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man du Pont, and a friend who has re- 

 quested that her name be not published. 

 We believe there are hundreds of Sustain- 

 ing Members and subscribers of the As- 

 sociation who could readily become Life 

 Members or Patrons and who would 

 gladly do so if the full needs of the As- 

 sociation could at the proper time be 

 brought strongly to their attention. 



All bequests, unless otherwise requested, 

 are placed in the Endowment Fund, 

 and only the interest used for current 

 expenses. We have received many letters 

 from well-wishers who have expressed 

 their interest in becoming Life Members or 

 Patrons, but stating that they did not feel 

 at the time that they could spare the 

 necessary fee. To such we would respect- 

 fully suggest that they make provision in 

 their wills for an amount equal to such 

 funds, in order that bird-protection in 

 •days to come may receive support to a 

 degree which they felt unable to extend 

 during their lifetimes. 



The entire Endowment Fund of the 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties today amounts to $429,762.59. This 

 yields an income of something over $20,000 

 annually. When we consider that the 

 annual expenses of the Association are at 

 least $100,000 in excess of this amount, 

 and that we are continually handicapped 

 from lack of funds to assist local organiza- 

 tions, volunteer workers, employ wardens 

 and to carry on needed educational and 

 legislative campaigns, one will realize how 

 really comparatively small is the Associa- 

 tion's endowment. Much of the time of 



the Executive Officer and the ofiice 

 force must necessarily be expended _ in 

 raising funds, which, with a larger endow- 

 ment, might be applied more directly to 

 the problems of wild-life protection. 



From July i, 1919, to September i, 

 1919, the following Life Members were 

 enrolled: 



Abbe, Dr. Robert 

 Blossom, D. S. 

 Boyer, Joseph 

 Castleman, Mrs. Geo. A. 

 Denegre, William P. 

 Ellsworth, Mrs. Henry M. 

 Ernst, Richard P. 

 Ewing, J. Hunter 

 Fay, S. Prescott 

 Ferry, Mrs. Abby Farwell 

 Ford, Henry 

 Franklin, H. H. 

 Freer, A. E. 



Gregory, Mrs. Clifford D. 

 Hallett, Mrs. Emma F. 

 Harkness, Mrs. Edward S. 

 Kirby, Fred M. 

 Lindsay, Miss Jean 

 McKinlock, George A. 

 Mallinckrodt, Edward 

 Mather, Katherine L. 

 Moore, Mrs. Alfred F. 

 Moore, Henry D. 

 Morse, Mrs. Joy C. 

 Neely, James C. 

 Palmer, Charles H. 

 Plant, Fred'k S. 

 Rockefeller, Mrs. Frank 

 Russell, Mrs. Emily L. 

 Russell, Mrs. Robert Shaw 

 Sears, Mrs. Richard W. 

 Seiberling, F. A. 

 Sprague, Miss Laura 

 Tolman, E. E. 

 Tracy, Mrs. Jane A. 

 Wood, William M. 



FEATHER SMUGGLING 



One of the provisions of the United 

 States Tariff Act, enacted in 1913, makes 

 it illegal to bring into the United States, 

 except for scientific and educational pur- 

 poses, the plumage of any wild bird. This 

 act was- secured, of course, as a further 

 restraint on the millinery trade in the 

 matter of using the plumage of wild birds. 

 Nevertheless, plumage continued to be 

 seen on the streets of New York and else- 



where, and much of it appeared to be new 

 millinery. Evidently, the smuggling of 

 Heron aigrettes, Bird-of-Paradise plumes, 

 and plumage of the Goura Pigeon flour- 

 ished despite the law. 



Now and then a small consignment 

 would be seized and the smugglers pros- 

 ecuted, but it was the theory of the 

 customs officials that in some way these 

 contraband feathers were arriving in large 



