98 AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY. 



be held in Chicago. He said that it woidd be a great gain in 

 the membership to the society to hold it there, for many 

 Western men had held aloof from it, thinking it to be an East- 

 ern society entirely, and that little or no attention was paid to 

 Western fisheries. 



Prof. GooDE. — The remarks of Mr. Clark carry great weight. 

 It is desirable to meet in other places than New York and Wash- 

 ington, although the latter is common ground. I think it would 

 be well to meet in Chicago next year. 



Dr. Hudson. — In 1876 we met in Philadelphia, but did not 

 gain any members to speak of, yet if it is believed to be the best 

 to meet in Chicago, we might try the experiment. 



Mr. Mather. — If it is necessary to meet at different points to 

 avoid the charge of localism, it may be well to do so. But why 

 any person should consider that the society is in any sense a 

 local one I fail to see. Its name covers the continent, and the 

 subjects treated of are not at all restricted to any locality. It 

 has been suggested, and I thought it understood, that the next 

 meeting should be in New England, perhaps in Boston, and we 

 certainly should meet there some time, if we propose to change 

 about. New York and Boston are the great fish centers, and 

 Washington, as Prof. Goode has said, is common ground. I do 

 not think that any place is as good as Washington, but will 

 agree to anything the majority think best. 



Mr. Butler. — If we go West one year, we will not lose mem- 

 bers, but will gain them. The Commissioner of Agriculture 

 hoped that we would go west of the Mississippi, and if so we 

 would have a large meeting ; but at Chicago we would certainly 

 have a most interesting and profitable one. 



Mr. May. — I hope that this question will be decided to-dav, 

 and that it will be in favor of Chicago. We will then begin to 

 urge Western commissioners, and those interested in fish-cul- 

 ture and in fishing to attend. 



Mr. Clark moved that the next meeting be held in Chicago, 

 and that a local committee be appointed to fix the date and make 

 all necessary arrangements. Carried. 



The President appointed as such committee, Messrs. F. N. 

 Clark, W. L. May, Dr. R. O. Sweeney, A. P. Butler, Fred 

 Mather and W. V. Cox. The meeting then adjourned. 



