claims for increased appropriations and do not ask in 

 vain ; but the National Congress pays little heed to the 

 wants of its Fish Commission. We have fallen upon 

 a period of unwise retrenchment which has hurt the 

 cause of public fish culture. 



If the results so far obtained in the waters of the 

 States and of the Nation are satisfactory in the light 

 of statistics so well established, let the American Fish- 

 eries Society and the friends of fish culture in general 

 unite in urging that the organization which has made 

 such a splendid record be provided with the funds 

 necessary to continue its achievements. 



DISCUSSION ON THE PAPER OF 

 TARLETON H. BEAN, M. D. 



Dr. James took up the discussion as follows : 



"In my paper I set forth the idea of supply and 

 demand. The fish should not be caught during the 

 spawning season. Some movement should be started 

 to keep them from being molested during their breed- 

 ing time. If a sentiment could be created in the public 

 mind, so that people would grasp this idea and there be 

 no call for fish at this time, and no enquiries of the 

 dealers for fish until after the breeding season, it would 

 not necessitate eoinor into other States and obtainingr fish 

 out of season. There should be a higher law inherent 

 in the public mind to govern this question, and if this 

 were the case, there would be no necessity for legisla- 

 tion on the subject, and the fish would thus be pro- 

 tected. There would then be no demand, and the 

 matter would regulate itself, as well as the matter of 

 interstate infringement upon fixed rights." 



Mr. Peabody followed with the words : 



