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instance, and we have duplications of these instances all over the world, 

 for no city can afford to go along in its career without taking an account 

 of stock as to its environment and find out whether the situation is really 

 a wholesome one or not, or whether the farmers who supply the city are 

 in a discouraged or encouraged state of mind; whether the market condi- 

 tions are what they are cracked up to be; whether there is something the 

 matter; if there is dissatisfaction, where is the dissatisfaction. Where 

 there is unquietness, naturally the inference is that there is some influence 

 at work that is not wholesome, either for the producer or the consumer. 

 That is the sort of thing Binghamton inculcated, and it is for the good of 

 everybody concerned, and I thought in presenting to you the work of 

 this Binghamton Chamber of Commerce we could not have possibly 

 offered you anything that was more to the point as regards the present 

 situation than that. The thought that Ues back of this afternoon's pro- 

 gramme is, first of all, the marketing. Marketing is put down as the general 

 topic, and we are going to have some people here with us who will solve 

 the question of marketing, and we have with us this afternoon two experts 

 on the egg question and the poultry question. As we all know, there are 

 no two questions today that occupy the public more. 



We have picked out to illustrate the question of the handling of eggs 

 and the marketing of eggs a young man who is in charge of the market 

 bureau started by Cornell University to benefit the farmer, and which 

 has given great satisfaction to the local farmers. Mr. Benjamin will tell 

 you what they have done, how they do it and what conditions they found, 

 and he will follow his talk this afternoon by showing a few sHdes this 

 evening, as the lantern is not here now. The lantern, unfortunately, is 

 at City Hall, and he will have a chance this evening to show you some 

 slides to illustrate his talk. I take pleasure in introducing to you Mr. 

 E. W. Benjamin, of Cornell University, the head of the marketing depart- 

 ment, who will talk on '^ Problems in Marketing Eggs." [Applause.] 



