F O K iU S i A JN JL» O i ill A ivi 
! | December, 1919 
I and baits which, are successful in the fall 
sl will in many cases be of little use in the 
I winter or spring. So keep experiment- 
j; ing. 
•j The beginner will probably over-esti- 
{I mate the number of rats that are “work- 
;| ing” from the signs he sees. 
'! After trapping a certain section of the 
stream hard and when it is not payingly 
productive any more, move the traps to a 
;; totally different section, to another 
stream perhaps. A change of scene may 
bring a change of luck. 
] The main stream rats seem to have mi- 
grated this s])ring to the back creek. The 
li back creek in this case is simply a branch 
s of the main stream. 
Let us emphasize the necessity of using 
care in placing and making your sets. It 
Ji is a good plan to grease our muskrat 
j, traps. Tallow or any saltless grease 
I, that will protect them from rust will an- 
il swer. It will prolong their life. 
: AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 
I To the Editor of Forest and Stream: 
I I T desire to avail myself of the privi- 
; 1- leges of a member of the American 
Canoe Association, and formally object 
^1 to, and make a point of order against the 
j! proposed amendment to the By-Laws of 
(I the American Canoe Association, as pub- 
j lished in the November issue of Forest 
AND Stream, as an unconstitutional pro- 
ccdure. 
Without questioning the power of the 
1 Executive Committee to amend (he By- 
■ Laws in the manner prescribed therein, 
j the proposal to levy an increase in dues on 
the present memberships in the Associa- 
tion, without the consent of the holders of 
' such memberships, would sever the con- 
' tractual relationship entered into, between 
f the Association and the member, at the 
f time such member joined, and constitutes 
! in itself something more than mere 
I amendment to the By-Laws, 
f The officers of the Association have 
j failed to show that the Association affairs 
j cannot be run on the present income, 
I when properly administered, and the pur- 
j)Oses of the use of the anticipated addi- 
tional funds are not disclosed. From the 
circular letter addressed the A. C. A. mem- 
bers by a former Commodore, the assump- 
tion is that the additional funds are to 
constitute an anticipated benefit for those 
members who are able to attend Sugar 
Island Camps. 
To levy an increase in duos on all the 
memberships in tlie As.sociation, to create 
a fund to be used for the benefit of the 
2(y 'r of the members who can avail them- 
selves of the privile.ges at Sugar Island, 
places a burden on the reniainin.g 80% of 
the members of the Association, of a na- 
ture devoid of participating benefits, and 
as such becomes an assessment on those 
members. 
The project of levying the proi>osed in- 
crease in dues, is not therefore a consti- 
tutional function of the Executive Com- 
mittee to decide, but must be decided by 
the members themselves by a unanimous 
yote of the Association. 
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