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country, in view of the constantly increasing demands for 

 fish as a food supply, due to the increasing cost of living, is 

 to create and foster that sentiment. 



In the south, and notably also in the west, the laboring 

 classes are prone to eat too much hog meat. Hog and hom- 

 iny are all right in moderation, but hog and hominy as an 

 exclusive diet is very hurtful. Physicians have told me that 

 the best antidote to an excess diet of pork is fish food ; that 

 if a man eats pork seven days of the week, he is likely to be 

 sick; but if he can substitute fish food for two days out of 

 the seven he can retain his health. Can there be any greater 

 benefit conferred upon the public, upon the citizens of this 

 great country, than the promotion and upbuilding of the 

 public health. It is said that a laboring man is worth some 

 $900 per annum for his mere labor; he is an asset if he is 

 healthy; but if he is unhealthy he is not only a drawback 

 to the community, but he is a burden to it. 



Let us therefore from all these standpoints proceed with 

 this work, and, Gentlemen, this Society is building to itself 

 a monument which the future citizens of this country will 

 point to with pride. 



