New Britain herald., 1919-03-11

prcsiding The meeting last xn proved more interesting than th0g one.
 F.. W. Christ Speaks.
 Two of tho principal speakers the 20 mills rate were unable at last m oment to attend. F.. w. Chr1 who spoke in the place of one, ma4 d very favorable impression on tA meeting by the fairness with WhiG he handled both sides of the arglfa ment, although he favored the 25 mfMs rate. He wanted to get rid of ala misrepresentation and spoke alonga those lines He told of his speaking being a rather hurried matter and Slld any mistakes should be blamed to him rather than to lack of IF crit upon the 9 mill rate He spoke Of the matter of figuring the back taxes Tn as part of the income on the part Of the 21 mill budget. He reminded them that there would be a new tax collector has been unable to collect all able to collect the back taxes but he also rem minded them that the present collector has ben unable to collect all the taxes due from back time Speak ing further, he reminded them that if these taxes are not collected it means that the city will have to borrow the $6O,0QO they represent. The rest of his talk was strongly in favor of 25 mills and he showed the necessity for AmerlcanizatiOn, appropriations for street work, etc.
 Calls Quiglcy a Dead One.
 Although a speaker on Sunday night, F. S. McMahon appeared again last night and took the floor after MT. Christ had finished speaking. He ap- in of E1oo speaker before had mentioned the elimination of home gardens so Mir. McMahon said he would give gardens to the people himself. He said it was not fair that some people should have to pay their taxes while others did not. He spoke of mayors in former years having office for a year and be- ing chucked into the waste basket. Now they like to hang onto the office, according to MT. McMahon, who also said it was up to the mayor if he built up a machine that toppled over on him. He told of the origin of the Taxpayers .ssociation in City hall. He said the mayor could remove com mssioners from office and he could also remove the assessors. He men, toned the fact that members of the school board had been on the board too long. lie concluded by saying, "There's something wrong. l don't want to knock Quigley, he's dead enough now"
 After Mir McMahon had finished there followed a general discussion. Charles Steele said he was sorry the Taxpayers association did not make their drive on the grand list rather than the tax rate. He recalled how little the increases in the grand list had been He said to give New Brit ain a 10 mill tax rate it would be the increase of the grand list to the amount of 20,0O0,000 and he fur ther said that even Mir. McMahon would not have that done. He ad- vocated 25 mills.
 May Takes Rap at P. $.
 Alderman Charles May helped arouse a little enthusiasm by asking if anyone could say the school costs really show that the funds were mis- used He showed the costs of the schools ger apita here and elsewhere. "They say we can run the city on 10 mills. Sure we can if we do it as Paddy runs his business and not pay his bills," were the words of MT. May. At that someone yelled to him to "Sit down" but he said he could prove it before he did sit down. The trouble did not go any further.
 The last meeting of the open forum will be held this evening.