The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-14

pie are supposed to have soma rights
in the matter, otherwise the killing Of
deer would naturally be entirely sup
pressed by law. Friday a warden APP
peared at the union depot claiming that
he had information that quantity of
venison had been received md that
the same was supposed to be consigned
to the commission houses. However,
he did not find the VenisOn, neither did
he exhibit any warrant for the intend
ed seizure. The matter stirred the ex-
press companies up, and an investiga-
ton was forthcoming. The result of
the matter is that all companies will
hereafter refuse to surrender cOnsigu-
ments unless the necessary legal
papers are shown.
The law allows a shipper to send not
more than five saddles of venison to
any point within the state, to any
private individual. The shipment CT
Venison to wholesale houses or to COM
mission men is prohibited, as IS ClsO
the shipment of venison without the
state. 1t is claimed, however, al the
other hand, that the law mas been cir
cumvented by shippers by consigning
venison to fictitious addresses. The ex-
press receipts for the same are then
sent by mail to the commission men,
who send a disinterested party to
claim the consignment at the depot
and get it away before the state au-
thorities can make seizure The
venison is supposed to turn up anon
afterward at the commission houses
| contrary to law. This practice is what
| gives the game Wardens their basis of
action but the wardens are said to
! have used arbitrary methods to gain
| possession Of these consignments I'll at
| a large number of saddles have been
received in the city the past few week S
cannot be denied, and it is aid United
by some express officials that some of
! it has found it's way outside Of the
state limits
A general manager of one of the larg-
est companies doing business in the
state said yesterday that the only way
| to bring the question to an issue as
to resist a seizure and cause an action
to be brought by the state r'ast the
company, and then the issue as to
whether a seizure could be made with
out the necessary papers could be set
| tied by the courts. This plan will very
likely be resorted to-
Concerning the slaughter Of deer. an
! other official said: 1.-THE whole trouble
| lies with the law in my estimation
Very little precaution is taken to pre-
vent the killing of deer but all kinds
| OF precautions are taken by the state
to prevent the shipments of the venison
| to commission houses or outside Of the
state. 1 have no doubt but that thous-
ands Of deers are killed every year by
| sportsmen who do not take the trouble
! to recover their quarry, leaving the
deer to rot in the woods. It would seem
to me that it would be far wiser to
protect the game before instead of
after they are killed. The game laws
OF Minnesota are like those of Illinois,
and, as result of the Illinois law.
there is no game of any kind left in
! the latter state. It will be the same in
Minnesota In ten years or less.
''Of course the state makes a pre-
| tense of protecting the express COM
| panleS by signing papers relieving the
companies of all responsibility and
! trouble which might arise from a sell
zure, and l believe that two-thirds of
the seizures are Illegally made"
| A commission man believed the game
wardens were discriminating against
| the rich hunters, the men who kill
game with imported guns and that the
| professional hunters in the woods are
never interfered with in their ship
| nlentS
There have also been a good many
seizures Of venison owing to careless
ness on the part of the consignors. The
law plainly provides that shipments
to private parties shall be plainly
marked with the names of consignor
and consignee also that the nature Of
the game contained in any package
| shall be designated in the address In
the majority of cases this feature of
the law is overlooked, and packages
are sent away with merely the name
| OF the consignee on card
Executive Agent Fullerton, Of the
state game and fish commission, is not
in the city, but the president Of the
| commission, w. S. Undertake, Is con-