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PERMANENT WILD LIFE PROTECTION 



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BULLETIN No. 4 JULY 1, 1916 



PUBLISHED FOR THE INFORMATION OF CONGRESS 



THE CAMPAIGN BEFORE CONGRESS TO 

 DESTROY THE FEDERAL MIGRA- 

 TORY BIRD LAW 



A number of sportsmen inhabiting Missouri, southern 

 Illinois, southern Iowa and eastern Kansas and Nebraska 

 are now making an organized effort with Congress to de- 

 stroy the best bird law ever enacted in any nation. In view 

 of the "petition" (and denunciation) that has been placed 

 in the hands of each member of Congress, and published 

 in the Congressional Record, it is now in order to state in 

 precise terms why the petition should be denied, why the 

 item of $50,000 for the enforcement of the federal migra- 

 tory bird law should stand, and why the migratory bird 

 treaty with Canada should be ratified by Congress as soon 

 as it is presented. 



It is lamentable that there can be found anywhere in 

 the United States even one hundred duck hunters who, 

 because they no longer can kill, each year, as many ducks 

 and geese as they wish, should desire to destroy sl bird 

 law of enormous potential value to the farmers, fruit 

 groivers and forest owners of the United States! But 

 occasionally we do find the desire to kill game so utterly 



