Show iI k f i pJ PZROW r1G4IN I h t 21 t TLestatement 1 made in tbe S nato the + t V other day by Mr Miller in reference tr 1 I i s the dcstrnctiveness of certain birds t I > I notably the ricebirds of tho South and l the English sparrow of everywhere I r lt should aid the popular movement that 1 i has keen inaugurated against these k 11 I i feathered pirates Senator Miller as tl 1 aerted tbat the ricebirds caused a loss t It r I t equal to 7 per acre of all the rice crop l I f i of the United States while the ravages a I of the fparrow w re even worse than I b those of the rice birds amounting tot to-t t many millions of dollars a year The 1 t opposition to the sparrow is not con II i fined to Salt Lake as some of our cilia cili-a t I gene seem to infer but exiends over the i I t Union some municipal corporations 3 paying bounties for the heads of the lit I I I I f i < tie thieves The allegations that the b > rds are destructive are not idle assert asser-t I y i t tiOns based upon mere supposition butt but-t I are truthful declarations made after I I s 1 careful and thorough investigation i s IT IB knowa that the sparrows are not t 1i destructive of worms and insects for I they both multiply and prosper under i i i the very bills of the little foreigner It 4 i I is also known that the sparrows are the enemies of not only the wormeating 11 birds but also of the song birds This 1 city presents the most convincing truth I of this Before the sparrow arrived the t t I town was the home of thousands of the i 1 t I 1 useful and pleasing birds while to day e you will scarcely see any other birds j t I I i than sparrows here The robin which 1 1 is the orchardists and gardners best I I L friend used to be here by the thousand I and now he is so rarely seen as to be a i I great deal of a curiosity The chippie 4 another of the industrious insectde stroying birds once made the city cheerful cheer-ful by his presence but is now found l onlyawayfrom the haunts of his pugilistic I pug-ilistic enemy the sparrow We dont I I 1 know that the fighting little Brit t I isher has driven away the I crows also but if he has he has a good deal to answer for in fighting off a true I I i friend to the farmer much as the crow I I t has been abused on account of the poplar I I E pop-lar though mistaken belief that he was 4 t E destructive of corn and other grain 0 1 The Senate having taken up the fight 1 against the sparrow and it being shown d I that the warfare is waged not as a ma I I I lltious but aa a protective measure itt it-t I it to be hopedthat the fight will be continued i i con-tinued by the people until the ugly I d 1 I 1 foreigner has been made to suffer the I j extreme penalty for his many offenses a I against the peace and prosperity of his I Adopted home |