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Dr. Bean: When I first noticed it it was two or three cents 
in the Washington market. Now the same fish sell very readily 
from fifteen to eighteen cents. 
President: When I first commenced work on Lake Erie in 
1873 or 1874, herring was sold at fifty cents a box, holding 200 
pounds. I positively know that seven cents a pound was paid 
for herring wholesale last year. 
Mr. Leary: We have a fish known as the alligator gar which 
is very destructive and bad. The Givens Packing Company at 
Corpus Christi, Texas, experimented with the roe and shipped it 
as caviar, and Mr. Givens told me that the roe sold readily, but 
the only difficulty was in getting a seine strong enough to hold 
and capture the. gar, and I have no doubt it will be utilized some 
day and a profit made on it. 
