The Union Daily Times

New York, Jan. 5.--National legislation which would provide finances to carry out the provisions of a treaty entered into with Great Britain several years ago to insure the protection of migratory birds, both insectivorous and game which travel between Canada and the United States, is sought by American sportsmen.
A bill sponsored last February by Senator Harry S. New, now postmaster general, providing for the issuance of government licenses at $1 each for the privilege of hunting migratory game birds, which was defeated in the house by a small margin after passing the senate by a large majority, is to be presented this congress by Representative Daniel Anthony of Kansas.
Approximately half of the proceeds of the licenses, under the provisions of the bill, will be used for the purchases of areas suitable for bird refuges, and the remainder expended for affording them proper care and protection.
R. P. Holland, vice-president of the American Game Protective Association, declares that conservation experts are united in the belief that unless refuges where no shooting is permitted are established along the lines of flight, the doom of the migratory bird is sealed and the American system of free shooting will become impossible.