The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-24
Conservation
PROTECTION OF
NATURE MAKES
GREAT ADVANCE
President Roosevelt Lauded
for Unprecedented Aid
of Conservation.
BY WILLIAM F. COLLINS
Times Special Writer

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AS briefly as possible, let us re-
view some of its most important ma
tional aspects as reported in the
American Game Association release
for the week.
Under the leadership and the in
spiration of President Roosevelt
more has been done to save for the
future outdoors men than has been
done in the last fifty years. So far
as I can discover, that which al
ready is accomplished in legislation
is based on long time planning.
First, we have the duck stamp
bill. Sportsmen have been begging
the government for ten years to be
permitted to tax themselves to |
propagate and protect wild ducks.
I heard this talked more than
eight years ago at a Chicago con-
servation convention, but it took a |
Democratic administration to put it |
over; it is now a law. Every duck
hunter buys 81 stamp at his post
office, sticks it on his hunting Ii
cenSe, has it Cancelled at the win
dow, then goes out to hunt ducks.
The estimated $1,00O,00O a year
these stamps bring in will be used
as a basis of 80 per cent for duck
refugees, 10 per cent for admins
tration. Think of all the swamps
similar to the Kankakee marsh that
will be saved for us in the next
twenty-five years. You duck hunt
ers who get thrill out of the whis-
ting wings, perk up. A new day
is dawning for you.
Authorizes Sanctuaries
Second, the Robinson wild life
refuge bill is passed and only awaits
the Presidents signature to become
law. AS he Endorsed it, we may
as well take it for granted. It's pur-
pose is to establish fish and game
sanctuaries in the national forests
on land not suitable for agricul-
ture
These breeding grounds under
national protection will provide the
start for permanent stocks of valu-
able species of wild life and will be
kept in perpetuity and the increase
therefrom spilling over the borders
in season, will be legal game for the
sportsman.
Surplus stocks from time to time
will be distributed to deficient or
barren areas, thereby increasing the
game and fish supply for the entire
nation. Glory be to all of us. Think
again what that means to the
upland bird and deer hunter, the
game fisherman and the wild life
lover.
Third, tres bien, three times good
the coordination bill becomes law.
1t makes the secretary of agriculture
and the secretary of commerce
liaison officers to bring all of the
government agencies together that
up to this moment have been
grooved into the rut of their own
departments and makes them CO.
operative in their efforts for the
best interests of all wildlife.
Cooperation Provided
Herein all federal and state
agencies work together in rearing,
stocking and increasing game, fur
and fish; in combating diseases and
in developing a nationwide pro-
gram of wild life conservation.
Oh, boy, I'm asking you, has the
millennium arrived? You will think
so when you read the last clause:
1.-The secretaries will take steps to
end the pollution of public waters"
President Roosevelt has been a
godsend to the hunter and fisher
man; in fact to every one who loves
the outdoors. More has been &C
complished through his leadership
in one year toward the restoration
of wild life than in the entire his
tory of our country. The American
Game Association continues in it's
release with the following data:
Three hundred thousand young
men working on emergency conser-
walton projects in forests and parks.
For the first time in our history, |
people learn what the word conser-
walton means.
The nations forests, both private |
and state, are brought under gov
ern ment control to protect the fu-
ture supply.
Twenty million dollars used to
buy cut over lands to round out |
national forest units in the east |
and midwest. About 100000 acres
are being bought and reforested.
Solve Sewage Problem
Money advanced to long headed |
1ifinc 10 foil |
to do away with sewage. The Short
sighted ones will have to do it with
their own money before many |
moons as the nation is sick of it |
and ready to turn on the heat.
twenty-five million dollars set |
aside for the purchase of submar-
ginal lands to remove them from |
agriculture and to use them for |
fish, game, flood control, parks and |
forests.
With all of this before me I al
most feel that 1 should put away
my typewriter in moth balls for a !
long time. What more is there to /
do? Haven't we perSpired for less
than this for years and years. Mr.. |
President, we, the 100000 sports
men of this nation, honor you.
To the last tottering footstep, to
the last dim and misty memory of
our old age, to the very last man
we will remember you. I give you
the fine Scotch toast of my Aber-
DOMAIN ancestors:
Long may your lum reek (chim
ney snoke) and may you never
need the DOCTOR