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by the wayside 
and cranny of the United States. Set 
aside for this purpose the 26th day of 
December, the time of the year when 
winter knocks and the birds find diffi¬ 
culty in obtaining food. 
It is Christmas time,—the season of 
the year when all mankind professes 
brotherly love and good will to all. 
Have a national bird law and national 
protection for all migratory, game, song 
and insectivorous birds. 
Have one game preserve set apart in 
a forest reserve in each state or terri¬ 
tory where the reserves are now or may 
fe hereafter located. 
The sale of the plumes (feathers) or 
skins of native or foreign wild birds 
should not be permitted in any state. 
This would eliminate millinery plunder¬ 
ing forevermore. 
The sale of any wild bird should be 
strictly forbidden. This act would close 
the gate on the market hunter and pot 
hunting. Allow the shooting of no 
birds in spring and summer. Have an 
open season for game birds when the 
young are full grown in the fail and old 
enough to care for themselves. 
“If all spring and summer shooting 
could be stopped throughout the 
United States and Canada, we should 
1 e nearer the solution of the problem of 
bird protection than we likely shall be 
soon to get in any other way.”—For- 
bush, Mass. 
Interest the people in photography. 
The same will have in store a greater 
love for bird and animal life and nature 
in general. 
“When a bird or wild animal is killed, 
that is the end of it. If photographed, 
it may still live and its educational and 
scientific value is multiplied indefinitely. 
—Shields, N. Y. 
Have the laws of the different states, 
where conditions are about the same, on 
game protection more uniform. 
Keep the birds’ worst enemies, like the 
English sparrow, crow, red squirrel, 
house cats, some species of the hawk and 
owl and blue jay in check. 
The use of automatic guns should be j 
prohibited. 
Prohibit the use of live decoys in 
shooting aquatic fowl. Limit the num- J 
her of artificial decoys to be used while 
hunting. 
The protection of birds in the south 
during the winter and early spring | 
should be secured. 
Provide food, shelter and protection 
for the birds in winter. 
All hunters should be licensed. Said 
revenue or license fees should be ap¬ 
plied to the enforcement of the game and 
fish laws. 
The age limit for all hunters should 
not be too young. And said person who 
desires to hunt should not be granted a 
license unless he has resided in the state 
wherein he hunts at least one year. 
Limit the number of game birds to he 
killed in one day. The open seasons for 
game birds should not be too long. 
Give officers of a game commission the 
right to search suspected persons in the 
field without procuring a warrant. 
Give support to the game wardens’ de¬ 
partment or game commission or soci¬ 
eties and organizations interested in 
game protection. 
Appoint capable, honorable men to a 
game commission, who are not influenced 
by political rot, as the case is today 
Appoint men who can faithfully loot 
after the bird law violators without in¬ 
fringing upon the said welfare of a 
political constituent. Appoint suet 
men for longer terms in office. Do not 
attempt too many changes in a shoi'l 
period of time in regard to the head of a 
game commission. 
Organize bird clubs. Strengthen 
their membership and relative support 
Like the corporations or unions of to¬ 
day, best results can be accomplished by 
collective co-operation. For “progres? 
means action and action means life.” 
