182 WILD LIFE CONSERVATION 



batants provide the war funds. In our warfare for 

 the saving of wild life, the men on the firing-line 

 who battle for great new measures usually are com- 

 pelled to finance themselves. Much of the time 

 that they should spend in harassing the enemy is 

 spent in begging, hat in hand, for the few dollars 

 that are necessary to pay campaign expenses from 

 day to day. 



The trouble is that, as a rule, the men who kill 

 wild life sullenly refuse to make any real sacrifices 

 in cash for the benefit of the faunas they have helped 

 to destroy; and the people who do not kill wild 

 creatures are interested in other causes. The 

 latter feel that they are not to blame for any of the 

 destruction, and they do not understand why they 

 should be expected to make sacrifices for wild life. 



Unfortunately, the need of money for campaign 

 expenses in behalf of wild life never before has been 

 one-half as great as it is now. The destroyers of 

 wild life are wide awake to the dangers that 

 threaten their killing privileges, and they have 

 acquired the habit of furnishing money and hiring 

 attorneys to oppose the cause of protection. 



The friends of wild life need money in every 

 campaign. They need it to pay the cost of printing, 

 postage, telegraphing, traveling expenses, and ser- 

 vices that can not be procured for nothing. With 

 sufficient campaign funds and reasonably able 

 generalship, any wild-life cause can be won ! I urge 

 the friends of wild life to acquire the habit of giving 



