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those members to join this Society. There is not an organi- 

 zation in the country doing the grand work that this So- 

 ciety is doing; and certainly the sportsmen and the sporting- 

 goods manufacturers should help out; manufacturers of 

 fishing tackle and implements should assist. We ought not 

 to be in need of funds ; we ought to have ten times as much 

 money as we require. 



Mr. Fearing : We need more publicity. 



Treasurer: Is there any objection to the general pub- 

 lic attending the meetings ? 



President : No. 



Treasurer : Then it seems to me that it would be a 

 good idea for our Society, through its President or Chair- 

 man of the Executive Committee, or Secretary, to send out 

 personal invitations to the members of the sporting clubs, 

 boards of trade, etc., to attend our meetings. I have an 

 idea that a great many members of sporting clubs would 

 gladly attend meetings if they knew they would be welcome. 

 If invitations are sent to these chilis a much larger attend- 

 ance will be secured, and thus we will get new members. 



Mr. E. T. Grether, St. Louis, Mo. : I would say that 

 until a Aveek ago I did not know anything about the meeting, 

 and I would suggest that it would be advisable for the Society 

 to have a committee on publicity, so that they would be able 

 to send out advance notice of the time and place of meet- 

 ing as well as something of general interest with regard to 

 the meeting. I know it to be a fact that there is no state in 

 the union but that has one or more sportsmen's associations; 

 and the officers of those associations would be very glad 

 without doubt to arrange something to interest the public, 

 especially the clubs. In the city of St. Louis we have 185 

 clubs, and I would have sent some word to them of the 

 meeting here, but I did not know anything about it until a 

 short time ago when I made application for membership in 

 the Society. I did not know where the meeting was to be 

 held, and I merely put in the paper seven or eight lines men- 

 tioning that there would be a meeting on October 3. Mr. 



