Game Law Revision a Delicate 

 Task 



The interest that is 'taken in 'hunting and the study 

 of wild life in Pennsylvania is manifested in the 

 variety of bills for the revision of the game laws that 

 has been introduced in the Legislature. There are 

 conflicting interests behind some of these measures, 

 and to please some it will be necessary to disappoint 

 others. The lawmakers should' 'be guided, therefore, 

 by a purpose to effect the greatest good for the great- 

 est number. 



A Potter County Representative would amend the 

 law protecting bear by providing that within sixty 

 days afiter presentation to the Game Commission 

 of a petition bearing the signatures of 200 persons 

 engaged in agriculture, stock raising and bee culture, 

 the county is to be thrown open for bear /hunting for 

 two years, with no limit on the number that may be 

 killed. This, it is contended, by the Game Commis- 

 sion, would pave the way for extermination of bears, 

 which are one of our game resources of which we 

 are proudest. The greatest good of the greatest num- 

 ber would seem to demand that this bill should not 

 be passed. If farmers can produce proof that bears 

 have killed their sheep or pigs or robbed their bee 

 hives, the State might make provision, if it should 

 see fit, to compensate them. 



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