Some 350 egg traders gathered on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange last week and listened to an announcement from President Courtney L. Poole. In angry tones he flayed a recent advertisement of Lambert (Listerine) Co. which was captioned: "Eggs! They tear you down socially." He called this a "vicious mispresentation" despite the fact that the advertisement assured its public that eggs are good for the system if not for the breath.
When President Poole finished speaking, the Mercantile Exchange members decided to fight this type of thing "to the last ditch."...
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