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produced abroad or within the State of 

 New York. Mr. Chas. J. Vert, a mem- 

 ber of the League, is entitled to the will be enacted, 

 credit of haA-ing brought the trout mat- 

 ter to the attention of the League. 



Trout Tags. 



The trout law permits the sale of 

 trout from other states, in New York. 

 At the legislative hearing at Albany, 

 March 9, an amendment was discussed 

 which provides that the tags shall no 

 longer cost 3 cents each but that the 

 Conservation Commission shall only 

 charge the actual cost of the tags which 

 would be a very small charge. 



Mr. Charles J- Vert, speaking for the 

 amendment, said that the straight tax of 

 3 cents for each tag made a tax of from 

 12 to 24 cents per pound on every pound 

 of this desirable food sold, the amount 

 depending upon the size of the trout and 

 the number to the pound. He argued 

 forcibly that it was a public wrong to 

 impose such a tax upon food and said 

 that no other state except New York 

 made such excessive charges. No one 

 excepting the Conservation Commission, 

 he said, opposed the measure and he 

 was informed they wanted the money. 

 The question evidently was of economic 



importance. It seems likely at this writ- 

 ing that the amendment to the trout law 



An Emblem of Fairness. 



Often we have said we would print 

 anything anyone may wish to say against 

 our policy. Any one who thinks Ave are 

 wrong in advocating "more game and 

 fewer game laws," can say so in this 

 magazine and give his reasons if he has 

 any. This month we give prominence to 

 the statement of Mr. Neubold L. Her- 

 rick, 60 Wall Street, New York, who 

 says we are wrong. He is not a sub- 

 scriber to the magazine ; evidently he has 

 not read it. He simply ran across one 

 of our campaign circulars and wrote his 

 opinion oi» it. So here it is. We are 

 glad to give it space to illustrate our 

 fairness. It is becoming more and more 

 difficult to find any one who will say we 

 are wrong. 



His Honor, Mayor Viles. 



Hon. Blaine S. Viles, of Augusta, Me., 

 has been elected Mayor with a splendid 

 majority, says Maine Woods. We con- 

 gratulate his honor and take a special 

 pleasure in so doing since Mr. Viles is 

 a contributing member of The Game 



