Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-30

the IHanhSSlVlnS turkey market as a result of the publics refusal to buy at the prices demanded. it was an- nounced by Joseph Hartigan, commits sioner of weights and measures
 Concerted Uprising Urged.
 On the other hand a call for con- certed public uprising against the high cost of living was issued here by May or Cornelius F. Burns of Troy, who advocated proclamations by the gov ernors of all the states and d~mayors1 of all the cities of the country to be pub lished broadcast and read in the schools and churches, setting days for g. series of boycotts against high priced foods.
 MT. Hartigan made his announce ment as to the panic conditions fol- lowing an investigation into the poul- try markets. He found, he said, that large quantities of turkeys. chickens and geese had been shipped here from the west by the raiSerS in the expec- tation of high prices.
 tBut the public is being scared off by the excessive price of the last few days,' he said. "The price of 38 cents to 45 which now prevails is so high that retailers state that the public in dicates it will not buy. for the price is beyond it's means.''~~
 Stock Left on Dealers Hands.
 The dealers are finding, he said their stock on their hands in cold storage and on their stalls. due to a feeling that If the public were to pay the high prices they would establish a precedent which wouldAm mean the same nigh prices at Christmas and New Years" They were predicting better eleventh hour sales when the prices dropped, he said.
 Price of Eggs Reduced.
 sTho aDc hnynnft ho hoS duced less buying and "in self defense the dealers have been obliged to re- duce the price in order to induce pur- chases."
 Potatoes Fall in Price.
 The fact that 5000 more barrels of potatoes were received this year than last during the two days before Thanksgiving and that potatoes are now selling for $4.50 and $5 a barrel as against the recent price of $7 in- dicates, he said, a recession of potato buying by the public and that the top price has been passed. The farmer, he said, 'is showing his potatoes on the market Test he be caught with thme on his hands.
 ''It is significant that last year when we had bumper crop of potatoes" said MT. Hartigan, there were less than this year. when there is an al- legged shortage" This years cranber- ry receipts here are also far in ex- cess of last. he said.
 Plan of Attack.
 Mayor Burns. who is president of the New York State Conference of Mayors, in addition to proclamations by state and municipal executives, ad- vocated the cooperation of housewives leagues, moving picture houses and labor organizations in the attack on the high cost of living.
 Abstinence the Cure.
 "The greatest power in this coun- try is the people and it is up to them themselves from the greed and op- pression of the monopolists and mani pulators,' he said. 'The simplest most effective and direct way of ac- complaining a breaking down of ex- tortionate prices is through abstain ing for period from the use of those articles of food on which the prices are eXorbitant. There should be state and nationwide movement to this endI''
 Cooperation Desired.
 He also suggested the cooperation of the press and notice of the move ment by the business houses of all kinds "by permitting all workers to cease activities from 11.55 a. m to 12 noon on the first Monday of the cam pa1gn. For work on national lines he suggested petitioning congress to take action endorsing. the movement and the enlistment of encouragement from the president ''so that from Washington may be sent broadcast throughout the country the suggestion that the governors of all states and the mayors of all cities may issue proclamations and take similar action and the movement made effective by the nation as whole.'