Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-01-04

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and advertising hearings fsasH =
prosecuting attorneys, in fact ali ~
NJ psnui.ures Oh the commissioners.
neie can De no question but what the
oun. mentioned was made to go as
as II eouid. in the care of our game
ana nsh, and that never has the state
nau TINS work of this department done
Mi.h greater zeal and success, than
mas marked the present administra
ton of it's affairs.
a careful analysis of the accounts
snow that $2l.632.27 has been expended
ior nsh culture and matters immedi
ately connected with the fish interests
ana SsO0O for the protection of large
| game.
Inc report also shows that accord
ing TO the report of guides. there were
guided $500 residents and 1866 non
resident persons in both fishing and
huntington 1886 persons in all. How
many of these We're in the pursuit nf
large game? This question cannot be
dennltely answered, but from the best
information attainable, the number
cannot exceed 1000 non-residents and
Seoo residents. This gives evidence
that the fishing interests are the i'm
portant interest from which the State
receives its chief revenue. for it must
be remembered that there are many
thousands of those who fish not
recorded as being guided.
thousands of our citizens, who
never hunt large game. do more or less
fishing in all parts of the State, and
the nonresident class, who are at
tracted to our State by it's fishing
privileges. not only remain in the State
many months, and but few frequent
the forests for large game. Our fish
| ing privileges cover all parts of the
State, and the thousands of cottages
and summer hotels upon the shores of
our lakes, ponds and streams give
business to many of our citizens and
add taxable property to the State. II
also gives life and being, and lucrative
business to hundreds of steamers and
small boats who attend to their wants.
! This cannot be said of the large
game interests, the great domain of
ii which is in unincorporated places, and
the lodges and camps. inexpensive and
beyond the reach of the tax collector. y
II The report of the guides as to the
Il numbers hunting and fishing, which
nave been guided, the most reliable
| data we have, must not be supposed
" to give a less number than actually
frequent our forests for fish and game.
! But let us get a little closer TO the
iquestion. For the care and protection
5 of large game, $4,000 is expended an
tfnually, to allow 1000 nonresident and
5000 resident sportsmen to hunt our
.titarge game. The State has about 160,-
pel00 adult male population, and of these
tirp00 do more or less hunting of moose,
tat aribou and deer. Did it ever occur 10
Senpu, that this is only about two per
ddeent of the male residents of the State?
sreehat nearly one-half of these art
whtdes? That ninety EIGHT out OF
lssoiery hundred do no hunting? That
veree expend $4,000 annually that these
,ldeno out of each hundred may hunt our
n. } sge game? I am aware that my at
Hamilton will be called to the fact OF
Hon. .ployment it brings thousand and
y Ore guides, who get large pay for
'rthy tr guiding, and that to camp owners
meet remote hotels, railroads and car
resi- lg companies there comes consider
enial revenues. Admitted. But this
Den hes that the benefits are sectional
make individual in their results. l have
It's or II heard people express wonder and
Itely criticise railroad companies
meet lot being more liberal in their
reso- tnent of the game questions, IN
the fbuting money for this and that
and but no longer will it need be re-
thai 81 as strange, when you consider
ing bnly two thousand non residents
luire- Onto the State for hunting pur-
d to p 1t is the fishing. our grand
A. M. Mains, lakes and sea shores which
lizard gle main attraction to the tourist.
l was Ii go further. 1t is true that one
care, tfhd or more guides receive two or
been times as much pay as the COM
ly by mSorer for their work. But is the
d, the St appropriate money to make
meet ennent for a class of its citizens,
n. II thay may get large remuneratlve
ral Of wa One particular class? Where
tly to elsthis direction does the State
stood. ioolfor it's wage earners by appro-
Is for pri4noney to establish business?
)st OF Be proposition / make, viii not
son of in aay hurt or lessen any one OF
have all interests, now benefited.
f dol | wtot urge it, did l not fully be-
and il lieytould advance all these inter-
Socla- eStsigive permaneney and stabll-
in the ity ilcare of our large game.
" hii@ Wi any fear of successful con-
"a7 tradi [ say that with the $4,000
Su'.i expetnnually for the protection OF
ST. 'ii our n caribou and deer, there has
coii- been Ian be only show of pro-
teetidousands of our deer are
'leariS killeGpse time. and there is little
suS gain ting a stop to it. This is nc
y "ha fault Use having this business IN
Tue oi chargithe outcome of having this
game great forests of the State,
non ~ Scatteler millions of acres of un-
Hport- brofeiships of wild lands, where
UT iish wardemust be limited and eff
no Tue Reinforcement impossible with 4
from force dthan a dozen wardens
pro- The fast be recognized. that the
game very Hhose own interest and the
Us op- interes{e State, require its care
upon are as 5, not in sympathy with
now the enflnt of the law, for large
IN M ,ts game lPn. My w9}der is. that
~ '"e the hshhne commissioners have
III ana not beaerly discouraged.-less
e WHO couragefn would have been.
&c. The SUN have to make, is Io
;. 49, have hiding that all non-resi-
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