Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-04-13
o. 2IEND SONG BIRDS
MlLLIl;ERS NOW PLAN TO Pro.
TIT WARBLERS.
Former Foes Of Songsters Have Ar.
rayed Themselves on Side of Au-
du6on Societies-Resolutio
Passed at Meeting.

ngton.-Members of the Audi.
bon societies. which were, formed fol
the protection OF the birds of America
have ne1 with a surprise as startling
as II is graseful-the wholesale mil
liners OF the country. hitherto countei
as the toes of the birds, have arrayet
themselves on the side OF the SONG.
sters' friends and have agreed that
hereafter they will neither buy nor sell
song birds. gulls. terms. grebes, herons
or any part thereof. From the heron
is secured the beautiful aigrette which
all women love to wear. and from the
sale o. which the milliners make thou
sands of dollars profit every year.
The aigrette of commerce is a par
of the plumage of the white heron
which nests in the low lands along tht
coasts of Florida. the islands of the
sea and South America. Formerly the
'rOokeries" where the birds nested
contained thousands upon thousands
of the beautiful creatures. but thu
plume hunters carried on their work
so ruthlessly that the herons of Flor.
ida were nearly eXterminated, and the
same Fate seemed to await the herons
of the islands of the southern continent
The action of the Wholesale milliners in
agreeing not to traffic longer in the
plumage OF the heron or in the plu
mage OF ether protected birds, makes Il
practically certain that the featheret
kind which has made picturesque TIT
sea and the land will once more multi
ply unmniested and retain "A place IL
natures kingdom for all time TO come
The Millinery Jobbers' association
has a membership including "A grea
number OF the largest millinery firm
in the United States. Recently the as
ISOLATION met at Louisville, Ky. an,
there they passed resolution bind
ing themselves not to buy any of tn
prohibited birds after January
nor 10 sell any OF them after July |
1896.
Ruthyen Deane. Of Chicago. presi
dent OF the Illinois Audubon society
has laLored Tor months to bring abou
the result Just secured. William
Butcher. president of the National AS
sociat.nn OF Audubon Societies. sc
Gently received from Frederick Bod,
the president OF the Millinery Jobbers
association. a letter containing the tex
OF the resolution passed by his organ
ization. and in which IL was agree
that the Wholesale milliners shout
join hands with the Audubon societie
the United States.
In par, the resolution. as containe
I'm the letter from the association
president to the president of the Au
dubon societies. was as follows:
whereas, we realize the Audubo
societies of the United States are er
gagged ia the work of preservin
from destruction and extinction son
birds and certain other species, upo
high moral grounds, and that large
~ through their influence man
of the states have passed restrictiy
laws Ch the subject, and where's
there is "A decided variation among III
states IN the subject matter of the,
laws, and i'm their Interpretation an
administrations; therefore be IL r.
solved by the Millinery Jobbers' ass'
citation. IN convention assembled. frs
/ that we approve OF the prohibition
the sale of song birds. gulls, tern
grebes. herons. or any part thereof, II
GLIDING aigrettes; second. that v
pledge ourselves collectively and ind
vidually not to buy the aforenam'
after January /. sell or offer for sa
any OF these articles after July
| 1906"
In concluding his letter to Preside
butcher, Mr. Bode, of the Milline
association, says that he trusts tn
the action of the body will show tn
the milliners morally support the A
oubon society i'm their work of bi
protection He says further that
thinks IL is the duty of the Audible
society 10 ask that the large retailer
which IN the main are the depaI
ment stores. should refrain from q
sale of the prohibited birds. and tn
cut off the temptation which some 10
bers might meet TO sell To these I
tailers the birds which it is desir
to protect.
Snos-ae Por Maths