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208 could best be secured through a congress of commerce and industry in connection with the Lewis and Clark Centennial of 1905.

Possibly it would not be out of place to say a word on the other side of this intimate relation of interdependence between this society and the fair. At the Pan-American Exposition the New York building was put up as a permanent structure, so as to provide a suitable home for the collections of the Buffalo Historical Society. There is a movement on foot that promises a still more bountiful treatment of the historical society at Saint Louis by the Louisiana Purchase Centennial.

But what the fair of 1905 may do for us is a matter for the authorities to decide. Our duty in connection with the fit observance of the Lewis and Clark Centennial was urged on the fundamental ground that there is that in the spirit of the occasion to yield the largest and highest concerted action for advancement. By proceeding with a programme elaborated along the lines suggested, the leaders would be emulating the spirit of Lewis and Clark under the conditions of today, and would thus be doing them the highest possible honor.

F. G. YOUNG.