26 WILD LIFE PROTECTION FUND 



The total put-back of game through game farms and re- 

 stocking is as yet infinitesimaliy small, and as a factor in 

 the ultimate preservation of sport it is limited. 



In Alaska the game situation has been getting away from 

 us, and now requires immediate and thoughtful attention. 



France, Italy and Belgium need the active help of America 

 in the protection of their insectivorous birds, and in the re- 

 storation of their game. 



Finally, the republics of Mexico, Central and South 

 America need to be awakened to the necessity of now enter- 

 ing seriously upon the business of conserving their wild 

 life. 



It is perfectly evident that the people of the United States 

 now are facing the most serious economic crisis of the past 

 fifty years. The orgy of luxury and unstable high prices in 

 which we have been wallowing will in all probability come 

 to a sudden end in empty storerooms and dinner pails. No 

 one can predict with certainty what the future has in store 

 for the wild life of North America, except that further as- 

 saults upon it are bound to occur, all along the line. It is 

 now more than ever the duty of all wild life defenders to 

 redouble their diligence for the protection and perpetual 

 preservation of the remnant, on a continuing basis. The 

 sportsmen of America seem to be bent upon destroying the 

 killable game and also their own sport by the lawful meth- 

 ods of extravagantly liberal game bags and open seasons. 

 Whether the sportsmen will heed the warning which we now 

 are giving them in this volume remains to be seen; and I 

 confess that there is little reason to hope that they will do 

 so to a substantial degree. 



During the past three years we have carefully husbanded 

 our resources in expendable funds for the troublous times of 

 the near future, and we have stored up a fair reserve of am- 

 munition for emergency use hereafter. 



