group on the other. The thinking elewents, who realize 
that it is light and not heat that is needed to solve this 
problem, have made the error of avoiding an open discussion 
of the issue. Accordingly, sportsmen as a whole have made 
little progress in thinking their way through the present 
muddle. Some of the Ammunition Companies have, but their 
influence on public thought has been negatived by an 
imputation of self-interest which is unfortunate, whether 
or no it Is just. Certain Sportsmen's Associations have 
also formulated a constructive, if not a finally satisfac- 
tory program, notably in New York and, I think, Minnesota. 
As a matter of fact, the solution of the monoply question, 
though complicated in its applications, is simple enough 
in its underlying principle. As the demand for shooting 
privileges increases, they necessarily acquire a commer- 
cial value. To suppose that the private landowner is 
going to continue indefinitely to give this value away to 
any hunter who happens to climb his fence in search of 
game is just as futile as to suppose that he is going to 
give away his timber or his corn. Add to the growing 
value of shooting the depredations committed by irrespon- 
sible hunters and we have the posted farm as the inevit- 
able result, and sometimes the "song-bird list" for good 
measure. The songbird list is fifty per cent a farm- 
protective measure. 
 
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