210 'riilrl,/-sl.rlh Aiunnil M vHimi 



p('0))l(' tlici-c tliiit they were iiiakiiiL;- iiroinis.'s wliicli miisl in llic 



.■11.1 lilki' IV.iIll lll.'il- lIKillllls ;l \illll;|hl.- lod.l siipplv. Ill olli ;■ 



woi-.ls. l(. .ililaiii the voles .if ;i liaii.irul of tli.^ .•..iiiiniiiiil v. llii- 

 laru'c ami ini|i()i1aiil iii.liisti'v lias pracl icallv \)vv\\ .IcsIi'.iv.mI. 



Now lici\' is wluTc llu- assistance of such oi-pinizat ions as I 

 advise you to tak.' an interest in. comes in. Most of you .livntie- 

 meii. I take it. Imlil positions. eitli.M' at the luiivau of fisliei'ies ai 

 ^^'asllin,ii■toll, or in othei' states, which larucly dehar you I'r.un 

 takin<i- any active part in politics. You will place, just as thes. 

 licntk'men hju'e done, in the I'eports of wastes, reconiniendations 

 iM'fore your le_uislatures ; hut unless you have somt' toi'ce outsidi- 

 of yourself to back np those resolutions, I tear thai most of them 

 will meet the fate that those two \\\\\v met. 



Xow the association which I ha\-e h;'en instrumental in foi-m- 

 lUii', the Ontario Fish and (ianie i'l-otective Association, is one 

 which I would like to call to youi- attenti.m. and 1 ha\c with nu- 

 a nuniher of co])ies of the constitution and liy-laws which I shall 

 l)e ,L;-Iad to distrihute. 



This oriiJinization was started in IIK)."), with head<|uarters at 

 'i'oronto and hranches Throuj^diout the province. It has been 

 nt'cessary t.) (iml ])eo])le who would take an active intci-est and 

 nud\e sacrifices. It so hai)])ens that ^Ir. ()li\ci- .\dams and ni\-- 

 self ]\i\\v heen ahle to do that, and i)y making- public ad.li'esses. 

 we have succeeded in forming thirty-live branches in th.' last 

 two yt'ars. The I'esult was that we were able at the last sessi.ui, 

 to have a bill passed which undoubtedly changes the whole con- 

 dition of things. i am peid'ectly cominced that with.)Ut that 

 ass.)ciation having been formed, witlmut it lia\ing woi'k'ed in an 

 enei'getic manner, we nevei' could lia\-e had the pr.'seiit u'anie acl 

 passe.l. 



1 should like, in concluding that p.)rtion of my remarks, to 

 point out a metho.l by which blue books are often use.l, eilli:')- 

 inteiitbuialh or unintentionally, to mislea.l ])t'o]ile. Tlier.' has 

 un.l.iubledly been an immense falling .ilT in the lislu'ries of tie- 

 (iivat Lak.'s. that is. a failing olT in the weight .)r poun.ls in tli.' 

 catcdi of our watei's. while the money value remains almost the 

 same, in tb.' \aliie of the lish ; and if you examine that i-e|»o!'l of 

 the de|)arlnient of lisb.'i'ies in the de))artnien1 of Oiitai'io for 

 l!)(Mi in a casual wav. vour attention is not called t.) the falling 



