The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-07
BIGGER SALARY
FOR COMMISSIONER
j. w. Titcomb Makes Recommendation
in Retiring from Head of Fish and
Game Department.


Game Department.
MONTPELIER, Feb. John w
Titcomb of Lyndonville, who recently
resigned as state fish and game commits
sioner of Vermont, has issued the fol
lowing letter to the officers and mem
bers of the Vermont Fish and Game
league and to the officers Of variou
fish and game organizations in Yer
mont:
''You have doubtless seen in the
papers notice of my resignation as
state fish and game commissioner. The
governor Will undoubtedly receive many
applications for appointment to this
position at the present salary Of $500
per year. \ bin is now before the leg
islature to raise the salary Of the com
missioner to g, coo.
The duties OF commissioner have
now been so developed by the legisla-
ton of 1915 and the inauguration of a
plan to have numerous field stations
that they have reached point where
the technical details pertaining TO the
/ NHNtst'4i'ftltli III Abl4SAl ilHE. ItdluLt'~
nance and operation Of a series Of hatch
cries calls for a man with technical
/ knowledge as wei as administrative
4 ability. l have no doubt taat we have
/ plenty of men here in Vermont compc-
/ tent to administer the protective laws
/ quite as efficiently as they have been
/ administered in the past, but the men
J available for performing the technical
1 duties pertaining to the Office under the
/ present policy are few. and they com.
mand good salaries. | happen to be-
ate familiar with the market Of sup
/ ply and demand in this line from tbs
fact that / have had frequent applica
tionS to fill positions in various parts
of the country.
" Now that my resignation has beer
accepted. feel free, without being
| open to the charge Of personal mo
tives, TO urge those interested in tn,
| conservation of our wild life and tn,
! development OF our fisheries. to us,
heir influence with friends in the leg
stature to secure the passage of Tn
bill which VIII provide suitable salarr
20 secure good man. The state cal
2, we'll afford to Jay all Of the 81 90
called for in the bill and can i'll affor,
to pay less than $500 to secure a MAJ
competent to fill this position. The dg
velopmcut of our attractions along thi
, line Is Just getting started as a result
| Of the anglers license law. We ar
VI hardly beginning to see the results o
4 he work which has been made poSsibl
g Wy this law. Vermont is making RAJ
+ ID strides IN her progress in education
{ agriculture, good highways. etc l.,
- not permit the coed old state t
take step backward in logis alto
pertaining to the enactment of prc
u vision which will secure the best ma
| possible to continue the work in tn
department. of fisheries and game.
+, q have promised the governor t
= 'seeP on the Job until the end of tn
/, month. II Is up to you TO see that tn
glorious old state does not receive
'erious setback, but to make it possib
n or the governor to offer a price while
n viii secure a high-class man with IL
necessary technical knowledge to 90 c
y With the work.
e - take this opportunity TO EXPIRE
|. my hearty appreciation Of the cooper
I ton which l have had for so man
k wears and without which / would n
< or one moment have considered I'll
e. holding of an Office which has involv.
more or less personal sacrifice. 1t
o With sincere regret that I feel oblige
81 n the interests of my family. to reh
n 1uish work in the unbuildng
&c which / have been so much interest,
y md which upbuilding would not ha,
S'E noon t4Rgcil,l,