oG Tliirty-iSecond Annual Meeting 



Mr. Whish : Perhaps I can supplement what I have already 

 said, by the suggestion, that in JS'ew York state the line JEisher- 

 nien do not like the carp. I might also note the fact that in the 

 three years during which I have been connected with the Com- 

 mission, there has not been a single application from anybody 

 for carp, and we do not raise them any longer in any of the 

 hatcheries. 



Mr. Tarleton H. Bean, of St. Louis : I would like to say a 

 few words about this celebrated introduction of carp throughout 

 the Ignited States. I have always been a champion of the carp, 

 but speaking now as a newspaper critic of the fish, I object to it 

 for a good many reasons. 



In the first place it cither has great big scales, or it has no 

 scales at all, and it is not in good taste for it to parade around in 

 that slipshod sort of way, neither one thing nor the other. 



Another very strong objection to it (speaking now as a news- 

 l);ilK'r man) is, that it has no teeth in its mouth, but carries them 

 lik(^ a comb, in its throat. 



My friend Bartlett from Illinois has given you still another 

 serious objection to it, and that is, that it takes the dough, and 

 we need that in our business, especially we newspaper men. 

 (Great laughter and applause). 



But worst of all is a report sent to us by wire from Reading 

 the other day, and that is this : A couple of Philadelphia girls 

 were out fishing on a pond near Reading and they hooked some- 

 thing (as the girls generally do, you know, when they go fishing, 

 (Uiuglitx.^r) : the first thing they knew they were in tlie water, 

 and of course several gentlemen rushed to the rescue and got 

 llii'iii Dut. and what do you suppose it was, Mr. Chairman — it 

 was a great big carp ! (Laughter). Now when a carp comes to 

 taking away Philadelphia girls, and when it gets to be a ques- 

 tion between Philadelphia ladies and the carp, I think that the 

 car]) liad better go! (Great laughter and applause). 



Six'aking as a newspaper man, T have several other objections 

 to urge againsi the car]), but 1 must save them up. He has been 

 in tliis coiinirv so long be has got stuck u]i, feels ini])ortant and 

 big; be has a whole lot of eggs, his family are very numerous, he 

 grows very fast, and people like to eat him, and I am afraid he 

 will drive the cod out of the market, and wliat will we do with- 



