218 THE AXGLER AND HUNTSMAN 



THE LAW BREAKER: 



All sportsmen realize the great benefits that accrue to 

 them in those states where game and fish laws have been 

 properly enforced, because all true sportsmen believe in the 

 principle of conservation of the natural resources of the 

 country. 



The various states having game and fish commissions 

 appreciate the kindly interest shown by the advocates of 

 conservation, I am sure, and it is (or should be) the aim of 

 the State Commission to render direct and personal service 

 to every hunter, every farmer, every angler, every lover of 

 wild life, and to inform the public of the work they intend 

 to do for the common good. 



Sometimes the charge is made that the Game and Fish 

 Laws were designed for a few city sportsmen. It is ad- 

 mitted that about 90 per centum of the hunters' licenses are 

 issued to persons living within corporate limits of cities and 

 towns (in States where a landowner is permitted to hunt on 

 his own land in season without license) , and improved con- 

 ditions will add much to his pleasure, but the real benefit is 

 to the landowner in the protection he is getting because of 

 fewer numbers of trespassers and gangs of irresponsible 

 and careless persons that formerly trailed across his farm 

 in season and out. Under old conditions in most States, to 

 protect his property, it was necessary to personally swear 

 out a warrant and prosecute for trespass; now he has the 

 added service of a Game Warden in all, or nearly all States 

 who when the offender is hunting without license or out of 

 season, will relieve him of a disagreeable job, and prosecute 

 offenders in the name of the State, which is one good and 

 sufficient reason for the maintenance of a State Fish and 

 Game Commission and Game Warden in every State in the 

 Union. 



The sport of pursuing game and fish is delightful, 

 every sportsman knows, but if this pleasure was eliminated, 

 the economic value of our game and fish alone, makes it 



