New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29
THE FOURTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

now members making the total number Of mem
hers elected at this meeting nrarly 600. The various
sections and sub-sectiOns renamed IN session only
until p. m, when the association made an excur-
sion down the harbor at the invitation OF the Mayor
of Boston. In view of this carly adjournment the
papers ordered to be read We're limited IN number.
Al the beginning of the session Of the Section OF
Natural History good deal OF dissatisfaction was
EXPRESSED because the sub-sections of biology and
of geology were found to have been fused indis-
crimlnately by the committee. Professor Burt G.
Wilder went so far as to threaten 20 withhold bis
papers The trouble was finally arranged by ml-
tual concessions by the subsections. Seven papers
were read before this section of which one by FRO
fessor c. Brown GOode was of popular interest. IL
was on the first decade of the United States FISH
Commission its plan Of work and accomplished re-
suts. scientific and economical" Subjoined is a
synopsis
The work of the Fish Commission, Mr. Goode sad,
may nerhaps be regarded as prominent OF the
present efforts The Government in ala of aggressive
biological research It nils place tenfold more eXtsh-
sve and useful than at frs. Its work embraces me
systematc Investigation OF the waters OF the Unted
States aud Of the biological and physical problems
which they present the investigation OF the mehods
of the fisheries OF the past and present ana the sla-
tics OF production and commerce IL fishery products'
and the introduction ana multiplication OF useiu IOou-
besides, throughout the country especially III waters
under the jurisdiction of the General Govern
ment. or those common TO several states,
none OF which might feel willing to make
expenditures for the benefit OF me others In many
departments especially IN that OF direct research nne
efficient services have been rendered by vounteers In
fact large share of what has been accompsned III
biological aud pny steal exploration II the result Of u
paid labor OF some OF the most sklfu Amer
lean specialists since the important hsneres centre h 10
NewEngland. the coast OF that dtllct ma Deeh me
of the most active operations III marine research
For years. the commits siOner. with party OF spe
claiss. has devoted the summer season 10 wo az ae
stations along the coast from Sohhec
cut Nova scotia. The number or Dredging ana tIaW
ing stations 90 record Is 1900. The regular ron
tine of operations at summer station IN
known to misunderstanding along the shore,
seinng upon the Deacnes setting traps Tor animals not
otherwise to he OBJ anabe and scrdplng WIN dfeuge
and rawl the bottom OF the sea at depths az tre DIS
can be reached by ste amer IN trip OF three days
a most remarkable series OF contributions mas Deeh
received rom the fishermen of Cape Ann When the
Fish Commission had It's headquarters az Gloucester
up among the owners the fishing vessels, and since
that time they have been wing with each other IN ei-
ors TO find animals. The number of separate lots
received exceeds 500 At least thirty fishing vessels
collection tanks on every Trip, ana many OF
the is ermen with characteristic superstition have the
idea that nsures good luck 10 have TANK on Doard
ana Will not 10 sea without one Inc nlInDrrof speci-
mems acquired in this manner Is at east 10000 NJ dei.
ing yet been attempted by the nmiSson south OF
Long Island though mach nas been done IN snore worK
snnc,es In the tuna of the United States Dr. Yarrow
MIR Earl and others have collected from Cape Aun u
Key West The Cult States coast was explored last WIN
ter by party conducted by Sas Stearn, ana the entire
Pacific coast has secured By Professor Jordan for
h, renon has heen enfcged BIZ tine discovery of sixty
new 70 science. A similar Investigation The great
lake, has be- carrid for years by the late Mr.
Miner and MIR Kum.len.
One the important features Of the work Is the prep
oraon of life histories OF the useful marine anin0ls OF
the country More less compete Biographical mono
graphs have been written the bluesn the soup, the
menhaden the sa mon and the whlie1sn. The temporal
re the in its relation TO the movements FISH,
has the first received special attention. AT the in
the Commissioner. extensive series OF obser
vatons for several years been made under the di
reclon OF the Chief signal Olcer of the Amy, at light
houses. ghtslps. fe-saving and signal stations This
thirty more nsblng schOOnefs and steamers are
carving thermometers TO record temperatures upon
the fishing grounds journal OF the movements OF tee
fish being kept at the same time One practical result
the study OF these observations has been the demon
straion OF the cause OF tlc laiu.e OF the Mehhadeu
fisheries on the coast Of Maine In 1s79a failure On ac-
count Of which nearly 1000 persons were thrown out OF
The introduction of species in waters In which
they previously unknown has been ac.
in nearly every state and Territory, and the
tench and the golden arte have been acclm mated
sipp Valley and the coast OF California, and the
The MuI@na. or lake whetsh, OF Europe has been IN
troduced INTO n lake or Wisconsin, The propagation
may be by the constant increase In the amount
of the annual appropriation. The rude 40
have given way to scientifically devised apparatus.
by which millions OF eggs are Matched
possibility of stocking rivers and lakes any desired
has been constantly strengthened. Some thirty
statistical report on the present state and the past
history the fisheries OF the United States; this will be
nued in monographs upon separate branches Of the
fisheries such the halibut fishery the mackere fish
cry. the shad fishery, the cod fishery and the herring
fishery.
SYMPATHY FOR THE INDIAN.
Much interest centred in the subsection of An
thropology, and the room was crowded to its full
capacity Major J. W. Powell, of Washington.
presided. The great attraction here the expec-
taton that several papers would be read upon var
ious phases of the Indian question. but only of
these was delivered. Colonel II. b. Darlington
read short paper on the Dakota tribes, which was
not so much scientific discussion with reference to
the Indians as it was n plea for them |
as men who had not received justice from |
the Government. A long and very animated |
discussion followed Major Powell said that the |
American people had never shown a disposition to |
treat tho Indians unfairly but that their treatment
was the result of the irrepressible conflict between
civilization and savagery. This view was warmly |
attacked by many speakers. men and women, no |
held that the conflict between the
Dffscourings of civilization and savagery. The sem
timent was overwhelmingly IN favor of the belief |
that the Government has treated the Indians with |
yreat iniustice itself and permitted ruiians to treat
them with great brutality Several papers of pop
lar interest ordered TO be read to-day left TILL
Monday, owing to the time consumed IN the various
sessions III discussions.
GENERAL BUSINESS
The audience in Huntington Hall listened TO the |
following papers On the Musical Pitch at pres
ent in use in Boston and vicinity" by c. h. Cross
md William +. Millerj The Coeificient OF Ex-
pansion of Gas Solutions" by Z. L. Nichols and A.
Wheeler The New Action of Magnetism on a
Permanent Electric Current" by Professor +. II.
Hall.
In the chemical section papers were read as fol-
ow " On a Solution Of Ferric Gallate and Ferric |
Oxalate as a Reagent for the Cumulative Analysis
If Ammonia" by Professor n. b. Webster; The |
Valuation of Indigo" by l.. NJ. Wolten; " The Soil |
Supply of Nitrogen for Plants" by W. o. Atwater
- The Substituted Acrylic Acid" by G. +. Mabury;
u demonstrations Formed in Pipes Used In Gas |
Wells" by H. B. Mason :" A Modification of Ben
theirs Process for the Valuation OF Coal by |