The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-03

dorsement of or active cooperation in the
enforcement of laws, which in their prac-
teal results, bring but little TO the land.
owner but an increase of the very evils re-
ferred to. He would not naturally be an
enthusiast over a statute which served only
to secure the daily incursion of his pre-
misses by every neighbor ider with wit
enough to cut rod or means to get gun.
Yet the sportsman's view of the question
is worthy of serious consideration. Sound
social philosophy does not ignore the ne
cessity, as our natures are constituted, for
pleasure, pastime, sport recreation Very
much of the muscurality of n nations man
hood is modified by its national paslimcs.
Those recreations which require courage,
strength, and self-posscssion, do much to
develop these basic elements of all man
hood, and no people has yet been great in
the forum or the field whose men have been
trained to eliminate sports. Ncr can the
moralist, of the most ascctic cast, ignore
the wisdom, since pastimcs will be had, of
suppementing questionable amuscments
with the wholesome, manly sports Of the
field.
The considerations, however, which with
us have the most emphasis are those that
concern the development of our common
sources of food, which seek to utilize for
"r thc soil md IN ougmcnt for Inc land
owner the income of Ills propcrtv. If he
''who makes two blades of grass to grow
where one only grew before is Il benefac-
tor, how much more of bcnefaction is there
in those regulations which max, preat har-
vests to rrow where none rrcw before.
Surely to people all our streams with an
abundance akin to their original peoplng,
to make our forests and fields productive
dured Is ne n,uch n nrnncr obioct of mill
nnthropic legislation MS Is the protecti6n Of
nronortv and thn fostor;nr nf industry
If would srcm tn bn ohvious ia tbn most
c,erol emil, that Tho ,nrnnt,,oti,, ,r ,,nr
stocks of cattle. sheen or other food nro
ducinr ouin,aIs ;ny,1vcs ,hc ncooesiiv for
husbandn~ them ror nrotectinr Chem
ngainst wanton or wostcrnl slonrhier md
for nrpservinr Il certain number In nh con
tjnqencies for thc ncrnIItfniion OF the
snecirs. and if il equally obvious that no
custody of such animals compare with
that implicd bv ownership IF tho shcon
roaming in our pastures were not private
property how long would ii before they
were destroyed. How long before the cat
Tie would BE- cxtermnalcd if any one had
the right to capture and to kill No bet,
ter. cheaper or most certainly efficient way
could he devised for the utter and ire
claimable extinction Of such animals. Now
il 50 happens that Just way Is opcn. if no,
designedly devised, for the determination
of troat and all game. and if it has not
been as eminenily successful MS such he
cause in regard to sheep and cattle would
be, it is only because these animals are
more difficult Of capture. for as ramc js
hunted. OF the trout fished for. each ,,cis
>hycr of mans approach. # IA true The
destruction of sheen or cattle mighl be in
terdictcd by statute. lust as TO some extent
the destruction of game Is now forbidden.
but it needs no argument 10 show that in
the contingency supposed the cost Of The
constahulary force to enforce the law
would exceed the value of the property
Just so in regard TO fish and gamr. Laws