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cultivation and protection and the increasing public 
appreciation of the economic value of the work of the 
State and National Commissions, it seems to me that an 
attempt should be made to have this Society made the 
mouth-piece and representative of this aroused public 
sentiment. The people then speaking through an 
organized body could express more clearly what was 
needed to protect the fish and game, and such an ex- 
pression would have more weight than coming from an 
individual or local association. If the American Fish- 
eries Society could be madea strong central organiza- 
tion, as I have suggested, we would have an association 
whose influence upon all questions affecting this most 
important subject (the maintenance of one of the great 
sources of the food supply of the people) would be all 
powerful. The suggestions of such an organization 
would never be slighted and its recommendations would 
be welcomed and adopted. I have prepared and will 
submit for the consideration of the Society a resolution 
providing for a committee of three who shall be charged 
with securing an increased membership for this Society. 
This committee to have power to send out circularsand 
to form other committees, and to do everything it may 
deem necessary to secure members subject, of course, to 
the right of the Society to accept or reject any appli- 
cant for membership. 
Very respectfully, 
EDWARD P. DOYEE: 
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