The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
TO PROTECT
The sONGS7ERs
National Association Of Audubon So
cieties Has Issued Call for
Support of
Cause.
SAVING THE BIRDS
Members Are Urged to Rally the Peo-
pie of Their Community to
Their Sup
pert.
SAVING
Members Are Urged to Rally the PEG,

To meet the onslaught of vast com
mercial interests that have begun
fierce fight to break down bird protec-
tive laws in many legislatures
throughout the country. call for the
support OF every American woman,
farmer and business man who must
depend upon agricultural prosperity
was issued from headquarters of the
National Association of Audubon So
cleties 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
recently been flung about it's bird
life, leaders in the oranges, civic
organizations ana women's clubs in
every section 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
lie. their powerful raids will be d.
rected at the laws that protect game
and insect eating wild birds in Cali
fornia Massachusetts. Oregon, Louis
lana. Missouri and other states, it is
declared
AS basis ror the battle of the
people against the commercial forces
that would fatten on the relics of
American bird life, the Audubon
workers are today offering this ma
tlonal organization, which can count
on 1,300 active members scattered
through thirty-nine states of the union.
Each of these men and women is be
ing urged to rally the people of his
or her community to protest against
the destruction of state bird protec-
tive laws that are being cunningly
pressed by agents of the millinery and
market combinations Leaders in the
national scientific, pathological and
geological organizations, as well as
the National Federation of Women's
club have been pledged to cooperate
in this urgent appeal to the people.
Legislation to revive spring shoot
ing and kill game storage laws for the
4 selfish ends Of the game butcher has
been introduced in this state and the
/ milliners are. now backing bill
! which will nullify the effect of the
law protecting insect eating birds that
! the Audubon association helped to pu,
| on the statute books after years Of
/ successful opposition from the power
I full millinery forces. Special funds
4 are being raised at Audubon head
quarters here by individual contri
( buttons to enable expert ornitnologists
4 to go to Albany and point out the
danger to the nations crops and game
\ resources in such measures.
Years of effort and accomplish
ment toward legally guarding the
birds that save our crops from de
struction by insect pest as we'll a:
our waning game focks will be vast
/ ed if the milliners and market mer
win even one victory in this crucia
contest said T Gilbert Pearson
1 secretary of the National Association
| of Audubon societies. at its head
1 quarters. al Broadway eve
/ know that other state legislatures
are watching the efforts of the com
mercial interests to overthrow birt
4 protective laws in the Empire stat'
and that If they succeed the effect vii
be to break down all barriers agains
the forces that are constantly plottin.
to destroy American bird life for thei
own gain. In this critical time we cal
only count upon the moral and fnan
A cial support Of every man, woman ant
child in this country who would b.
benefited By the perpetuation OF OH