Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-11

N'''N NHV HtSt lHttitNtS VI lHt great
est number; its object will be to secure
the passage of such laws that the use
and enjoyment of birds and game will
not be confined to any particular class,
1t will deal humanely because it will
insist that no birds or game be killed
unless some distinct good is to be &C
complished and because it will endeavor
to save for the coming generations of
: this state the abundant winged life that
means to much to the happiness, pros
perity and educational improvement of
the people.
Birds have been killed by thousands
merely for the decoration of women's
hats.
Birds have been slaughtered in count
less numbers to satisfy the greed and
recklessness of pot-hunters
Birds have suffered severely from the
unchecked increase of cats and dogs
Birds have been prosecuted by boys
and other thoughtess persons whose
education in such matters is neglected.
None of these causes that have re.
suited so disastrousy to the birds can
be defended in the light of modern civil
lization. Every one of them is form
of inhumanity and criminal wasteful.
ness
The birds that have been sacrificed to |
the millinery fashions have an immense
" greater value when alive, as a
means of educating the ear, the eye and
the heart
The work of the pot.huntr has swept
almost out of existence the game birds
"A resource that should have continued
for years means of moderate recrea-
ton and of variation in the national
diet.
The songbirds and other insectivo-
rous species killed by boy gunners are
worth thousands upon thousands of dol
Iors to the state in which they are
found The cotton boil weevil is caus-
ing an annual loss of S15,OO0,OOO to
he cotton growing districts now infested
With it the potato beetle cuts out S10,-
100000 from the profits on the potato
rop; the cotton worm has been known
o cause years damage amounting to
'30,000,000. These are the insects that
make up large part of the diet of our ;
irds! =,
Who can doubt that it is time to deal 7
igorously with this subject, and who a
an afford to overlook the responsibility f
hat rests on the people of Mississippi
this matter. Italy is an example of y
country largely stripped of its birds, e
nd the picture that it presents, as de. S
,ribed by graphic and faithful writer's, "
lould be sufficient to urge upon the
God citizens of Mississippi immediate e
ecisiye action in this vital matter. IL
If you can't work for the cause, give II
membership due, If you can't spare u
membership due, speak to those who :,
IN, Be fair to the best interests of Az
lie state, and do what you can, no mat y,
r how little. 1t is tax, but a small -,
le, and the returns will astonish YOU! =
Directed to the recent meeting of
ounty Superintendent in Jackson, and
all educators directing school work in
} Superintendent of Education in
Mississippi
The forestry and agricultural inter.
IS of the United States suffer an an.
al loss of S8O0,00oOO0 from the dep,
lations of insects Figures of the De-
rtment of Agriculturel. The killing
every insectivorous bird means an
dition to this burden of loss. Does the
lool boy know it?
Thousands of dollars are spent an
ally in Mississippi to make better
i more efficient citizens of the next pie
leration. Is the ground covered by of
5 expenditure if appreciation of nat. lit
II resources is omitted from the cur. /
alum? Do we spend money to edu. Il
G children unskilled in the first prin.
les of better care for our featbered
est "
IRE we to wonder at woman's follv unf
demanding the slaughtr of birds for usi
hats when she has grown up be. -
boys whose only thought of bird O'o y
: to kill it? l
an opportunity to accomplish their dou
pose has ever been presented to the gan
Gators Of Mississippi, it comes now in IAN
'kening better impulses among chill. fea,
n towards birds-friends of agricul- arc
objects of many of our whole. roc,
lest pleasures, quiokeners of human avs
arvation and intelligence.
very superintendent in Mississppi
s 1t to the teachers and pupils of
county to initiate them in the my
'teries and economies of feathered frie
Children deprived of the pleasure Ia
such study are being injured physi. pee
y, stunted in their moral natures, anv
starved esthetically. Culture, a,c,
tn and character lie in the study 80,
lature. IEy
ut your teachers and pupils within o.
touch of the bird study and protec-
forces in this state. Talk such
ters when you visit your schools; I
nge for them in your courses of gees
y, and avail yourselves of the books Gun
leaflets planned for the instruction coul
entertainment of school children in tion
ters of this kind. ''o -,
nally, call on the writer if he can ~
It you, and give him in turn the CUES
fit of your suggestions. TO h
Fl. Fl. KOPMAN,
nal Agent National Association of
Audubon Societies n.