Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01
Wholesale Slaughter of Game Britain's
Most Fashionable Sport.
Obtained by Means of the Batue-The
Killing Made for the Killer.

have always been adverse to tho sys-
tenn unde.. which game preserving
1lOurishes. The report of one committee
embodied this Recommendation:
with respect to remedial legislation
and changes in the law your committee
would recommend that in all future
legislation on the subject OF gnne, IT
should be Il primary object to discour-
age the practise of game preserving,
as incompatible with the successful
pursuit of agriculture, hurtful to tho
/ morality Of the laboring classes, de-
structlve of that kindly feeling which
should exist between the different
ranks Of society and generally dsad-
vantagcous to the interests of the cOun-
try"
That was moro than 90 years ago and
several similar reports have been made
since hut nothing has been done to
discourage the practise of game pre-
serving" Land continues to be thrown
out of cultivation to provide sport CD,
more laborers are driven to seek llv-
ing in tho already overcrowded towns,
and more poachcrs are sent to jail.
Nothing will be done to place restric-
tons on game preserving as long as tho
house Of lords retains It's power OF We
TONG legislation. An hereditary aris-
tocracy will never consent to the impo-
sition of restraints on its pleasures IN
the interests of the masses until the
| muses. have the power to compel sub
| mission. .t-
DRASTIC GAME LAWS.
The extent to which the gamc-pre-
| serving class has been able to control
legislation IN their interests is further
| shown by the drastic game laws,
| Poaching in England is punished with
| u severity out of all proportion to Inc
Nervousness of the offense committed or
| the damage inflicted.
| For the first offcnse the penalty is
| IMPRISONMENT with hard labor for a
| term of not exceeding three months
But after serving his term of imprison-
mcnt the culprit does not necessarily
purgc himself of his oncnsc. Unless nc
can find suretics not to offend again ny
may. DO kept in Jail for another SIX
| months. For the second ofense INC
| penalties are doubled. For the thArd o.
| Tense the punishment Is penal serv,tude
| for not less than Ave years or more
| than seven years. And be 1t noted, 10
! insure conviction 1t is not necessary 70
| prove that the poacher has taken any
| game 1t is only necessary TO prove
! that he entered the preserve Win tht
| intent to take game. If three or more
| persons enter IL game preserve 10 'ake
| game, and one or more are armed WIN
gun or bludgeon, all are liable 10 penal
| scrvltudc for from three to IA years
JUSTICE AND MERCY.
Tho great majority of the poachers
| caught are dealt With summary by
| country Justices who are almost IN
(. yarlabiy local suurcs and Same-prc-
| servers. They enforce me game iitWs
with mcrciless zeal though to Offenders
/ os another class they are often OK
t,c,nely lenicnt. II has frequchliS nap,
1 nenedt that n bench OF rural magistrates
/ which has lust sentenced poncher &c
| In n for three months will consider inc
/ ends OF Justice amply satisfied ny IN,
4 dieting n fine of five shillngs 3l2o) on
| same burly brute who has kicked ms
wife into insensibility.
\ And still the drastic game laws tai
i To accomplish their purpose The sre'l'
hulk OF the "crme" in rural distrlctS
consists of offenses against them
i Poaching continues una batea despit'
mn average OF, 10000 convictions annual
i w The game laws, are not backed ps
1 tho conscience OF the nation. JOSEPH
! Chamberlain, in his radical days. was
among those who advocated their com.
| plete abolition. Tho back to tho iand
movement in England has attained "
i tality and aggressive power IN the lis
1 few years which are inevitably destineG
/ TO sweep away. both the big game pre-
serve and the game laws. Ihen nc
more will pheasants be butchefeu II
thousands to make an EnSlish noila'tS
N o. u. .