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end succeed, unless opposed by equal skill and industry. 
It almost deserves to succeed 
“Itisunnecessary to defend the value of organization. 
No one can have seen and felt the splendid sense of 
honor in a body of disciplined troops, marching 
responsive to a single will; throwing against any enemy 
and in any direction the force of a united effort and 
failed to realize the immense superiority over any dis- 
organized and indisciplined body of men. The latter 
may, individually, be equally brave and equally gallant, 
but there is a something, a power of co-ordination, an ° 
economy of effort, a something beyond the sum total of 
the individual units which makes it clear that no 
guerrillos, however spirited, can long contend against 
regular troops. 
“A few days ago, this effort at organization on the 
part of those interested in fish destruction culminated 
in the formation of what is known as the “Commercial 
Fisheries Association,” a national organization under 
the leadership “of Capt: J. W. Collins,’ who- thus 
happily has found a field of usefulness for his 
admitted talents without compromising his former 
associates of the United States Fish Commission. 
The fishing interest and all allied interests unite 
their money and influence against ‘‘unjust interference 
by those who erroneously assume that the methods 
of capture now employed tend to decrease the fish 
food supply.” 
Now what are we, on our side, doing to meet all this ? 
Alas ! but too little! 
“We, on our part, have, strictly speaking, no inter- 
State co-ordination. If New York desires to protect 
the Great South Bay, for example, from the use of 
purse seines, the entire force in men, money and ‘facts’ 
of the opposition is available to fight her movement. 
But, on the other hand, the effort gets no men, money, 
