BULLETIN NUMBER FOUR 



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ANYTHING TO DISCREDIT THE FEDERAL BIRD LAW 



This picture has been circulated, on a postal card, throughout the disaffected area. 



The dead ducks are obviously a "plant." The manner in which the "federal 



game department" is answerable for them is a trifle obscure. 



RULE OR RUIN 



In April and May, 1914, a determined effort was made 

 in the United States Senate, led by Senator Reed, of Kan- 

 sas City, to strike out of the Agricultural Appropriation 

 Rill the appropriation of $50,000 passed by the House for 

 the enforcement of the federal migratory bird law. After 

 a prolonged fight, garnished with denunciations of the 

 undersigned by Senator Reed (see Congressional Record, 

 for May 23, 1914, pages 9878 to 9882), the appropriation 

 was sustained by a vote of 45 to 16. The following senators 

 voted to protect the life of the law by an appropriation 

 for its enforcement: 



