MARKETING 



JDeputy Commissioner H A. Emerson, State Department 

 Foods and Markets, New York City 



ME. EMERSON : Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

 It is always a great pleasure to visit neighbors, especial- 

 ly the near neighbors, and those that speak the same tongue 

 l.hat you speak and have the same interests that you have. 



Over in our state we are peculiarly neighborly people. 

 AVe even at some times think that we ourselves go to ex- 

 tremes. Sometimes our girls seem to think more of the 

 neighbors' boys than of their oAvn brothers and occasionally 

 the boys seem to think more of the neighbors' girls than of 

 their own sisters; so it is not at all strange that w^e are 

 -<ieeply interested in the people in ]\Iassachusetts. I can 

 assure you that I am glad to be here. For your part I am 

 sorry that the Commissit)ner is not here in person, but there 

 are numy duties to perform in his office which he is holding 

 nnd he is a very busy man and so long as he has sent me 

 Irere, you will have to make the best of it. (Laughter). 



Last night it was my pleasure to speak in Toronto, 

 Canada, and I visited that great camp of the soldier boys 

 there and I thought how much better off we were here in 

 Ihe States not to be embroiled in the war. It is not a very 

 pleasant thing to see these young men training and to think 

 that in a few short Aveeks they Avill be over the sea fighting, 

 many of them never to return and many to return mained 

 and wounded, and I think that this country is especially 

 blessed to be at peace with all the world and I for one hope 

 .f;nd trust and pray that it may continue so for years and 

 years to come, Avith honor and with credit to itself. Under 

 ;iio otlier condition Avould any good American wish it. 



This sub.ject that we are to discuss this evening is one 

 that everybody is deeply interested in. If there is a question 

 that is of as much interest to consumer as to producer, it is 



