174 WILD LIFE CONSERVATION 



the tariff bill partly because of the fact that its 

 advocates were the only persons who appeared 

 before the Ways and Means Committee of the 

 House who were not seeking to serve personal and 

 selfish ends! The novelty of that appearance was 

 so great that our appeal had to be granted! 



I have known a few state game commissioners 

 and others who, in their early experiences, have 

 hesitated to enter legislative lobbies in behalf of 

 their measures. To all persons who feel inclined to 

 shrink from this line of duty toward wild life we 

 may paraphrase an ancient and excellent precept, 

 thus : There is no excellence without great lobbying. 

 I have taken many chances in various legislative 

 halls, and most of all in Congress. I have felt it 

 my duty to appear before legislative committees of 

 a number of states, and never once have I been 

 accused of intrusion, or violation of state rights, or 

 of advocating a bad cause. 



" Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just; 

 And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, 

 Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted." 



Every forester in the United States should feel 

 that lobbying for conservation causes is the very 

 highest line of duty in which it is possible for him 

 to engage. No man can so well advocate the repeal 

 of a bad forest or game law, or the enactment of a 

 good law, as the man who comes in personal contact 

 with its working effect. Legislators like to have 



