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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The state of Maine in their annual report two years ago esti- 

 mated that $13,000,000 was left in the state of Maine by men 

 who came there to fish and shoot. If half of that was left, is not 

 the preservation of the game worth something to the state? And 

 Maine does not begin to be the game and fish state that our state 

 is, because we have got the greatest state in the Union and got 

 more lakes teeming with the choicest kinds of fish than any other 

 state. But there are men today (and even men in authority hold- 

 ing high positions) who would cut every stick of timber if they 

 could make money out of it ; drain every lake and destroy every 



Camping among the monarchs of the forest — in Northern Minnesota. 



fish therein if some one could tell them that there was money 

 there. / want to appeal to that kind of men and show them that 

 there is money in game and fish to the citizens of Minnesota if 

 they will only preserve it. 



I would like to say to every man who believes in the enforce- 

 ment of the laws that govern game and fish, that he ought to be a 

 forest protector and a hearty supporter of everything that goes to 

 preserve the forests of our state, because without the forests we 

 cannot have the game, neither can we have any fish; it is the very 

 salvation of both. In fact, it is the salvation of our water supply, 

 and without our water supply we cannot have any fish, and with- 

 out cover we cannot have any game. 



