?

All laws that permit the killing of game for the market, and the sale of
it afterward, are class legislation of the worst sort. They permit a
hundred men selfishly to slaughter for their own pockets the game that
rightfully belongs to a hundred thousand men and boys who shoot for the
legitimate recreation that such field sports afford. Will any of the
sportsmen of America "stand for" this until the game is _all_ gone?

The people who pay big prices for game in the hotels and restaurants of
our big cities are not men who _need_ that game as food. Far from it.
They can obtain scores of fine meat dishes without destroying the wild
flocks. In civilized countries wild game is no longer necessary as
"food," to satisfy hunger, and ward off starvation. In the United States
the day of the hungry Indian-fighting pioneer has gone by and there is
an abundance of food everywhere.

The time to temporize and feel timid over the game situation has gone
by. The situation is desperate; and nothing but strong and vigorous
measures will avail anything worth while. The sale of all wild game
should be stopped, everywhere and at all seasons, throughout all North
America, and throughout the world. To-day this particular curse is being
felt even in India.

It is the duty of every true sportsman, every farmer who owns a gun, and
every lover of wild life, to enter into the campaign for the passage of
bills absolutely prohibiting all traffic in wild game no matter what its
origin. Of course the market hunters, the game-hogs and the game dealers
will bitterly oppose them, and hire a lobby to attempt to defeat them.
But the fight for no-sale-of-game is now on, and it must not stop short
of complete victory.

* * * * *

REASONS WHY THE SALE OF WILD GAME SHOULD CEASE EVERYWHERE

1.--Because fully 95 per cent of our legitimate stock of feathered
game has already been destroyed.

2.--Because if market-gunning and the sale of game continue ten
years longer, all our feathered game will be swept away.

3.--Because when the sale of game was permitted one dealer was able
to sell 1,000,000 _game birds per year in New York City_, so he
himself said.

4.--Because it is a fixed fact that every wild species of mammal,
bird or reptile that is pursued for money-making purposes eventually
is wiped out of existence. Even the whales of the sea are no
exception.

5.--Because at least 50 per cen