THE BREAK-DOWN OF SOME STATES IN 

 GAME PROTECTION 



IT IS indeed high time for the American people who love 

 "game" and "hunting," to look certain facts squarely in 

 the face, acknowledge the truth, and abandon pernicious 

 ideas. 



In this world there are certain truths that are perfectly 

 obvious and undebatable, no matter whether people admit 

 that fact or ignore it. Here are two of them: 



(1) — An absolute monarchy, with a centralization of 

 power, is the best form of government for the protection 

 of wild life ; and 



(2) — A republican form of government is the worst in 

 the world for wild life. 



The history of the United States is dotted full of instances 

 wherein "the majority" was wrong.. For example, in 1915, 

 throughout twelve full months, ninety-five per cent, of the 

 American 'people, including the President and Congress, 

 iv ere dead tvrong on the subject of national preparedness! 

 They were sodden in slumber, they slept as drunken men 

 sleep, and during that year they would not awaken. NOW, 

 even the dullest man who is honest at heart can see what 

 was lost by "the majority" in 1915, — and even later. 



No! decidedly not! Majorities are not always right. 

 This world should now be ruled by quality, and not quan- 

 tity. Even for the defense of our homes and people, the 

 64th Congress did not give us universal military service. 



Although for fifty years we have believed that state- 

 rightism, as a doctrine, was dead and buried, during the 

 past five years we have seen its revival. The old fetich has 



