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formulation brought me to think about another struggle, a struggle between—- 
let me see—human industry on one side and nature on the other side. When I 
say “human industry ”’ I mean the whole of what man does—the building of great 
cities, the river pollution, the erection of large manufactories, navigation, all 
kinds of industry, mining, and much more—I mean that altogether. How does 
that human industry compete with nature? We soon find out that to a large 
extent human industry has been extremely disadvantageous—I might use a 
stronger word—to nature. It is true that human activity did what it could, in 
some cases more, in others less, to make good again what was spoiled by man 
on the other side. A German poet said, ‘“‘ Die Erde ist sch6n tiberall, wo der 
Mensch nicht hinkommt mit seiner Qual.’ You might say that in English, 
“ Beautiful is the earth everywhere where man does not come to spoil it.” 
You understand, now, what I mean; I intended to say that it will be 
very nice to have another book written, another Draper writing a book on that 
struggle between industry and nature; and when such a book ever will be 
written I am perfectly sure beforehand that you will find in that book pages— 
no, whole chapters—telling of the excellent and most efficacious way in which 
that struggle has been taken up here in your country. And when we were 
honored with the invitation to come to your United States, and were glad to 
receive that invitation, it was, in the first place, because we enjoyed before- 
hand, and were sure to enjoy making acquaintance with, your excellent methods 
of ameliorating the fisheries in your waters. 
This is nearly all I have to say to you, but when I repeat my thanks for 
this reception, and for the invitation, I lay stress upon the fact that it is especially 
because we so extremely admire the excellent way in which you have tried to 
propagate and to protect the fisheries, to do what you could by artificial and 
natural culture to promote the great industry in which we all here are so highly 
interested. 
The PRESIDENT. Those having the arrangement of the affairs of the congress 
in hand have asked me to make certain announcements, particularly in regard 
to the appointment of officers and committees, and with your kind permission 
I will make them at this time. First, I have the honor to propose the following 
list of vice-presidents: 
As the first vice-president, and representing the Netherlands, Dr. P. P. C. 
Hoek, Scientific Fishery Adviser of the Dutch Government, Harlem. 
Austria, Dr. Heinrich von Kadich, Councillor of Administration, Department 
of Forestry and Domain, Vienna. 
Brazil, Lieut. Radler de Aquino, Naval Attaché of the Brazilian Embassy, 
Washington, D. C. 
Canada, Prof. Edward E. Prince, Dominion Commissioner of Fisheries, 
Ottawa. 
