The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-30

yearly: Millions each year!
DO you marvel that Uncle Sam ss,
%S,S eon'iGrlaoly i In his big arm chair
s, sat.oI, not even holding that bird
sacredl. complacenlly waving Tho
etas and stripes with the other ha nd
11ser 1s,;, ms almost birdless fields? Q'he
brightness OF the song does not arcuc
less 1" O3c
One pair OF rose breasted crosbeaks
aI, IN q week, destroy all OF the po-
.alo buSs on an acre OF potatoes and
tiien Keep the vines clean for an on
tire season.
Whereas, two boys with bucket
0l paris green al a salary Of one cent
Tor every hundred slain bugs cannoi
even approximate that record. Chem
lstry has brought it's past breakers TO
great proficiency. but the Insects
eonunue TO work too lpsidlously and
700 Qnickiy for man adequately TO
cope with them. II is for you TO re-
member. when you come TO select your
new hat, that the insect rises as the
plrd falls 100000. 900 losses TO ngri-
cultural interest is the record OF tho
insects in the United States. and this
does not Include damage done TO or
namental shruobery, shade and for
est trees.
The robin has also been ma rked for
wholesale slaughter, One small town
III Tennessee sends each year to the
market enough TO bring In $500. with
the price at 8 cents dozen-I25. 900
robins. The fact that a particular
nird Is not wanted for the time be-
Ing. Is no proof of It's safety. AS in
the. case OF the grebe. II may sudden
~ be declared fashionable, and the
around the lakes in Oregon.
some birds are brought into the
a Il.
KILLED. not because there Is a demand
Tor them. but on the chance that the
demand may be created This shows
1he danger In which every species OF
nneiy plumaged bird stands until leg
thousands OF working people would be
,hrown out Of employment II the
fancy feather trade were taken from
them has no foundation.
., rms material gives less labor 10
the working class than probably any
other kind Of trimming that could
be or would be employed in its place.
The profit does not go to pay the
wages OF large number OF hands.
the business. When the wild birds
can no longer be obtained, ostrich
and poultry feathers remain. and
there can be no doubt that the use
or artificial flowers and berries and OF
ribbon and fancy ornaments would
Increase and give more employment
In the labor market than is now CIV
en- by The wild bird plumaSe, Mr..
McClain, In his speech before the
senate In August refers to the per,
association circulated the idea of the
artificial osprey or egret plume. The
feathers were no longer to be labeled
real, Assistants were Instructed to
delicate sprays were manufactured
by the millions out OF Quills horse
hair, and other material, by an army
of workers who earned their living
by this pleasant and artistic work.
The fraud fourished until 1903.
force OF mere repetition which had
proved so successful with an uncriti-
cal public would not stand investi-
CATION before a serious tribunal
was. discarded for that OF molted
feathers. The sprays were admitted
10 be real. but it was no longer
cruel TO wear real plumes. They had
simply been picked out OF the nests nests
myth. a few torn. badly frayed
plunes are occasionally. picked up
from tho swampy breeding GROUNDS
that have been shed after nesting;
any price. These plunes or slgrettes
are in effect the marriage wing OF
the snowy heron. or egret. they are
sometimes called the love feathers
aigrctte trade deals with the slaugh-
ter OF the innocepts BY the slow pro-
cess of starvation, a method when
history shows has mover been foi-
lowed by even the most savage race
OF men dealing with their most mated
enemies.
This war of determination which has
been carried forward unchecked for
years could mean but one tnne,
namely. the rapid disappes rance OF
nesting birds they have disappeared
from New jersey, Maryland. VIZ
sinjn and also those states OF the
Mississippi valley. where at one time
they were TO be found In great num-
bers. The efforts for the preserva ton
Of the egrets and herons are now
being pushed with greater yigor than
eTer before, These eisrettes. torn
from the back of tho bird during
the nesting season only nov nov sci! & o0r
sWlee sSg 70 'nsl5 sso en s"n ounce. Remember,
one aisrette costs Ave lives
The mother bird and the four
nestiings. Robbing hen roosts grades
as a respectable oSaupat'SSn On conn com.
merciai plume hunter boasted OF hay
Ing killed l25, 900 birds. All the
Collections in this country, cageo ano
stuffed do not count as many sKlns uS
are sold for millinery IN one IIonooh
auction. and there are are. seTsT@l ,mnor,s S OF
,lIi ynilIinerv feathers to this country
lone are valued at $1,000; ooo. Whiie
the vaIIatIon OF the diamond Imports
At the last census was ABOUT aiH'-
900, 900. =, our
country few years ago there Husl
have been 800 varieties OF our CAM NJ
est bits of animate feathered me-
tSc summing bird. Only few vari-
a,,cs erc seen now. Many winter IN
Suba or Mexico and along our West
e-n cos st In Cuba, as well as In tno
Y-nitnd States, the humning ntrde
have been killed off by the thousanps
70 swell the London feather uaoe
They sell from a ira. fraGuon soms Oh ,,ntoGtu. q G
10 u,te Nth sI6. 900 too much money for
his own good paid that price Teeentiy
g., psr;s FOR a cloak made or num-
mipg-blrd skins: ,,, ,,, r-ro
Tie King OF the Cannibal Isles VIC
rcouested that humming piros
tongues on toast he served Eiim aUl
srsskfast had d.p potn19g 4hgs Oxec snc,ent ss Mas
er oi ,ooked upon tho hunmins bird
cah7 anooiems of the soul. as the
ersoSa did the butterfly, and helc
thst The spirits Of their Warriors VITO
Sad died in defense OF their reuElon
nere nap transformed into these most
brilliant OF living tbsse Great"rs Birds shu we're ere
~ -rnS out for such slaughter, In
nav paw only a short time ago there
n,e more Chinese pheasant5 thAn
tS,. uere In China Itself and yet
~ S-epon recently bu.soo OF these
nh oa SAINTS were killed In a sins!e GAY,