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R. H. BAILEY 

 data for such action. 



Sincerely, R. H. Bailey. 



I want to make a couple more observations. 



In the first place, in these comparisons 

 of the fisheries in our streams, you know, I leased the 

 Fishernoan Packing Corporation, a nine- line cannery, in 

 1932. We operated an oyster cannery and hired 150 people 

 in Everett, Washington, right between the two present 

 pulp mills. And you know, the Snohomish River in early 

 tiroes was the greatest spawning stream in the State of 

 Washington. I have often talked to Milo Moore about 

 that. And the Skagit was a good spawning stream. It 

 never equaled the Snohomish. 



But you know, today we have a comparison 

 of the Snohomish and the Skagit, and here is the Skagit 

 blocked by four dams, I think it is, on the Skagit, a 

 couple over on the Baker River, and the major portion of 

 its spawning area has been eliminated. That might be 

 mentioned in this ironclad comparison of why the Skagit, 

 an unpolluted stream, is so poor and why the Snohomish is 

 so good. 



And secondly, I have great admiration for 

 Mr. Stein and I like his approach that we should com- 

 promise the situation. You know, from my point of view. 



