BULLETIN NUMBER SIX 29 



to the House of Representatives, and to Mr. Wright Wen- 

 rich, a member of the Southeastern Alaska Fish and Game 

 Club, of Juneau, the following list of bedrock principles 

 offered as a foundation on which to build a new Alaskan 

 game act. Our letter of transmittal to Judge Wickersham 

 was as follows: 



April 11, 1918. 



Hon. James W. Wickersham, 



House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 



Dear Judge Wickersham : 



The facts that have been brought to light, and 

 the questions that have arisen through the intro- 

 duction of the Sulzer Bill for the sale of Alaskan 

 game, convince me that the necessity has arisen 

 for an entirely new act for the protection and 

 utilization of Alaskan game, and the destruction 

 of game-destroying animals. This view is based 

 upon a quantity of information that I have re- 

 ceived from Alaskans who are sincerely desirous 

 of doing the right thing by the game of that Ter- 

 ritory, and of conserving and utilizing the game 

 for the greatest good of the greatest number. 

 There seems to be quite a demand for the destruc- 

 tion of wolves, through the initiative of the Fed- 

 eral Government, that are said to be seriously 

 destroying valuable game. 



I am convinced that a great deal of game law- 

 fully killed in Alaska is being wasted; and I be- 

 lieve that regulations might be devised to prevent 

 that waste and to secure a far greater degree of 

 game utilization without any further game slaugh- 

 ter than now obtains. 



Along with this I think that the sale of game is 

 a matter that is now a subject for review, and if 

 it is right that any sale of game should continue, 

 that fact should be established along definite lines. 

 My private opinion is that the sale of game is so 

 destructive and exterminatory that it should reso- 

 lutely be discontinued at once all over Alaska. 



