ADDRESSES OF MAJOR LACEY 171 



restore much of the game and birds formerly so plen- 

 tiful. 



The Yellowstone Park is a great educator along the 

 line of protection of wild life. The thousands of tourists 

 who visit the wonderland view the confiding and tame 

 creatures there with as much pleasure as they look upon 

 the periodic display of the Old Faithful geyser. 



In that "Animal Republic" its citizens have learned 

 that by some mysterious influence the great butcher, Man, 

 is a harmless and interesting creature. 



That influence is the Law. 



The children watch the feeding of the gentle grizzly, 

 the Ursus horribilis of the naturalist. 



The beaver is again building his dams and setting up 

 his little municipal governments in this great national 

 playground. 



Every visitor to the park comes back a friend of the 

 native wild life of America. 



Utility goes hand in hand with sentiment in bird pres- 

 ervation and the American farmers with almost one ac- 

 cord have enlisted in the cause of bird protection and the 

 result is already becoming manifest in the great increase 

 of feathered life. 



And the farmers have their reward, not only in the 

 beauty of the feathered life which is becoming more nu- 

 merous, but in the protection to all vegetable life from 

 the ravages of insect pests. 



