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THE GAME BREEDER 



represented in the last issue of The 

 Game Breeder when we observed that 

 he opposed our suggestion that the reso- 

 lutions offered at the Waldorf-Astoria 

 Hotel meeting be amended so as to dis- 

 tinctly declare that game produced by 

 breeders in other states should be sold 

 in New York under proper regulations. 

 He now says he did not oppose the 

 amendment but simply insisted it was 

 not a proper time to spring the subject. 

 We had always been of the opinion that 

 the proper time to offer amendments to 

 resolutions was when they were pre- 

 sented for adoption. This was the time 

 selected and we were surprised to see 

 the excitement displayed by the Presi- 

 dent ; our wonder is increased now that 

 he says he is in favor of the principle 

 involved. Why should he get excited? 



In a second letter the president of 

 the American Association says he is in 

 favor of permitting the breeders of other 

 States to sell their game in New York 

 and that we misrepresented him for the 

 purpose of injuring him. This idea is 

 absurd. Our disposition is to be both 

 friendly and helpful. 



It is not too late for the president of 

 the association to make it known at Al- 

 bany how he stands and his association 

 should be able to exert some influence 

 in securing the passage of a bill permit- 

 ting the game breeders of other States 

 to sell the food they produce. He was 

 in Albany the day the matter was dis- 

 cussed and it is fair to say he did not 

 attend the hearing. 



We shall be glad to notice any effort 

 he may make to aid what we think is an 

 important and a very good cause. He 

 certainly created the impression that he 

 was opposed to the idea of permitting 

 breeders in other States to sell their food 

 in New York. We discussed this mat- 

 ter with people who were present who 

 formed the same opinion we did. We 

 regret that we misrepresented him. 

 Since the matter is still pending he easily 

 can make a record by pushing the legis- 

 lation at Albany, and we will gladly re- 

 port just what he does. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Letters from Members of The Advi- 

 sory Committee of the American 

 Game Protective Association. 



[Wm. Brewster is the foremost ornitholo- 

 gist in America. Dr. L. C. Sanford is a 

 member of the Connecticut Fish and Game 

 Commission. Dr. C. Hart Merriam is the ex- 

 chief of the U S. Biological Survey and one 

 of the foremost naturalists of America. Judge 

 Beaman is one of the leading practical con- 

 servationists in America, and the author of 

 the Colorado Game Breeders' haw. With 

 such advisers it seems strange to us that the 

 President of the American Asociation should 

 go wrong on an important question. — Editor.] 

 Editor Game Breeder: 



Although the matter* is of no personal 

 concern to me, one way or the other, I 

 certainly think that the bill introduced 

 by Mr. Machold in the New York As- 

 sembly ought to prevail. For there 

 would seem to be neither sense nor jus- 

 tice in forbidding the sale of game "pro- 

 duced by industry" in other states while 

 permitting the sale of that imported 

 from abroad. 



Yours sincerely, 



William Brewster. 



Cambridge, Mass. 



Editor of The Game Breeder : 



Regarding the bill introduced by Mr. 

 Machold in the New York legislature, I 

 entirely approve of it, and at the present 

 time I am interested in a somewhat 

 similar bill which is pending before the 

 Connecticut legislature. If these bills 

 become laws in the various states they 

 will prove of value to the farmer, the 

 sportsman and to the community in gen- 

 eral. There ought to be joint action in 

 this matter on the part of the commis- 

 sioners of adjacent states. 



Yours very sincerely, 



L. C. Sanford- 

 New Haven. Conn. 



Editor Game Breeder : 



I am very glad to know that a bill 

 has been introduced in the New York 

 legislature providing that citizens of 

 other states engaged in legitimate game 



