The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-05-01

slse and ihsf~sherr ehippea io i.on-
ana Paris sd ihege mAnufactui.
"a AID Ytsurbod - the rnlssd
skates 70 a,e soi1
The rties arg1meni n miliiHrrs
ID Justification a. the trade ~ss
tsas Il $40 aifnepli, II uoi impoasi-
bis. to- ihan 10 distinguish teiwess'
Assirs pism1se ana imporsrd and
thAt ~ she naiiouai government
49, sasen the datias op thefe ies-
there they we're justified ~ offcsins
them for sale
wgtslb tho last quarter century
this TRADE has beeome serious men
ass IL the birds Of the World /, "
naw no wrlI organized that NO coun-
ng. however remote and Inaccessible
u safe from he plume huntcf
Naked sayAgcs " tropical Iansics
half savage Indians aud Negroes are
engaged in the work ~ destruction
Scores ~ species are menRced with
extinction No bird that the trads'
calls for ean escape the destroyer.
The limited States now furnishes the
greatest market for plumage on
this planet, From the Great Con
dors. yaiiures. Eagles aud Albatros
sea the largest birds that ny
aown 10 the tiniest humming birds,
no fine or beautiful species that can
be utilized W. spared, escep, where
* is fully protected by law
This repulslye and horrible sIaugh
ter leading quickly 10 extermina
ton must BE- stopped It's victims
are disappearing 20 fast that the
mater can be neglected no Longer
No government has right TO pro-
mote such unjustifiable destruction
BY maintaining a market for the pro
ducts The duty OF Christian ma
tion IN such case Is as much grea.-
er and more imperative than that OF
the state or individual as the ma
tion Is greater than the Individual
or state This great wrong can be
lighted In only two ways, both Of
which are essential ID BY prohl.
bi' We laws sternly enforced. 90
BY closing the markets 10 the sale
81 the piumage Of wild birds The
Mclean bill. recently passed by
Congress, provides for the flrst. Let
Congress now provide for the sec
ond
No argument can be advanced In
behalf OF this feather business ex
cew that the trade wants the mon
ey. The same plea can be made In
behalf OF every importer Of opium
and every maker OF counterfeit mon
~, but opium selling and counter
Telling are forbidden. as the impor-
iaiion and use Of wild birds plum
age must be- A worldwide move |
nent has begun Let the United |
States be one 81 the leaders. AL
year ago Australia forbade the i'm |
portation Of piumage az she alread,
lad forbidden export. In Response
o the urgent personal appeals made
by representative OF the National
Association OF Audubon Societies
md the New York Geological Socie.
y, there has been included in the
fariif Bill, now pending In Con
TO prohibit the impor-
alton OF the feathers or wild birds.
The following is the wording OF this
,royiso In Schedule IN" of the
proposed Tariff Act.
Provided the importation Of aig-
ettes, egret plumes or so-called os-
'rey plumes and the feathers. quilts,
leads, wings. tails, skins or parts
{ skins OF Wild birds either raw
n manufactured and not for scienti-
ic or educational purposes is here
" prohibited. but this provision
hall not apply to feathers or plum,s
Il ostriches or to the feathers OF
'iumes Of domestic fowls OF any
lind"
II the United States stops feath-
Y importation, England and Ger
many will soon follow our lead and
y few years all Christian nations
viii do the same.
Let your Representative and Sen
tor at Washington hear from you
VOW,