ADDRESSES OF MAJOR LACEY 139 



Interstate commerce is beyond the state control. The 

 killing or carrying of game within the limits of a state 

 is a matter wholly within the jurisdiction of the state. 

 But when the fruits of the violation of state laws are car- 

 ried beyond the state, the nation alone has the power to 

 forbid the transit and to punish those engaged in the 

 traffic. This bill will give to the game wardens the very 

 power that they now lack and which would be the most 

 effective for the purpose of breaking up this commerce. 

 The bill is supported by many persons and associations 

 throughout the United States, and your committee are of 

 the opinion that it will be of much aid in preventing the 

 present rapid extermination of our game, song, and in- 

 sectivorous birds. 



In some of the states the sale of certain game is for- 

 bidden at all seasons without regard to the place where 

 the same was killed. The purpose of these laws is to 

 prevent the use of game shipped into the state from be- 

 ing used as a cloak for the sale of game killed within the 

 state in violation of local laws. The sale of such im- 

 ported goods in original packages defeats the operation 

 of these laws, and the committee has prepared an addi- 

 tional section 5, which is in substantially the same lan- 

 guage as the Wilson original package act of August, 

 1890. 



The reasons for the Wilson act of 1890 are well known, 

 and the principle of that act should be applied in game 

 protection. 



We propose the following amendment : 



Sec. 5. That all dead bodies or parts thereof, of any foreign 

 animals or birds, the importation of which is prohibited, or the 

 dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any wild animals or birds trans- 

 ported into any state or territory or remaining therein for use, 

 consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such 

 state or territory, be subject to the operation and effect of the 



