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PENN SYLVAN IA' S GAME PROGRAM 
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BY 
SETH E. GORDON 
Secretary, Game Commission. 
Mr.. president and Fellow Members; 
The subject assigned to me is not of my choosing, 
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and while there are other phases of the work of conservation in. 
the discussion of which one is less likely to loosen an avalanche 
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of criticism, with the permission of the gentlemen arranging the 
program I will discuss principally the much-mooted sportsmen- 
landowners* question insofar as it applies to Pennsylvania. 
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Nevertheless, since this problem seems to be a serious one through- 
out all thickly populated portions of the United States, the soon- 
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er the sportsmen and land-owners get together and understand each 
other the longer we .can continue our free, American system of en¬ 
joying the outdoors and keep from facing conditions that have 
prevailed in European countries for many years. 
To discuss this question intelligently, it will be nec- 
essary for me to give you a brief resume of the work of the Board 
of Game Commissioners of Pennsylvania, and the conditions as they 
exist there at this time. 
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ESTABLISHMENT of board and service 
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners was estab¬ 
lished in 1895 at "the instance of sportsmen’s organizations. 
They realized that more concerted action must be taken to secure 
proper observance of the game laws then on our books, and to im¬ 
prove upon those statutes as changing conditions demanded. The 
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Board, six in number, has always consisted of prominent sportsmen 
of the highest type, who in'their private life were experi e nced 
successful business and professional men. This Board is not a 
supervisory body, but an executive board having entire governing 
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