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should be most elaborately introduced, for the selfish reason that 

 people will not buy any goods of the kind if the reputed harm 

 they do is accepted as fact, as well as for the humanitarian rea- 

 son that it is unjust to permit inferior commodities to get in the 

 market. 



When all things have been done to prevent over-supply, over- 

 fishing even in teeming streams, and improper preserving — when 

 the rivers are protected from poisonous matter, and all the parts 

 of the production are utilized, then may the commission promise, 

 through these protective laws, and increasing numbers of arti- 

 ficially hatched fish, to make the fisheries of the Pacific States and 

 Alaska as nearly inexhaustible as it is possible for such to be- 

 come. 



I know that there has been squabbling and dissatisfaction be- 

 tween Washington and Oregon, between Alaska and British 

 Columbia, and this proves that both States and countries must 

 conjoin, nationally and internationally to protect their fish, and 

 then to amicably share their profits in the animals which make 

 both States and nations equal as they pursue the beautiful tenor 

 of their livqs among the intersecting waters that make all States 

 and countries their own. 



Mr. Whitaker: The next paper is one prepared by Hon. 

 John W. Titcomb. commissioner of fisheries and game of Ver- 

 mont: 



DESISABILiTY OF STATE ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROMO- 

 TION OF FISH CULTURE AND FOR THE PROCUREMENT 

 OF STATE LEGISLATION FOR THE PROPA- 

 GATION AND PROTECTION OF 

 FOOD AND GAME HSHES. 



The objects of the American Fisheries Society obviously 

 cover the title of this paper to the extent that it might be more 

 plain to the members if it read: Desirability of State Organiza- 

 tions for Promoting the Objects of the American Fisheries So- 

 ciety. 



Nature liberally provided the waters of the world with food 

 for man and has been lavish in allowances for waste both from 

 natural and artificial causes and the improvidence of man. With 

 the progress of civilization, the increase of population and the 

 change in natural conditions caused thereby with the consequent 

 increased demand for fish food, the lavishness of nature is set at 

 naught. Tt will be conceded that the fish in the waters are in- 

 tended for the use of man. Their protection then is simply a 



