EVENING SESSION 7.30 O'CLOCK. 



President Sears in the Chair 



THE CIIAIR:\IAN: Ladies and Gentlemen: AVe had a 

 {>i.lendid session this afternoon, on a live topic, and I think 

 ^ve have a partienhxrlv interesting and valuable one for to- 

 night. 



]\Iost everyone that talks to you off-hand about these 

 things will tell you that we are further behind in the matter 

 ui marketing our fruit than anywhere else. That has been 

 brought, out several times at our meetings here. It is one 

 thing all of us need to learn about, this question of market- 

 ing. Most of you are aware that New York has been doing 

 things in the matter of marketing, things that we might 

 very well take an active interest in at least, if not copy 

 after. 



We are very fortunate indeed this evening, to have a 

 man talk to us who knows what they have been t'oing and 

 who is going to tell us what they have been doing. I know 

 in a general way, but as he can tell us so much better, I am 

 not going to make any s])eech on that end of the sul)ject but 

 merely to indorse heartily the idea that this is a phase of the 

 sidjject we need to study and study as carefully as possible, 

 so I am going to introduce the speaker of the evening, Mr. 

 ]j. A. Emerson, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of 

 Foods and Markets of New York City, who is here to take 

 tlie place of Commissioner Dillon, who was unable to come. 

 Frequently it is disappointing and unfortunate when the 

 speaker cannot get here ; we are all sorry Commissioner 

 Dillon cannot be here, but we are all mighty glad that jMr. 

 ]^merson is here and I have heard those who heard his speech 

 at Rochester say that we have certainly a treat in store for 



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I have great ])leasnre in introducing Commissioner 

 Emerson, who is going to talk to us on the Subject of ilar- 

 keting. (Applause). 



