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Show N Itacs Snlrltla Ainonc ttio l'Ulir, Perhaps fow people vita cat llshbalis and salmon salad know that If It were not for the persistent work of the Fisheries Commission both tho cod and the salmon would bo exterminated. In fact, constant battle is going on between the Fisheries Commission and the enemies of tho cod mid Enlmon. These two kinds of tsh cannot reproduce repro-duce themselves fast enough to sur-vivo sur-vivo nnd havo to bo protected by tho United States Government. Tho latest report of the Fisheries Conyuleslon says that 44,000,000 salmon sal-mon nro hatched every year in the Government hatcheries, and mora than 03,000.000 cod. Three steamships, six special cars and twenty-Are hatcheries nro now in uso, "It would tnko sever-&1 sever-&1 books," eays the Sclentlilc American, Ameri-can, "to tell the wholo story of the work done by tho Fisheries Commission." Commis-sion." Somo day, perhaps, tho Government Gov-ernment mny do as much to help tho tiny babies of tho slums ns it does now to protect young codflsh. |