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gentlemen in this Society who are qualified, by education and 

 practical experience, each to take his place among the fore- 

 most magazine writers on special subjects. Why do we 

 not hear from them through the leading magazines? 



We have no one to blame but ourselves for the non- 

 recognition by the general public of the importance of our 

 fishing interests, and the danger to the health of the people, 

 as well as the fishes, of this country in the indiscriminate 

 dumping, by corporations and municipalities, of all manner 

 of refuse into our lakes, rivers and streams. 



Is not this subject of sufficient importance to justify this 

 Society in using its far-reaching influence with the Bureau 

 of Fisheries to secure the publication of a monthly bulletin 

 to be sent to the newspaper press of this country? 



