PART II 



THE SUPPORTERS OF THE PLAN. 



As we have briefly mentioned elsewhere, it was resolved 

 to lay this plan before Congress without involving the mem- 

 bers of that body in the labor of acknowledging the receipt 

 of thousands of letters requesting support. It is high time 

 that the old method of epistolary bombardment should be 

 improved upon, — in the interest of the conservation of con- 

 gressional energy, and time. 



A plan was adopted by which popular support might be 

 enlisted, and offered as an exhibit, with the least possible 

 expenditure of time and labor. We prepared a call for 

 action, a clearly-cut plan, and a declaration for signatures. 

 The "call" was as follows : 



INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF GAME. 



"Millions of acres of our national forests now are utterly destitute 

 of game worthy of mention. Over thousands of square miles in the West 

 and the East you now can hunt till dooms-day without finding a four- 

 footed animal worth shooting as food. Vast opportunities to create a 

 great annual supply of big game are being wasted by lack of intelligent 

 and resolute action. 



"Our plan proposes an enormous increase in game that may legiti- 

 mately be killed for food purposes. This can be secured without loss 

 to any other industrial interests. All that is needed is a safe and sane 

 law, honestly enforced, and a little patience in waiting for results. On 

 the other side the Plan is set forth. It calls for your support ! If you 

 endorse it, sign your name, write your address, stamp this card and post 

 it immediately." 



The above call accompanied the following : 



PLAN FOR A GREAT ANNUAL SUPPLY OF BIG GAME 



"The following basis has been agreed upon, informally, by the officers 

 of the U. S. Forest Service, the Biological Survey and W. T. Hornaday. 

 For brevity and convenience, it is at present called "the Hornaday Plan." 



"(1.) A federal law empowering the Secretary of Agriculture to select 

 and delimit areas in national forests suitable for game sanctuaries. (2.) 

 These sanctuaries shall be established by presidential proclamation. (3.) 

 These sanctuaries shall be so located that they will not occupy lands 

 chiefly suitable for agriculture. (4.) These sanctuaries shall be located 

 where they will interfere to the least extent practicable with the grazing 

 of domestic stock, especially the stock of actual settlers. (5.) These 

 sanctuaries shall be established with the approval of the Governor of each 



