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which I have the pleasure of presiding, and still more of them 

 in other buildings. Now, would it do, do you think it would be 

 altogetlier creditable to us — we have labored long and earnestly 

 to advance the cause of fish culture — to stop right now and hide 

 our light under a bushel and let the foreigners go away believing 

 that the state of Missouri, for instance, is all that there is of fish 

 culture? You will have there the fish culture station within 

 Forest Park which can be visited; the state of Missouri has a 

 fish car which I have not the slightest doubt will be placed at 

 your service if you wish to go to the Ozark to see how the rain- 

 bow trout is thriving, and you can study other fishes to your 

 heart's content. Furthermore, you will gain more members in 

 St. Louis than in any other city of equal size, and I hope this 

 subject will be very fully considered before it is left in uncer- 

 tainty. (Applause). With due respect to this committee, we 

 have a large gathering of members, larger than we have ever seen 

 at our meetings before, and if it would be in order I would pro- 

 pose that this gathering here vote upon the place where we are 

 to go, and I make that as a motion. 

 Motion seconded. 



President : There is a motion before the house, the adoption 

 of the report of the committee. 



Mr. Titcomb: As chairman of the committee perhaps I 

 ought to explain still further the consideration given to Dr. 

 Bean's argument. It is true that there will be an international 

 fisheries congTess, and we understand that there will be repre- 

 sentatives from all over the world of the fishery interests, and 

 the states will undoubtedly have delegations to attend this inter- 

 national fisheries congress. The United States Fish Commis- 

 sion ordinarily sends representatives also to the International 

 Fisheries Congress; in Paris it had two representatives. 



N"ow, the Fisheries Society would meet, of course, as a socie- 

 ty. This society would not run the International Fisheries Con ■ 

 gress. It is the privilege of every member of this Society to at- 

 tend that congress, and of course if the meetings were held there 

 and held on separate days so that it would be possible to do so, 

 the members would have a chance to talk fish a week instead of 

 throe days. But I cannot see just how the Society as a society 



