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dealers, and a lot of fishermen, and these men and 

 women Were loud in their declaration that the Angler 

 is also opposed to the clause, which, if allowed, they 

 think would injure the business of the professional 

 fly maker, fly dealer, et al. 



Now the truth is: No Angler was opposed to the 

 clause, and the claim that the protection of valuable 

 tree-saving birds would hurt trade of any sort is 

 absurd. The same sort of foolish objection was made 

 to the introduction of the sewing-machine it was 

 said it would prevent a lot of hand-sewing workmen 

 from making a living. In a few years man will laugh 

 at this silly and selfish individual cry against bird- 

 protection with the same ridiculous spirit with which 

 he now laughs at the old idiotic objection to the 

 sewing-machine. 



A writer in the New York Sun says: "The first 

 effect of prohibiting the importation of the feathers 

 for flies will be to drive many back to bait-fishing. 

 An Angler using bait should take ten trout for every 

 one he could kill with a fly. The Government, the 

 States, and clubs are spending large sums for the 

 stocking of streams with trout. The expenditure 

 would scarcely be justified if there is to be bait-fishing 

 in these streams they would soon be fished out. 

 Thousands who formerly used bait have taken up fly- 

 fishing because it is better sport/' 



What does this writer mean by the word "many" 

 the "many "Jie thinksjthat will be driven back to bait 

 fishing as the effect of the prohibition of the importa- 

 tion of the feathers for flies? Many what? Not 

 Anglers, by any means, because the Angler would 

 rather merely try to catch his trout with an artificial 

 fly made from a feather duster than to be assured of 



