THE GAME BREEDER 



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or crimes preventing the production of 

 food. 



Why on earth it should be legal to 

 have and to eat oysters and fish but not 

 game in America no one seems able to 

 explain excepting on the theory that 

 those who are in the game law industry 

 seem to be able to scare legislators or 

 possibly to hoodwink them. 



When the oyster was not properly 

 looked after there was danger of its ex- 

 tinction. Had laws been enacted pre- 

 venting anyone from looking after the 

 oyster industry we would have no oysters 

 to eat. 



A law providing practically that no 

 one can transport or sell a wild duck 

 may kill an infant wild duck producing 

 industry in America, but we would like 

 to see the bill amended before it is enact- 

 ed so as to provide that the oysters shall 

 be regulated in the same manner as it is 

 proposed to regulate the wild duck indus- 

 try. 



Read the bill, Members of Congress, 

 and decide if you must to put an end to 

 the production, transportation and sale 

 of desirable foods. 



If the proposed law can be amended 

 so as to read, "nothing in this act shall 

 apply to wild fowl produced by industry 

 and those charged with making, the crim- 

 inal regulations shall issue permits to 

 breeders to take wild fowl for breeding 

 purposes," we will not object to the pas- 

 sage of the bill. If, however, there is an 

 objection such an amendment (we are 

 told there is) it would seem to be evi- 

 dent that the intention is to prohibit a 

 food producing industry which is making 

 rapid strides in the States where it no 

 longer is criminal to produce any kind 

 of food on a farm. 



If those who ask the Congress to make 

 the most remarkable grant of power to 

 make and also execute criminal regula- 

 tions are unwilling to except food pro- 

 ducers, it would seem that they must 

 look forward to arresting people for 

 having food birds or eggs in possession 

 for breeding purposes. Such arrests 

 have been made by State wardens and 

 such arrests were becoming common 

 when we called for a halt. 



DU PONT PHOTOGRAPH 

 CONTEST. 



The Du Pont American Industries Of- 

 fer Fifty Prizes for the Best. 

 Photographs. 



To increase the interest in Du Pont 

 products and to secure suitable photo- 

 graphs to illustrate the advertising and 

 publicity of their various companies the 

 Du Pont American Industries offer $500 

 in prizes for the fifty best photographs. 



The prizes are as follows : First 

 prize, $100; second prize, $50;' two third 

 prizes, $25 each ; fourteen fourth prizes, 

 $10 each ; thirty-two fifth prizes, $5 

 each. 



The photographs have to illustrate the 

 following subjects, and be submitted be- 

 fore September 1, 1918. 



Agricultural Uses of Explosives, Fa- 

 brikoid (Artificial Leather), Industrial 

 Uses of Explosives, Painting, Trap- 

 shooting and Hunting, Miscellaneous. 



Any subjects illustrating the use of 

 any Du Pont products, will be given 

 equal consideration. 



Some of the conditions of the contest 

 are: 



No employes of the Du Pont Ameri- 

 can Industries are eligible in this con- 

 test. 



Each photograph to be eligible for a 

 prize, must be accompanied by the nega- 

 tive (film or plate). 



On the back of each photograph sub- 

 mitted must be plainly written the name 

 and address of the contestant, the sub- 

 ject illustrated, the place where the 

 photograph was taken and any other 

 helpful data. 



The number of photographs that can 

 be submitted by any one contestant is 

 unlimited nor is there any limit upon the 

 number of prizes that can be won by any 

 contestant. 



All photographs submitted, whether or 

 not awarded prizes, are to become the 

 property of the Du Pont American In- 

 dustries. 



All photographs submitted will be 

 judged by a committee to be appointed 

 by the Director of Advertising of the 

 Du Pont American Industries. Prizes 



