Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-11-05


As the law is. and as public opinion is. ii
great and almost sole difficulty in exscutin
the former is that there is no one who vii
ingly turns informer. The history of all jul
tice shows that there is in all of US such a
ingrained dislike Of being an informer, tina
the very word has become in some measui
q reproach. against the odium OF whic
there must be arrayed q profound sense
public duty or the impetus of persona
wrong. Cloths the land-holder, however
with the consciousness Of his ownership c
| valuable franchise in Invaluable an
transmutable into money as readily a. b
pas.urage-and you elothe him with tina
which will mako him regard any infringe
ment upon that right as an infringement
upon his income. and will give 70 hi
desire to enforce thu law the impetus which froS'
out Of q psrsonai wrong. Put tame pigeons IN the
category of patrdses, aud in law they very near
ia il 40 you think the ma who came on farmer
laad aud ,hot them would not be followed oy th'
swift vengeance of the a~? pig OF Is not WORT
| half SO much as plrtrijgr. Is It to be oeieve'
that II the farmer knew and felt that hs had winch
| by ths way lie has-the exclusive ri2ht L
kill the one while his land t. lii the other OIL
in other words that a tresp seer or even one wla
Is not a trespasser upon tho land had no m IRE
RICH: t. kill the plrtridges than he had to Kill the
| pigeon, the former would 81 other his wrath and
let the wrong doer go free. Yet the status OF the
partridge and tne pigeon Is IN e1cSt pretty
| the same. IN may kill his pigeou or part
ridge on bis own land. and he can't go on anybody
ese's land t. kill either. Ihs only difference !.
that pigeons beng identhable are properly and u
my pigeons 60 on to your land yol cehhot XII
them unless they are doing mischief tho you may
kill my partridge if he fes from my enVsrts {.
yours because the plrtr dso is not idenuhGbe ana
therefore not property.
When our farmers learn that by tn common
Law" the hunting use OF their laud ia theirs al
ready it Will aot take long for taem 50 u Appre'
ate its value as to seek-and to seek As 10 nave
such statutory enacimenis IL are Aeie-s@'! Ia
make their rights available.
Ihave said that the assertion and yiadiciion OF
the farmers r ght- TO the shooucg and nsiing on
his premtsrs is much the interest OF tl9 'fts-
men as of the farmer. have no doubt that the
enunciaton Of a proposition Ike ms oy some ohs
IN authority and some impor ant occasion soul'i
stir speedy wrath the ghols tribe 81 I'M eiuuious
Pot hunters and sumo sp0rismen too. I ereiore
the matter deserves some little consider uon Inc
very discussion Of the subject challenges az once
that feeling. common u almost everybody III tnlS
country, which cDnstr.es the constitutional sut -
shoot game at will The juvenile bucolc- an
sxer to one of our members. Whats the use Of
having gun If q fellow can't shoot when he's
mind to" Is a summary Of the average creed. The
poor man working at his daily wages who enjoys his
5dnl3ys nunt or Ii hing calculates. what sna4 'ns
poor man do II you pass game lsws slch as YOU
talk Of" The average American has IN tie couse
of his desutory reading met much of assaridn
talierda-h about the hardship OF gam laws. hen
the truth is that the great struggle IN Europe aud
more espsciLy ia the German speaking htAt was
affirm, not the right OF prOu4l5-upui zAluun-
hut the a1t lords rights TO the "a re The condition
revoited against was just that which exists IN our
country tho IN another form Inere the lord OF
the manor who IA not the laId owner and ceriain
otger pers OF civil or heredit1y rank aud they
alone with their retIiners have the right 10 shoot
over the farmers llnds. Il Was this ituial right,
this overriding persona! rights which oltrsgeu
the long bearing German peasants t, tn degree
that they rose in reb lion AMI freed themselves
in the decade OF 1880. The great eudeavOr OF the
50 called down trodden masses" WAS amongst
other things TO assert and maintain the rlglts OF
the people / } the exclusive aud uliuterrup;eI use
Of their own lands sat Ject oEly u those police
regulations which regulate the iuterdepend-ncs II
game rights take 1t thatit Ii tie bots tho far
II his fields arc trOdden by baron or biirS-
her of whether his premises are trcspasset upon
by prince pot hunter. The real d.isrenes III
tie harm done by the feudal usurpAuons aud what
IL done country is that i'll fud- times certain
limited number killed the game aad with Us every
body who vii does it. The great gain II the
movement referred II was simply that The land
owner controlled the shootinc-ani A. coiiie-
queuce anyone nov car shoot whenever ne can get
the landholders perm sci n 50 % d.. Before that
hone but persons Of certain social or clvl degree
could shoot even II they had laui or could hire
land Now the mechanic or the artisan has just
as good right 10 shoO. or i-h as IAsou Of the
Empire. IL Is true license 20 shoot or sh l. re-
quired ola persons but this IS natter II reves-
uue-a tax upon profession. a caus &c tgais list-
such havs now in this country a. regard :,
several occupations.
For certain time in tie Prnssln states alter
the revolutions referred to, shooting e4-e-
slricied jast il J.. III this country. The almost
immediate result OF il that tlr ..lme was
near ext=rninateI So nearly sl.and 90 lmr-l-
nsnt It's utter destruction that At once t-e res
emf game lags were enacted. Aud nov game y
pleutier all over Germany and cheaper "a than 10
IN Vermont. The late retIrus oI Abe Prgssiau
government show that ANNA! product 90 game
amounts - something Ike isn n--.iiors o. pounds
Oi meat
Therefore ,les. couai 1sr.t.1us -orc. rl r1t only
spOrtsmeu but they concern the -tI t. Iit there u
truth in the maxim that abundance o: f1ui IS
the fIunlation'of civilization They concern IL
sp1rtsm well A. cltlz,us /. specially IN.
terrstz o. see how. IN the experience o. uai1ls.
game hiss bsen male ana se.t plentiful by the ea-
Sciineut OF laws where the r Asia -uEy lAs sstg2ie
the subject IN circumstances A. nearly allied 10
these existing amongst us, a. the dyefs- qualities
Of our differing civilizations permit.
Nhen I state that in Eag and. eilud AID SCOT
land and the Prass.an states game Is more abuu-
dant than IL Newkug and auI that Is cheaper and
when state that the condition OF these now exist
ing is due exclusively 70 the existence and IN
provement Of tie game 60 e.. t4ke Il that
state the whole PRESTON aud argue q l. iulils
hOweeer 10 meet the objection o.; IA re 50 rtsusa
who fear ttat If game code We're o. bc enacted IN
this stale Il could not b. enforced, or That II
forced they would lose cir OPP 1stuu y iJr shoot
ing aad fshlng.
Could game code be enforced. To -a- thatIt
could not. say that cur people are Mt 80 Ill nd
iul OF the4r Tn interests aud Sll uot defend them
or that they have loss respect for the Jaws
WI ch tiey themselves make than the people OF
Germany ana Great Britain. The e- flrcemeut OF
the law AGAINST trespass wOall rest IN Vermont
with the farmer the man who IL the cuI suffers
by the trespass iusteal u being ief. public po-
ice As an Germany era private police. IA ing
lAu1. lou IRE perhaps bettrr juices q q tn I
question who Is the quicker 10 dsisnd .Ei. tae
owner OF Il or the pece OH -et. Tue Ons having /
m lnsy interest or the one having simply q public !
duty You may ask how could the farmer proiec. I
Inc sac tugf l answer Just precisely Is L- pro- I
,ects his pasture Or his shop. You ask what ula- {
tive would he have ! answer the same IN .tga /
hat he hiss II proteettis crops. You ass could he
be trusted 20 protect his sh0ltlngs prov ded you
-e1t then: answer LIE Won have just As much
interest IN protecting the shooting rea-ei & yu1.
- he has u protect the pasture rcsteI o yol.
mi that for tbs simple reason that he saust know
nat ( he does not protect tAem lie can't get any
eEt for them in the long run. a1d that ia IL. de-
rec he does protect them TO that deere his rents
became more valuable
Il rent his pasture for my sleep 70 craze laLo I
novs well enough hat wont rent II another tar Z
he leaves his fences down 50 tina: other peoples
hsep can get IN and eat the grass. Doubt es-
eople ii this country would in many
Asses hnt It thsir interest to employ gsme-k.ep-
r. Butindepenieut o; this i; seems T. me that
a our country. WITH the lands so generally divii-
1 ito moderate szei tracts, IL would b. ch.4usr
nd entirely practicable TO remit the game keeper
lneiion to the owner Of the lAnl No amount OF Z
A,ne possible, without disturbance of the crops.
on4d pay FOR the employment Of as uauy game
? pers as would appropriate more than one r.ma-
eeper 10 two thouAAad acres aud oil farmers there
olid ne at least ten scattered the same terri
nv. Moreover the temptation I, poA.h would bs
- WIN farmer interested aud ie-parsihle f-r
ie protection OF game than Z respons biuty were
OF aided 10 interest.
Whatever the value Of such guar !ianship IS vii
exercised be farmers may be It Is the only cu4--
ahship posible- This guardianship. Il lxsrs,s-
! IS diroetelsud must OF ueces ity be s., dfrsc-
i--aot only o the protection Of tho shooting ami
inlhg. bat includes az vel the prn'ect!au OF
awning beds. the matter OF u seGsouabIe shoot
2. aud all forms of unl1wful capture
And now a word as t. til. iavasiou Of thu u1lr I
an { pleasures by the operation OF game code
Dii you ever estimate the cost Of eacL pound OF
me taken IN Vermont, reckoning lablr a. one
quar- and half daI, even VII n thase is NJ cost
horse hire ls there day laborer who with
ADJ enI 10y nent. with due regard u the welfare
hs family, ecu prudenty throw away much
ne WaEt does each wooi-cock. suipe or pt-t-
ige cost each meianer Of the clue Re hon.u.s hi.
y labor at one threc-hundre'h part Of his an
i4 Income from that labor, b. II Of hand W lagds
lose Of Us who ara rlca tud who have l-isn-. .
ay It'll resort TO the great West or Canada for our
orts Ihis the poor maa or the man Of moderate
aus eAnuet DO; lie must have his days or hsf- {
sport near hsme II he has it atau 81 that he
the man who above al others - Interested n,
wing game plenty at our doors ,
Ice comm n experience Of all countries whose
me codes are in force L. that a. a general thin. ,
g sum Tor which a shooting rent j. rsnrasentei :
the market value OF the game borae upol il :
q not over shot, minus the cost reckoreI A
ninon labJr-of killing or harvest ng IT, know q
~ We there is prejudice AGAINST being brought
pay landlord for that which al our lives we
We vi for nothing especially when IT has been :
Ways seiZsd as ght aud not a urlylisye VI ,
most OF US do tue same thing, that is nav for J.
T privilege, to-day though in another form W.
II 10 II fers stables. 10 the railroads and Z, fa
keepers. pay now five times rs much Z,
'eh the grounds where can make a decent 1r,- ,
It would have TO pay for permission 10 shoot l
'r grounds within mile OF me- Ii ci.ts me 4
v, reckoning my labor at dollar and A halfa .
!. Just hve days work to kill ten pa-tril,g.of, Il
lungs hiil or Bald mountain. II mad Biliufs'
o. bald mountain 10 myself, l could liz zen
'tidses IN one day Wien the game got thick In
present condition % Kings these rar,ril se-
i me Just IS centsl piece Bat If thes. ero,,Tjs
re protected, cou d purchase tie pe4uissi NJ,
,ot that could sell my birds at their cost ofti,n
rent, Or IN other words could earn daily VIC.
nave the sport besides and this putting nv IA
at the lowest aud TIN rental at the highest Or : h
ult you rather Kill but two bri- a da = an 4 b.v.
toll besides, than h We one days right rovaf
AT IN place OF then Z rather wogd YOU ref -
ny days Of this d sport without 10. = Of time -
wages, or haVs sicsi - as YOU can IN snare of
ierAoie spor. at los. uf time and wages when
ar poor man whlns III anticipation OF 4 game
p. II does seem me that he don't know what Ia. Ia
alking about :,
ut says the meehant or lahaier eau have my :.
Z hunting on Sunday. when | could earn moth ti
The answer is this: the laws OF Vermont
rye you = heavier reut for shoot NJ tlap over
owner Of game preserve would ink OF chare. W
She taxes Just ten dollars DAY by way OF fne ar
the costs of court for translctng the bushes.
huch OF the game laws RENTS sunday hunt.
10 the Iuxlries poss o.e.Or her pr0ducabl. t. IN
rich. we already nav aud have hal fora I'm. -
IN New England. and the law IL Originally AT