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proposed enactment, but in many cases not so 

 bad. 



America rapidly became noted for the vast 

 amount of crime in the country, a large part 

 of this was due to the game laws and much 

 of it has occurred by reason of amateur of- 

 ficers seeking "To make a case," often for a 

 moiety or reward. 



We predict that if the present law be 

 enacted there will be another sorry report of 

 crimes and arrests, many of which should not 

 be made and that the report of criminals 

 bagged will show the arrest of honest breed- 

 ers who may have migratory birds for breed- 

 ing purposes or who may sell the food pro- 

 duced. The number of cases will b6 made the 

 basis of a request for a much bigger appropria- 

 tion than is now asked for, and in this connec- 

 tion we would point out that the appropriation 

 asked for is not enough to police one of the 

 smallest states. What kind of people are 

 to be found now willing to act as game police- 

 men? They should be strong enough to be 

 available elsewhere where many of those in 

 whose interest I write this letter have gone. 

 There is no hurry or need for haste. 



There are and should be scientific founda- 

 tions for proper laws. The crime making; 

 power should not be delegated. As we have 

 observed criminal laws should be simple, uni- 

 form and universal, permanent and not sub- 



ject to repeated changes. There are scientific 

 reasons why restrictive legislation, which has 

 been tried in many states, never has been fol- 

 lowed by an abundance of game for sport or 

 for food. We respectfully urge our Con- 

 gressmen, when considering the important 

 measure referred to, always to have in mind 

 the very old but very true saying that, "Books 

 must follow sciences, and not sciences books." 

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Ohio Quail. 



Audubon speaks of the quail as "fat, 

 juicy and tender; white and extremely 

 agreeable to the palate." 



We caji imagine the Ohio citizen 

 singing: "If it be not fat for me what 

 care I how fat it be." 



Bird lovers should take some consola- 

 tion in the fact that the spirited Ohio 

 hawks will have plenty of quail to eat 

 even if they do cause some "terror and 

 confusion," as Audubon puts it, when 

 the hawks go to dine. 



We have seen a marsh hawk, in Ohio, 

 sitting on a rail fence with one talon 

 embedded in a live quail which he was 

 eating. 



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