BIENNIAL STATEMENT OF THE PERMANENT 

 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



THE FOUNDING OF THE PERMANENT FUND. 



LET all those who care for the general welfare of man- 

 kind remember this incontrovertible fact: 



But for the labors of the wild life protectionists, the 

 United States of America ivould even now be as barren of 

 wild birds and useful wild mammals as the Sahara Desert! 

 Let this not be forgotten when the men and women on the 

 tiring line of the Army of Defense call insistently for more 

 men, money and publicity. 



Heretofore, much has been done on a starvation basis; 

 but the days of successfully making bricks without straw 

 have gone by. The enemies of wild life are fighting us with 

 weapons like our own. They have learned how to spend 

 money and printers' ink. Henceforth our side must be 

 better equipped with campaign funds than it has been here- 

 tofore, or we will lose battles through being outclassed in 

 artillery and ammunition. 



From this time herceforth, even the maintenance of our 

 protective laws against repeal will be no child's play! 



In surveying the situation, we find that up to date, the 

 existing remnant of game birds has been saved by the 

 sportsmen who believe in conservation, and who have 

 forced their views upon the killers who think only of kill- 

 ing. But this line of preservation is now but feebly effec- 

 tive, and its results are fast disappearing. In the United 

 States, where once every square mile had its share of game 

 birds, today there are hundreds of thousands of square 

 miles of forests, brushwood, fields and streams wherein not 



