finally will conclude that it is time to do a little 

 sowing if we are going to reap this crop any longer. 

 The national migratory wildfowl law will not en- 

 force itself, good as it is though it will come a 

 great deal closer to enforcing itself than any state 

 law, for the arm of Uncle Sam after all is far 

 longer and stronger than that of any governor in 

 the United States. Heretofore our ducks and geese 

 had no chance. Today all our grouse, our quails, 

 all our upland birds, have no chance ; but our ducks 

 and geese and our other migratory birds do have a 

 fighting chance. In the name of plain North Amer- 

 ican horse sense, we ought to hail these facts with 

 enthusiasm. We ought to do what we can to live on 

 the dividends of this wealth which literally has 

 wings, and not wholly to spend our capital in our 

 old spendthrift fashion. 



It is not a question of whether or not a few duck- 

 ing clubs will have better or worse shooting. It is 

 not even a question of whether the average Ameri- 

 can with a gun will kill more or less birds in his 

 particular locality. The law does not abolish shoot- 

 ing; it simply sets a national harvest-time for a 

 valuable crop. It is in line with the tendency of the 

 times. It is a blow at special privilege. 



North of latitude fifty-five there are no game 

 laws now nor ought there to be. The people up 



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