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lic beds, or by importation. Shut up the public beds or make 
them private, and you shut them out of competition. So I sug- 
gest these words as an amendment to the resolution: “ Vhat in 
approving private ownership in oyster lots, we do not recom- 
mend that the natural beds should be so appropriated.”’ 
Lieut. WinsLow: I object tothe amendment. I think it would 
be unwise to embarass the enunciation of the general principle 
with any particular applications of it. That is a province which 
perhaps we have no right to enter. I should, therefore, speak- 
ing for the committee, prefer to see the resolution adopted as it 
stands, thinking it would better accomplish our end—that is an 
extension of the oyster area and an increase of the supply of 
oysters. 
Mr. Ear: I second Mr. Roosevelt's amendment. 
Lieut. WINsLow: I move to strike out the amendment made 
by Mr. Roosevelt. This preamble and resolution have been 
very carefully drawn, and are simply the enunciation of a gen- 
eral principle. As I explained, we want the supply of oysters 
increased, and that can be done only by an extension of the area. 
The extension can only be accomplished through the efforts of 
private individuals, which efforts will be exerted only when 
those individuals have a proprietary interest in the beds. We 
should not in the same resolution enunciate a principle and re- 
commend only its partial application. Let others decide that. 
The motion to strike out Mr. Roosevelt’s amendment was put, 
resulting in a tie. 
The PRESIDENT: I move,to.strike it out. 
The amendment was therefore cancelled. 
Mr. Pike: I beg to offer this amendment. 
[This amendment was never delivered to me, and a letter to 
Mr. Pike asking for a copy of it has never been replied to. | 
RECORDING SECRETARY. 
Lieut. WinsLow: I object to this amendment on the general 
principle already stated. 
