The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-10
ON STUMP FOR BIRDS
AUDUBON WORKERS PLAN NATIoN-
 AL CAMPAIGN.
VIII Warn All Sections Against Blight and PlaSue-Dyfng Birds Alone Can Save Crops and
 Lives

New York, August 9.--(Special. )-- While the fight for the Presidency is spreading over the country, another national campaign for the rights of the feathered population of the conti- nent Is to be pressed with redoubled force from this city today.
 st Acting for the Inland birds whose further extinction must lay barren all the land and for the water fowl whose death will bring on national pestilence. the National Association of Audubon Societies has mapped out every section of the. United States and organized a force of speakers to bring home their issues to all the people. Though the political battle will end next Novenl- Der, this campaign for the birds will be ceaselessly carried to every Amer ican citizen until eventually the Fed eral and State governments shall es- tablish bureaus to adequately meet the national need for economic bird pres- ervation.
 Seven able rnitholo9ists have been today assigned to cover as many di- visions of the whole country and es- tabiish local headquarters in this uniquo campaign for the national feathered life.
 At a constant cost of s10,000 a year these trained workers will be kept on tour till every Community fin the land has had the opportunity to hear the story of the dying birds and the loss to lives and crops which their decrease threatens. Funds to increase this cam. paigning force will be sought from every man. woman and child in the country who cares for the birds or has Q dollar at stake in the agricultural and commercial interests, which they alone can guard from destruction.
 While only about thousand mem. bers today help the National Associa. tion of Audubon Societies to maintain scores of reservations, an army of war; dens, a small fleet of patrol boats and a stan of educational workers, it is believed that when the present eners gency is brought home to the nation, many thousands will enlist in the movement.
 "sage the birds who save our lives and crops" is to be the watch word Of the new national campaign which is be- inR launched at Audubon headquarters here today. The prediction of Henry w. Henshaw. q government expert, that were the birds sxteFminated it is al- most certain that not only would suc- eessful agriculture become impossible but the destruction of the greater part of vegetation would follow" is to be It's keynote.
 The established fact that destructive insect life is today aiarmingly on the increase and the birds. it's natural check. steadily becoming exterminated will be set forth before every farmer, orchardist, railroad and business man together with the known loss of 4s00,- 100000 due to this condition last year. Medical authorities will be cited and the profession aroused to the possibilI- ties of plague in the decline of the wa ter-fowl. Natures scavengers
 We intend to place before all the people the greatest non-partisan issue confronting the nation at this time" said William Dutcher. president of the National Association of Audubon So. eietles at its Headquarters. 141 Broad way today. We are squarely faced by an impending national calamity and yet the government only appropriates some S62,0oo year to investigate and educate on this paramount economic problem. As much is put into one single gun which is soon worn out
 Until the federal and state govern ments are forced by the people to eH. tablish adequate departments or bu- reaus for the expert handling of this important subject our association will keep up this fight throughout the na- tion. believe this work will eventual. ly be adopted as one of the govern- nient's most essential activities: but, until 1t Is, we shall call on all patriot ic Americans to help us fill the breach and struggle with the grave problem which, aside from sentiment, Is of in. tense economic importance"