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intelligent management has carried on its work with a 
smoothness and completeness which may well serve asa 
model. 
It covers the Atlantic States; it assesses itself liberally. 
Any attack on the interests of the Trusts in any State 
meets the entire force of the aggregation. The armory 
of so-called ‘‘facts” is judiciously drawn from. 
“T once saw the Association at work at its best—in 
Washington—with its fertilizer allies, its net and twine 
allies, its wholesale fish market allies, its porgy oil 
friends, under the eye of the President of the Association, 
It was a beautiful piece of work. The co-operation of 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives had been 
secured by a pledge of support ; a favorable committee 
had been appointed. At the hearing before this com- 
mittee, witnesses, well drilled, well dressed, with neatly 
written rolls of so-called ‘statistics,’ were present in 
crowds. The press was utilized as usual, and marked 
copies were distributed where they would do good. 
Doubtful members were deluged with ‘resolutions’ 
from their constituents. 
“They failed, indeed, but through no fault of theirs. 
They have a good memory for those who accomplish 
their defeat. They do not propose falling over the 
same stone twice. They were opposed by Doctor E. 
W. Gould, a Fish Commissioner of Maine, and Hon. 
A. E. Pillsbury, Attorney-General of Massachusetts. 
Mark the sequel. 
“Last year Mr. Pillsbury, by far the ablest candidate 
in the field, offered himself for the Governorship of 
Massachusetts. The Association’s counsel at Fall River 
carried every caucus of that city against him, and con- 
fessedly accomplished his defeat. When Dr. Gould’s 
term as Fish Commissioner expired, the influence of the 
representatives of the Association succeeded in prevent- 
ing his reappointment. Such work as this must in the 
