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have something to act upon. If it is left indefinitely 

 in this way, simply recommendatory, it may fall as 

 other things have fallen. I am in favor of prompt 

 action ; and not only that, I would like to see the same 

 action taken in the direction of looking forward to the 

 international supervision in the same way of the coast 

 interests and our entrance to the rivers, if it is pos- 

 sible. If it cannot be done under the Constitution of 

 the United States, then Canada and Mexico and the 

 United States ought b}' some method to appoint a joint 

 commission or joint committee, which could devise 

 some way b}^ which their interests can all be brought 

 together, and they can recommend in some form a sort 

 of international agreement for the protection of the 

 waters in the neighborhood of their individual coun- 

 tries. It must come to that sooner or later; otherwise 

 the ocean will be depopulated of many of its food fish 

 and of the larger fish. 



We do know that up in the Northwestern 

 country, where other countries come in, bordering on 

 the waters of the Behring Sea, in years to come you 

 will find that great international questions will arise 

 out of this late decision as to the method which has 

 been adopted in two countries, bringing together their 

 countries and deciding by this method which has been 

 adopted in settling that question. It is not settled, as 

 other nations must come in. There must be an inter- 

 national law other than this three-mile method. There 

 must be some law by which the fisli coming from one 

 country to another, or one part of the ocean to the 

 other, coming in as a source of product and resource to 

 Canada and Mexico, must be met by some international 

 provision, A simple protection three miles from the 

 coast does not meet the question. We all see that, 

 and sooner or later it must come to that ; and before 

 that we should, if possible, get all the states in this 

 country, so far as we have authority to suggest, this 



