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of fish. I believe the whole trouble is in the manner in which it 

 is cooked and prepared for the table. I think that the carp 

 received a "black eye," as we say. simply because the people did 

 not know how to prepare it, and I believe that the New Yorkers 

 get a little ahead of us Philadelphians in cooking this fish, and 

 that the reason we do not like the carp may be because we do not 

 know how to cook it, for now we find it at many places ; as 

 soon as they find out how to cook it they all want the 

 carp. Then there is another thing; I see here by our 

 debate that the carp is a good food for other fish, that the spawn 

 is good for other fish to feed upon, and if it has no other use I 

 am going to thank the United States Commission for introducing 

 the carp. I am in favor of the carp at the present time. 



