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and if we find we can pay him $500, let us pay him $500; if we 

 find we can pay him $1,000, let us pay him $1,000. What 

 difference does it make how much salary he gets so long as he 

 gets in the money. If you will put it on that ground, you will get 

 a man to put his time to it. There is no man in this room who will 

 give his time to this thing for nothing. Why not make it attractive 

 to somebody? 



You all know that when these reports are sent out, every 

 statement made by each member must be carefully edited. If you 

 make an extemporaneous speech, it doesn't sound just as you 

 would like to have it, perhaps, when it gets into print. The mem- 

 bers here understand what you are trying to say, but in print 

 it doesn't look well. We should each have a chance to correct 

 what we say, before it goes into print. It takes a good deal of 

 time to sort out the different sections and send them to the various 

 speakers. Some of them negligently fail to return the corrected 

 copy promptly as requested ; some even wait two or three months 

 before sending in their corrections. 



Someone has to be patient and be on the job all the time. 

 I would like to make a motion that some such plan as that outlined 

 be put into effect and that we arrange to combine the two offices 

 of the Corresponding Secretary and the Editor, and pay the 

 incumbent $300.00 for next year. 



Mr. W. H. Killian, of Maryland: I would like to second the 

 motion and to say something in support of it. This is the Forty- 

 Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Those 

 of us who have been attending meetings for a sufficient length of 

 time to see the scope of its work, know its possibilities are very 

 great. 



I do not like the name of Corresponding Secretary or Editor 

 for a position of this kind. I think there is more force in a title 

 like Executive Secretary or Business Manager. We understand 

 the principles set forth by Mr. Graham for gathering sufficient 

 revenue to continue this work as it should be continued, and not 

 only to increase the revenue, but by reason of that activity to 

 spread the influence of this Society by increasing the membership. 

 The members would be more interested and would attend in 

 larger numbers than has been the case in the past. I know from 



