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adjoining State, are completely blockaded with nets, the 
nets even extending from either shore across the chan- 
nels. Uniformity would give a clearer comprehension 
as to the meaning of the law in both States. 
Another serious difficulty in the enforcement of exist- 
ing laws is that the officials to whom such enforcement 
is committed are left without fixed adequate compensa- 
tion for their services. An Ohio fish warden receives no 
remuneration, and even his time and labor in securing 
an arrest and prosecution are wholly unremunerated un- 
less he secures a conviction. We need most of all to 
educate the people into a broader and fuller appreciation 
not alone of the rights of others but of their own interests. 
We shall succeed in this work when we make the general 
public comprehend that in protecting the rights of others 
in the fish of our open waters we are in reality preserving 
our own, Relative to interior fish and fishing the subject 
is one of such vast interest that it would require another 
paper much longer than this to do it justice. It is gener- 
ally believed that the laws are better observed than along 
the lake shore; that game fish are increasing and the 
people are in sympathy with the commission and appre- 
ciate their labors. With the Ohio State fish car, the 
Buckeye, the commission has deposited some twelve 
thousand black bass, weighing from a half to three 
pounds in the rivers and creeks throughout the State. 
I could hardly close without a word about our rod and 
line fishermen. There seems to be implanted in the nature 
of every Buckeye angler the love of outdoor sport; they 
recognize fishing as the keenest of enjoyments. While 
it is the common destiny of mankind to labor from the 
cradle to the grave, toil and hardship are brightened by 
and often endured for, the prospect of angling, with its 
anticipated hopes, fears and pleasures. I can say from a 
personal experience that the desire to kill and destroy is 
more a potent motive, with our rod fishermen, than a 
necessity. It isa conceded fact that Ohio contains more 
