New Britain herald., 1921-11-26
TIE OBSER VER
Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

.rluuruistH u49 rely on the theory tnn. s.pp.E and drmaui Eos ctu prices VtI be put to if tu u>uluiu tA" rrle" of turkeys this year .iich ia high dr- 5.nr prruca1us io ths cuntat}|rom .I uuata of 'uc country come reports t.,t cold storage warehouses are u.rrrlu with t"UEcys ready for mar I.l. many Of Wlich have been hcfi o.pr from last winter, Notwithatand- ing these reports trEoy remains In .ap n.<ury class an1 ouN d sHaI rrauortion of famiips rau afford lJ buy It for their holiday dinners.
 t is apparent that something be- sides supply aud demand enter into tac situation. &omcon" IS arllHc'ai} holding up prices with the hope, no doubt, of ryariL@ large profits. It has uera explained that shipments from Texas the greatest turkey producing state in the uGion have been small because of the warm weather. Ac- curdmg to this ingcnuoGs story, when weather is warm turkeys run around moro thau vW.a i is c0ud and there fore fail to f1tten for market. This is d clever yarn but thc public can not reconcile it with the fact that cold storage plants hay" on hand large auppics Of the bidS which can not run around and gro" thin for the very good reason that their running days are oNcr
 From some sources information is obtained that boycott against high prices has already set in. This is the logical solution of such q problem, one which will quicl>ly bring to their senses those who are responsible for inflated prices. II q "bUyers' strike were concentrated on products which havc not yielded to readjustmcnt prices would quickly tumble, as has been proved so couvincingiy in other lines during the past year,
 The declaration by Mayor Curtis that taxes will he lower next year is. a consummation devoutly to be de- sired. IL will also he a welcome re- lief if the executive is able to so direct government affairs for the remainder of his term SO that no additional special taxes will be necessary.
 Cynics profess to see the first moves of the forthcoming campaign in the preliminary iousting of Mayor Curtis and cx-Mayor Quigley, who, accord ing to common report, will try to secure the republican nomination next spring. Interests unfriendiy to the present mayor say lie is naturally de eirous of keeping the tax rate down sohc can go before the republican voters at the primaries and appeal for their support on the ground that he has accomplished something worth while, even if he has made a number of other blundcrs Of a political nature, If it is necessary to levy more taxes or if propcrty owners fOresee a higher tax for the next fiscal year, Mayor Curtis chances for winning the re- nomination would shrink to the van iahing point.
 Leaders who are Unfriendly to the aspiTations of cX-Mayor Quiglcy pro- fcss to see politics behind his recent declaration that he was opposed to issuing bonds but preferred a direct tax. If he could have successfully carried his point at the recent session of the city meeting board it would give him an advantage during the campaign for the rcnomination and it is not to he supposed that he would object to seeing his opponent buried underneath the fatal tax bur den question. It was generally eN- pcctcd that eX-Mayor Quigley, as member of the city meeting board from the second ward, would be heard from on this point at the last session, as he had openly announced that he would fight Mayor Curtis bonding program in favor of an extra tax on the ground that the present generation should pay it's bills and not leave them for future generations to pay. However, it was necessary for ex-Mayor Quigey to go out of