•-'I -J Thirhi-si.vlh Ainnml Mrr/in;/ 



wat^'i-s l-clon-vd lo ih,. iiicclijinics of ilic cilv of '|\)i'(.nl.. iis iiiu.-li 

 as to till' III. '11 livin-- on the walcr fn. nl. we (•oiiM accdiiipl isli 



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And il is on iliosc ^roiiiids that I ask vou. as far as it is in 

 vou powci-. 1(1 .■ncoiii-aov liodics of incn who niav not have ihc 

 sanic scicnlilic altainniciit and know led i^v as \-oin>clvcs. Imt who 

 may he ahh' to h(d|) you in the woi'k yon arc carrvin-- on. 



Now I should like to make a IVw ivmai-ks in relation l(. the 

 intoniational asprct of this case. I haw heard sin.v I ha\c Ikvii 

 lieiv a ,ureat many reniai'ks about the necessity of handin.^- the 

 goveninicnt of the lishci'ies of the sev.Tal states ovo' to the 

 ft'deral authoiaties. and I (|uite realize that this is a necessitv 

 if you ai'e to have uniforiii I'euiilat ions lookiii^- to seasons, sizes 

 of meshes and .a'eueral lualters. ])Ul with us on our side we have 

 a iieeuliai' anomaly. There is a divided authoi'ity. The lishcr- 

 ies of tho Great Lakes on our side are i-cizulatcd hv the Dominion 

 Goveninient, while we in Ontario alone have the powei' of issu- 

 in,-i- net licenses. In other words, we may stop the lishinu-. hut we 

 cannot chan,i;-e tlie i-iyyulations. There ai-e political reasons in 

 the Dominion of Canada, wliich it would take me too lon.u' to 

 explain, which I think take it out of the realm of practical 

 politics to expect the ])rovince of Ontario to ghv u]) any little 

 remnant of authority it has over tlu' fisheries of the (ireat 

 hakes: and the conse(|uence is that anythinii' done at the present 

 time in reference to some l)etter understanding between the 

 states and Canada must come first liefore the people represent- 

 iuii' the pi'o\ ince of Ontario, not those representing the Dominion 

 jiower: and in consequence T would suggest to this society that 

 if lliey could first of all get their states together, to hand over to 

 the feileral government the powers in rcd'erenci^ to the I'egula- 

 tion (>( tlie lisheries of the (ireat Lakes, we in Ontario mighr 

 have a better chance of getting the peojde to the point that they 

 would be willing to hand ovt-r to the Dominion (ioxcrninent tlieii' 

 rights as to licenses and place the whole thing in the hands of 

 the two iiowers. But to start with. I thiidx that thei'c would be 

 much greater jiossibility of success if an informal conferi'nce 

 should be arranged between representat i\'es of the sovereign 

 states bonlering on \]\o Great Lakes, representativi's of the 

 pro\ince of Ontario, and representatives of the Domiidon Gov- 



