Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1906-08-24
BEFRIEND SONG BIRDS
1ILLINERs NOW PLAN TO PHO
TECT wARBLERs.
Former Foes OF Songsters Have Ar
rayed Themselves on Side Of Au-
dubon Societies-Resolutio
Passed at Meeting.

fassed at Meeting.
Washington.-Mem OF the Audu
bon societies. which were formed TO
the protection OF the birds of America
have net with surprise as starthn:
as II Is grateful-the wholesale mil.
liners OF the country, hitherto counte.
as the foes OF the birds. have arraye,
themselves on the, side OF the SONG.
sters' rrienSs and have agreed tina
hereafter they will neither buy nor sci
song birds. gulis. terms. grebes. herons
or any part thereof. From the herol
Is secured the beautiful aigrette wnici
all women love to wear, and from tn,
sale o. which the miliiners make thou
sands of dollars profit every year.
The Gigrette OF commerce is a par
OF the plumage OF the white heron
which nests in the low lands along tn,
coasts of Florida. the islands OF the
sea and South America. Formerly thu
"rookeries" where the birds nesteo
contained thousands upon thousands
OF the beautiful creatures, but the
plume hunters carried on their worl
so ruthlessly that the herons OF Flor
Ida were nearly exterminated, and tin
same fate seemed to await the heront
OF the islands of the southern continent
The action of the wholesale milliners n
agreeing not to traffic longer In the
plumage OF tie heron or I'm the plu-
mage OF other protected birds. makes II
practically certain that the feathere6
kind which has made picturesque the
nj ha
ply unmolested and retain a place ~
uature'g kingdom for all time to come
The Millinery Jobbers' association
has membership including a great
number OF the largest millinery firmi
In the United States. Recently the as
social ION met at Louisville, KY. anc
there they passed resolution bind
Ing themselves not TO buy any OF thu
prohibited birds after January
nor to sell any OF them after July
1906.
Ruthven Deane. OF Chicago. presi.
dent OF the Illinois Audubon society
has labored for months TO bring about
the result just secured. william
butcher. president OF the National AS.
ISOLATION OF Audubon Societies. re-
Gently received from Frederick Bode,
the president OF the Millinery Jobbers'
association. a letter containing the text
OF the resolution passed by his organ
lzation. and in which II was agreed
that the wholesale milliners should
Join hands with the Audubon societies
in the effort to protect the birds Of
the United States.
In part the resolution. as contained
In the letter from the association g
president 10 the president OF the Au-
dubon societies. was as follows:
Whereas, we realize the Audubon
societies OF the United States are en-
gagged in the work of preserving
from destruction and extinction song
birds and certain other species. upon
high moral grounds. and that large
ly through their influence many
OF the states have passed restrictive
laws on the subject. and whereas
there Is a decided variation among the
states in the subject matter OF these
laws, and in their Interpretation and
administration; therefore be II re-
solved by the Millinery Jobbers' asso.
| citation, IN convention assembled. first
that we approve Of the prohibition OF
the sale of song birds. gulls. terms
grebes. herons. or any part thereof, in
Guiding aigrettes; second. that we
| pledge ourselves collectively and indi'
vidually not 20 buy the aforenameC
after January l. sell or ofer for sale
any OF these articles after July l
1906"
In concluding his letter TO Presiden
butcher, Mr.. BOde. OF the Milliner,
association. says that he trusts tia
the action OF the body will show tha
the milIiners morally support the Au
6ubon Ecciety In their work of birC
! protection He says further that h
thinks II is the duty OF the Audubon
society TO ask that the large retailers
which in the main are the depart
ment stores. should refrain from tn
sale of the prohibited birds. and thu
cut of the temptation which some job
bers might meet TO sell to these re
tailers the birds <hich 1t Is desire'
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