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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS AUDUBON SOCIETIES. 
One Year 25 Cents ILLINOIS NUMBER Single Copy 3 Cents 
Published by the Wisconsin Audubon Society, at Appleton, Wisconsin. 
Entered as second-class inattet May 16, 1904 at Appleton, Wis., under the act of Congress of Mar. 3, ’79. 
VOL. VIII. * FEBRUARY, 1906. No. 8. 
The Wholesale 'Milliners Aid Audubon 
Society. 
The wholesale milliners will sell no 
more song birds, gulls, terns, grebes or,, 
aigrettes, after the first of July. This is 
being dpne in the face of a steady, though 
somewhat diminished, demand for this 
kind of hat-trimming. 
It would seem that women, with their 
pretenses of superiority in humane feel¬ 
ing,.would be thoroughly shamed. They 
might have given up buying the pro¬ 
tected birds without the slightest loss to 
themselves; .but, instead, they keep,, on. 
callously, until the wholesale milliners, 
the very men s who profit by the wearing 
of these articles, prohibit their sale. 
v The following is the agreement entered 
into between the Millinery Jobbers Asso¬ 
ciation and the National,Association of 
Audubon Societies.. 
The Millinery Jobbers Association,., 
, Chicago, Nov. 17, 1905. 
Wm. Dutcher, President Nat’l Associat’n 
Audubon Societies. 
,. tJI New York. N. Y. , r 
Dear Sir: 
Your communication to the writer, of 
this was presented at the convention of 
our Association held in v Louisville, No¬ 
vember 9th and 10th. After considerable 
discussion in which was brought forward 
the fact that some houses , sell aigrettes,, 
and others do not, it-was finally brought 
to a focus r and the following resolution 
was*adopted by our Association: , 4 r - 
Whereas, we realize the Audubon So¬ 
cieties of the United States are engaged in 
in the laudable work of preserving from 
destruction and extinction song birds 
and certain other species, upon high 
moral grounds, and that largely through 
their influence many of the states have 
passed restrictive laws on the subject, 
and, whereas there is a decided variation 
among the states in the subject matter of 
these laws, and their interpretation and 
administration; therefore, be it resolved 
by the Millinery Jobbers Association in 
convention assembled,— 
First, that we approve of the prohibi¬ 
tion of the sale of song birds, gulls, terns, 
grebes, herons or any part thereof, includ¬ 
ing aigrettes, — 
Second, that we pledge ourselves, col¬ 
lectively and individually, not to buy 
the aforenamed after January 1st, sell or 
offer for sale any of these articles after 
July 1, 1906. 
We trust that this endorsement of the 
Audubon Society*, will suffice to show 
you that we morally..suppioiiti,.;you, and it 
will be my duty and pleasure to insist 
upon carrying outrito the -letter of this 
agreement as far as- our Association is 
concerned. Beyond this, however, we 
should have your, support in insisting 
to the large rretailer, which is the de¬ 
partment .stores, that they refrain from 
the- sale of these-articles and give their 
moral support the same as we have done, 
otherwise our efforts are at nought and 
they will continually tempt the jobber to 
handle the article, and be the means of 
