preaching exhaustion; and there is no need for serious concern regard
 ing the extremists in this country. who will certainly be defeated. The | labor outlook. though unsettled, is if | anything more satisfactory Many ! concessions have been granted to la I bor and the efforts to create a better
 understanding and more intimate re- lations between capital and labor are 1 already bearing fruit.
 A Bright Outlook.
 { -1ere has been more improvement | il the business situation than is gen ally appreciated. The volume of
 busiEe less is n2tt only increasing. but
 the 5s'Sespread RRssyiyai of confidence lustrA nts h aF fv aordinary in7S