The Kusko times., 1926-07-24


 MT. Norbeck MrM. President, if the Senator from Missouri desires to offer an amendment to include the jack rabbit, I am sure the Senate will be glad to consider it.
 MT. Dill. think it would be about as reasonable to have a sanctuary for jack rabbits for certain period of the year, and then cut off a certain area and say that man can get 9 license and go in and shoot them on one side of the line thus established, as it is to have bind sanctuary and to say, "On this side you can shoot birds and on the other side you can rtot.'
 The reason that ] think this bill ought not to be considered in it's pres ent form without being entirely changed, is that there has been a propaganda abroad in this country for migratory bird sanctuaries. We have all received letters and telegrams and have been called out and interviewed, and have been asked in the name of the sportsmen of the country to help enact legislation that will give us bird sanctuaries. I do not know but what I myself have written letters-l think l haye-saying 1 was not opposed to such legislation, but was in favor of it. However, when 1 come to look at this bill find that instead of being q bird sanctuary bill merely it is biil to set up a lot of game wardens in this country and make every man who wants to do any hunting obtain q Federal license, 40 per cent of the proceeds of such license to be used in the administration of the law.
 MT. Norbeck. Mr President, l want again to correct the Senator. A very small part of the hunting of this country is for migratory birds. The bill does not include cartridges or quail or prairie chicken or pheasants and other game of that nature which is covered by the State laws. Under this bill possibly one or two Federal wardens might be appointed in the States. l am sorry that it will not be possible to provide for more, so that the law may be adequately enforced.
 MT. Dill. l think the Senator would like to have all game regulated from Washington, D. c. The Senator said a while ago that those of us who are opposing this bill were in favor of free shooting without any restrictions.
 MT. Norbeck. No; the Senator as serted that he wanted sanctuaries but objected to the shooting
 MT. Dill. I said shooting in bird sanctuaries.
 MT. Norbeck. The bill does not pro- vide for shooting in sanctuaries. wish to correct the Senator in that respect. The shooting is to be on the shooting grounds.
 MT. Dill. Yes; the Government buys certain orea a certain area of ground, and it says that ground Is a bird sanctuary, but certain part of it is shooting ground.
 MT. Norbeck. The Government might buy two areas of ground and have one used as a sanctuary and the other as a shooting ground.
 MT. Dill Why buy the shooting ground ?
 Mr. Norbeck Why not?
 MT. Dill. Why should the Govern ment provide Federal shooting ground for people who live in par i ticular community?
 Mr. Tyson. MT. President, should like to ask the Senator why should the Government enact game laws at all? Why should it take any interest in game?
 MT. Din. Because it is desired to preserve the game and make it possi- ble to have shooting.
 MT. Tyson. Exactly; but is it de- sired that only men who have fortunes and can hire places where they may shoot, or is it desired that the general public may have the right to shoot2
 MT. Dill. Of course, if the Govern ment is going into the business of supplying shooting grounds in every