Rod and gun . timely restric-tion portends for the future. The whole question of wild duck con-servation is one that should seriously en-gage the shooter of to-day as well as theshooter of to-morrow. All that is required is a far and sportsmanlike unitedaction by those broad minded huntsmen,both in the United States and in Canada,who have a single conscience for thepreservation of oiir lands great heritages,and not by those who are actuated by sel-fish motives to increase their immediatepleasures and further their pecuniary in-terests but by those who will be contentto
Rod and gun . timely restric-tion portends for the future. The whole question of wild duck con-servation is one that should seriously en-gage the shooter of to-day as well as theshooter of to-morrow. All that is required is a far and sportsmanlike unitedaction by those broad minded huntsmen,both in the United States and in Canada,who have a single conscience for thepreservation of oiir lands great heritages,and not by those who are actuated by sel-fish motives to increase their immediatepleasures and further their pecuniary in-terests but by those who will be contentto defer that pleasure to a future timethat they may enjoy with added zest andincreased enthusiasm the propagatedplenty that they have so zealously assist-ed in making possible. This concern of native wild game con-servation is and should be far removedfrom the realm of party and petty every view point does it assume theaspect of a timely political subject andmost emphatically does it take the form. The Author. of a fundamental question of equitable,wise, and prescient government. If thoseempowered to consummate our laws canin full cognizance condone and counten-ance practices that are by honourablecitizens denounced as too ignominious toexist, we must in consequence fall in uni-versal esteem and relinquish our claim tobe considered ever in the forefront ofprogressiveness and the observance ofthe principles of just and adequate admin-istration. It is not a dispute as to whether On-tarios legislators should favor the marketshooters or the thorough sportsmen ofthe province, it is a matter of much deep-er concern and more far reaching influ-ence, for it means the wanton abandon-ment or the preservation of an incalcul-able asset of considerable present propor-tion and future limitless development. Inthe near and distant time to come willthat great order of genuine sportsmen, sonecessary to the equilibrium of our socialstructure, be no more, because a band ofmercenaries h
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