The record-union., 1895-10-28
LET ALL CLASSES Be RESTRICTED.
How Can Game Preservation be Best
Secured 2
What "Field SPORTS Has to Say About
the "Record- Unfon's" Recent
Proposition.

"The Record Union, one of the most
conservative papers in the State, ed
tied with rare judgment, and always
/ found on the side Of game protection,
publishes the following on the above
subject"
The Field Sports of San Francisco,
edited by H. T. Payne, publishes the
above, then quotes the RecOrd-U Union
article of last week on the restriction of
market hunting, and adds:
while the above article is we'll in
tended, and contains many truths,
there are other facts connected there
with which the Record-Union has over
| looked, and would destroy the force Of
some of it's arguments.
In the passage of the new game law
the desire of the sportsmen of the State,
and of the Legislature, was to maintain
! the valuable game supply of the State
for as long q period as possible and IN
( that preservation to place exactly the
! same restrictions on every individual
without reference to condition, age or
sex. Realizing the rapidity of the de-
pletiOn of the game supply through the
/ agency of the market hunte, the abso-
lutte necessity of some check was appa-
rent 1t was shown that a very few
men preying upon the public game as a
means of living, We're destroying an
nually more game than all other citizens
combined.
Public game is public property, in
which every citizen has an equal inter
est share and share alike, his personal
ownership only commencing when it is
reduced to possession. With this indis-
! putable theory as a foundation, it was
held that he who devoted his whole
time to the destruction OF this game for
his own personal profit, was infringing
on the rights of the public by causing
! the rapid humiliation of a valuable re-
source of the commemorative which
/ If properly husbanded will form for
many years a food supply worth mill
! ions of dollars each year.
"The same condition has confronted
! the lawmakers of other States, and has
been met by various forms of legisla-
! ton for the restriction of market hunt
/ ing; that being universally recognized
as the prime cause of the rapid destruc-
! ton of our game and fish.
MANY of the States, in their efforts to
preserve their game supply, have passed
/ the most stringent laws against the sale
! Of game at any and all times. OF the
Western States, Colorado practically
prohibits the sale by prohibiting the
possession of more than one animal at
time, and smaller game only in quaint
( ties for immediate use. Montana pro-
hibits the killing of game birds for mar
! ket at all times. North Dakota pro-
hibits the expectation of all game and
not more than two dozen are allowed to
! be killed or had in possession in one day.
Residents of the State have to pay a Il,
cense of fifty cents for the privilege of
! hunting, and non-residentS SO.
| Oregon prohibits the sale, except for
! one month. and restricts the killing of
| pheasants to twenty for each day; ex
portation of game is also prohibited.
South Dakota prohibits market hunt
| ing, sale or expectation, and only TWEEN
| ty-five birds can be killed or had in pos
session in any one day. Washington
prohibits the expectation of all game
animals. Wyoming requires q nom
resident to pay a license for the privi-
lege of hunting. and prohibits the sale
| of all game animals.
eve have called attention to the above
| extracts to show that the law in Cal