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inid Wisconsin is cxiiclly llic s;iiiic. The sjiiiic law controls fisli- 

 iiiii' on both sides of llic river, and i1 works very satisfactorily. 

 But the Ironlile is that we could not .ud all the slati-s; we could 

 not. o-et ]owa. and could not .uct Dakota, and could not get Cana- 

 da wheiv it lornis the lioundary line, 'riie trouhle is that wo fail 

 short of wluit we want. We want the gONCi-ninent to take (;harge, 

 not only to ]M-o])agate the fish, hut |ilant iheiu. 



:\lr. Clark: Mr. I'resid.'ut. ! don't know if we are talking 

 on this ))a])e]- — may he we are. I understand Minnesota has 

 passed resolutions ceding back any rights, for instance to l^ake 

 Superior, when tlie Taiited States government will pass laws to 

 regulate it. ^linnesota and Wisconsin have done that. Jf 

 Michigan had done that this last winter. Lake Superioi- could 

 be under tlie control of the national government. 



^Ir. FuUerton: That is right. 



^Ir. Clark: The question, Mr. President, between the Dom- 

 inion of Canada and our government is a matter to be taken up 

 between oui' government and the Dominion of Canada. The 

 question tirst is to get the states to cede this right back. Xow, 

 if Mit-higau had done this last winter, then Lake Su})erior could 

 be under control of the national government and the Dominion 

 of Canada. That is what we want. Xow, Mi*. President, while 

 T am on my feet, s])eaking about circulars and sending them 

 around, wouldn't it be better for tliis society to take some action, 

 adopt oi- ]»ass resolutions, if you ])lease. that a certain bill that 

 they might di'aw u]) woidd he what they would recommend to 

 the Xational Congress for ])assage? Wouldn't that l)e some- 

 thing to the ])oint ? 



Mr. Fnllerton : Mr. President, tlie Shiras P.ill is already be- 

 fore Congress. 



Mr. Meehan: Mv. Chaii'iiuin, 1 would suggest this: That 

 this socii'ty, sometime during its meeting, either a])point a special 

 committei' to (h'aft a hill, or a resolution similar to that drafted 

 or passed by Minnesota and W^isconsin, to be given to the state 

 commissions or (lei)artnu'nts of the various states, to be ]»re- 

 senteil to the legislatures of the vai-ious states to be passed. 



