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as "pirates" and men in a disreputable business, so to 

 speak, is an Association composed of prominent men 

 of this city, men like Oftman and Robbins, of P\ilton 

 Market, and who have formed an Association to oret 

 what w^ere their rights and what they were entitled to. 

 They claim that large quantities of game was killed 

 west of Chicago and shipped to every city of the U. S. 

 except the city of New York, but that this great cit)- 

 of over 1,500,000 people was the only city, except in 

 N. Y. State, where game could not be sold that was 

 legally killed in other states. They sent a Delegation 

 to Albany, or rather they first went to their Attorney 

 and he drew a bill, which was introduced by an As- 

 semblyman named Wilkes, and it was reported unani- 

 mously by the Committee, and finally ordered to a 

 third reading, and would have been passed by the rep- 

 resentatives of the people of the State of New York, 

 and that bill was called to the attention of our people. 

 Its adoption would have given too much latitude to the 

 introduction of foreign game. The Chairman of the 

 Game Laws Committee who is just as much a protec- 

 tionist as any member here, called in Senator Guy, one 

 of the active members of the Senate, who is familiar 

 with game laws, to modif\' the Wilkes bill so that 

 ample protection would be afforded to game in the 

 State of New York. Senator Guy modified the bill, 

 so that game coming in must be killed 300 miles from 

 the State of New York. This would take in Chicago, 

 and providing that the burden of proof was on the 

 dealer that the game in his possession had been legally 

 killed, and killed 300 miles from the State of New 

 York, whether North, West or South, the transpor- 

 tation companies must mark such game, giving the 

 place it came from, and mark invoices and way bills, 

 and enter same in books at office. This information 

 should also be entered in the books of dealers, and 

 they shall permit the fish commissioners to examine 



