GAME LAWS AND GAME SUPPLY 



the tariff; restricting some of the special privileges 

 of the currency; taking other steps which seem to 

 show that we are counting over what we have left 

 in America. We must come to the same frame of 

 mind in sport that we have attained partially, at 

 least in commerce. In short, if we are to have 

 any sport in America we have got to handle it on 

 a strictly business basis. 



Most of this protest against the wildfowl law 

 arises not from downtrodden persons, but over on- 

 trodden toes. It is frank and selfish jealousy that 

 animates the special plea for the Middle West 

 shooter. It is perfectly easy to see that in abolish- 

 ing spring shooting and establishing new shooting 

 zones in the United States, someone's toes are go- 

 ing to get stepped on. It is equally easy to see that 

 someone's toes should have been stepped on long 

 ago. 



Compromise has to begin somewhere. We can 

 eat our cake, or keep it, or we can partly eat it and 

 partly keep it ; but we cannot eat it all and have any 

 of it left. There are many men in this country to- 

 day who are trying to get the question of American 

 game supply handled on a business basis and not 

 a special privilege basis, and who are not thinking 

 of their own personal interests in the least. 



More convincing than mere assertions are facts 

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