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unquestionably knew what

+ hav Cirect information from the
presto IT that hill a comprehensive
plan q antitrust legislation might be
outlin this winter, it vas not the in
tcntioi the 1ministI ton to rec
ommeI. :astio le station or to push
the EN- Re pre- rae OF modeI t anti
trIC. Sgisltaion % O. completion 81
this Cssion.
g eequer o c event point to q.
periC 1~pf r for the busInes1 world.
Great -poration otter Great corpora
ton Is been tsllir0 the Unitc4 States
cove unent TIE. 1t Vill obeg the l.U
emo tIkrC ore it 10 proh0ble that some
of &C sscutior5 which have been
! iro.it5 j will not be pu0led. end if
the c,rpOrGtioIJ continue 10 do the
righ :, ,ng as the department OF jus
tice 1--WE it. the pCSecotiorJ vill De
isV and far bet0csa.
Seek to Reacoure BuslnossO.
Some time 80 it became 6noVa
rom come o. the pre- sldent's clo@s ed
giseIs that Mr.. Wilson derired that
busineU 5houlG BE- reaajurCd. 1t Glso
became known thCC Demo c-atic leld-
er8 in congreGa were urging that no
drasti legislation affecting bushes.
should be passed 1T this session. lien
in position to know seemed to be GER
| lain that the president would say some
definite reassuring words at a later
time. When the currency bill was
signed Mr.. Wilson spoke of business
and of its better relations with the
government and he made his fine
phrase calling the condition "A Con-
stitution of Peace"
1t was within fol-y-eight hours aft
er this address of the president and
Immediately following his signing OF
the currency bill that Thomas K. Mar
shall, vice-president OF the United
States, said in indianapolis that 1t
could be taken for granted that no
drastic antitrust legislation would be
enacted by congress this winter.
All things point to a desire on the
part of the Democratic majority In
congress to avoid any legislation
which, even If seemingly commend
able, shall upset business conditions.
1t seems the Democrats think that
such legislation as they desire to en-
act can be spread over a longer period
and that gradually and easily the In
dustries of all kinds can adjust them
selves to the new plan of action. From
this springs the desire to do nothing
harsh hastily"
1t must not be understood that the
Democrats think that such legislation
as is demanded by the Baltimore plat
form will be harsh. They do say, how
ever, that they think that, coming in
bunch" it might upset conditions
and perhaps work to the temporary in
jury of the country. 1t is to be pro-
gram of make haste slowly.
Saving American Birds.
Congress, as is probably pretty
we'll known by this time, passed
a bill at the last session prohib-
iting the importation of the plum
age of wild birds into this country.
The reasons for this legislation are
not perfectly clear, apparently, to the
people of the United States. 1t was
not passed solely because of a desire
to save the wild bird life OF other
countries although such thought en-
| tered into the legislation. The real
reason was that much of the plumage
of the birds of other countries cannot
be distinguished from the plumage OF
birds of this country, and 1t was found
frequently before the law was passed
that birds protected in this country
were killed for their plumage, which
was then passed of as the plumage OF
foreign birds
The bird protectors, who are trying
to do what they can to serve the az
ricultural interests of the country by
saving the insectiverous birds. found
that the lure of the market was toe
strong for many American gunners
and that they would kill all kinds OF
birds, trusting to luck to pass their
plumage of as that of the birds OF
Europe. Asia or Africa.
Many National Bird Reserves.
In addition to his non-importation
laws, Uncle Sam ia doing q. great deal
to protect the birds of this country
There are now national bird reserves
in many parts of the United States
reserves set aside so that during the
breeding season at least the song
sters, the insect eaters, the seed eat
ers and the game birds can rear theil
young in peace, free from the terrorf
of the nest robber and the plume
hunter.
During the past year seven new ma
tional bird reservations have been es
tablished by the president Of the
United States. There are now SO Of
these reservations, and the good thai
they are doing is manifest in the in
creased number of birds which year
ly make their migratory flight. The
new reservations are as follows:
Chamisso island. in Alaska; Pishkun
in Montana; Desecheo island. ia Porte
Rico; Gravel island, on Green bay, IL
Wisconsin; Aleutian islands. In Alas
ka; Walker lake. in Arkansas; and
Petit Bots island, in Alabama.
. The reservation embracing thu
, islands of the Aleutian chain situated
between the north Pacific ocean ant
Behring sea, was set apart not onl.