The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-24

to speak, while in the case or the iron and coal all the drafts are against the capital; there interest is not possible.
 These facts are forcibly illustrated | by Canada's experience. There, as in the United States. the Federal gov ernment is responsible for the con- serpation of wild life and the National parks have been maintained as sanc- tuaries for some time. The results have been beyond expectations Ami idly becoming extinct, are now com ing back and there is no doubt of their perpetuation long as the present methods are contip1ed.
 F. H. H. Williamson one of the Dominion Commission. is authotity lum bia each head of big game is worth thousand dollars. In one park alone the Rocky Mountain sheep un- der sanctuary protection have increas- ed from a very few to at least five thousand. On the basis of the above
 
 five millions. Not only this but in addition the superintendent claims that there has been an overflow of two thousand into the surrounding country. This would be another two million and when there is put with elk and other animals being cared for at the same time, it represents a combined value and a commercial re- turn from conservation which would compare favorably with other natural resources.
 Ten years ago Canada had in its parks perhaps seven hundred buffalo. This herd under the protection of conservation methods has grown until today there are not less than five thousand in 1t. For ordinary pur- poses of calculation these ami of three hundred dollars apiece. On this basis the herds would be worth over a million and a half. That this figure may be too 1os~ is suggested by the fact that in March 1he department, at fur sale in Mon tresl put up some mounted buffalo heads at auction. They brought all the way from three hundred and twenty-five dollars to one thousand and twenty-five. A number of robes were also disposed of and brought prices ranging t'o to one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
 It is also possible to sell the meat of the buffalo and it has been bring ing as much as fifty cents a pound. Even at a lower figure a buffalo car cass would bring several hundred col- lars. Nor does the possibilities of profit from the buffalo stop here. From the results of recent experi- ments iS seems reasonable to expect that buffalo wool is going to be util- ized in the manufacture of carpets and the coarSer sorts of material It is said to be of unusual strength Another source of revenue, follow Ing conservation of wild life in parks is found to be the tourists, which, at tracted by the animals, lengthen their stay to the distinct financial advan- tage of the country. There is also an overflow of animals from the parks | which makes the surrounding terri tory the best of hunting grounds and | the sportsmen, attracted to tt in lar se numbers, do not get away with out leaving sums of money which in the | aggregate make a considerable item It is obvious therefore from these results that the conservation of wild life, whether it be of animal bird or fish, is much more than a sentimental
 proposition, although it could be jus tified perhaps on that ground alone and that it should receive the thought ! ful consideration of every community
 whether the neighboring wild life be
 much or little, great or small.