The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-15
FIGHT FOR BIRD LAWS
Attack Begun On Protective Laws-Feather and Mar ket Men Push It.

New York, March 15-To meet the
 onslaught of vast commercial inter- ests that have begun a fierce fight to break down bird protective laws in many Legislatures throughout tine country, a call for the support of ev- cry American woman, farmer and bus mess man who must depend upon ag- ricultural prosperity was issued to- day from the headquarters of the cieties in this city. While rich mil linery and market firms are known to be desperately working to make in this state the first breach in the wall of legal protection that has only re- gently been flung about its bird life, leaders in the granges, civic organiza1 tions and women's clubs in every sec tion are offering their help to rouse the people to defeat the schemes of the commercial bird butchers. If the interests succeed in killing this states safeguards on bird life, their power fut raids will be next directed at the laws that protect game and insect eating wild birds in California, Mas sachusetts, Oregon. Louisiana, Missou- ri and other states, it is declared.
 As 8 basis for the battle of the people against the commercial forces that would fatten on the relics of American bird life, the Audubon workers are to-day offering their na- tional organization, which can count on 1900 active members scattered through thirty-nine states of the un- ion. Each of these men and women is being urged to rally the people of his or her community to protest against the destruction of state bird protective laws that is being cunning ly pressed by agents of the millinery and market combinations. Leaders in the national scientific, ornitholog- ical and geological organizations, as we'll as the National Federal ton of Women's Clubs have been pladged to cooperate in this urgent appeal to the people.
 Legislation to revive spring shoot ing and kill game storage laws for the selfish ends of the game butcher has today been introduced in this State and the miliners are now backing a bill, which will nJIllify the effect of the law protecting insect eating birds that the Audubon Association helped to put on the statute books after years of successful opposition from the pow erful millinery forces. Special funds quarters here by individual contribu- tions to enable expert ornithologists to go to Albany and point out the danger to the nations crops and game resources in such measures.
 Years of effort and accomplishment toward legally guarQ1ng the pirue tnat save our crops from destruction by in sect pest as we'll as our waning game f1ochs will be wasted if the milliners and market men win even one victory in this crucial contest said T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies, at it's headquarters, Al Broadway, re- gently We know that other State Legislatures are watching the efforts of the commercial interests to over throw bird protective laws in the Elm pire State and that if they succeed the effect will be to break down all barriers against the forces that are constantly plotting to destroy Ameri- can bird life for their own gain. In this critical time we can only count upon the moral and financial support of every man, woman and child In this country who would be benefited by the perpetuation of our economical ly valuable bird resources"