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Show PROTECTION TOR THE BUFFALO Veil. I. IIK I'l T ON .Al l' I.AHU H I M. The limine ( ointiilllfe mi ullln jnil IniliinwHnRaln Ji.n"' Hrlirni, -llnw It IV III ll Itnne. Washington, D. C, May IS. Thu house comiuillcu on public land ha Mubmilted a- favorable report 011 a bill "for the protection of the American lilsnii ninl other animals." The bill im Inlloilui ed a eiuiple of lliolil ll 111(0 by Mr. Cetera, of Kansas, at thu miggestlon of Hon. C ,1. June, of (iaiib u City, Kan., who i Interested In a herd of buffalo In No Man's Laud, and another near Salt Iaku city. Mr. June, w ho ia widely known a ''liiillalo" , Jolioa, asked that a reservation bo act anait upon which he might be permitted to keep his herds, and the bill Introduced remained prorlslona to till effect. ' Thn report, which wa favorod by Mr. Turner, Tur-ner, of Kansn. contain the followhff In relation to the buffalo and thu propo- hllioll to protect it: , "No oilier animal useful to man has ever, In a statu of nature, been an numerous. num-erous. A single herd of 4.0OO.0U) wa u existence in 1H7I. Jn la than twenty years, by thu moat cruel and wanton destruction, this animal ha been an nearly exterminated that prob-ably prob-ably lem than' 2U0 now eit. The buffalo buf-falo wa admirably adapted to Ida aur-rounding. aur-rounding. In ihe great bll.anU which sweiit the plain In winter ho turned Ids face to the storm and endured en-dured It In patience, protected by hi shaggy coat. Where the American cattle, cat-tle, his successor, perishes with cold he endured without great discomfort the HevercMt of tlie winter storm. "It Is nearly, though almost, too late lo repair the tremendous mistake committed com-mitted in thu destruction of this king of cattle. Mr. Johet has, at great expense, ex-pense, gathered together a fragment (if a herd of b' than PS), "Should this herd be permitted to separate and be destroyed the extermination extermi-nation of the race would be final and complete. Kxpcrlcuce has demonstrated demonstra-ted that a erouHiilerabln range I re-quired re-quired for their successful propagation, and that they will only breed aujve-fully aujve-fully in herds, a single pair Is'iug almost always barren. A portion of Ihe tract of p'ulilic land known a "No Man's Land' i well adapted lo their propagation. A with the American Indian, the only way In prevent his extermination ex-termination is to cililie Jit III, o Ihe only way lo preer the remaining bulialoe i to tiomelicale them. "If the present small herd can lie sue-cefully sue-cefully tloinesticaleil it may Im pol-be pol-be to ri-fore again lo the gn at plain a few fragment of the greiit hem that once roauieil there in a wild slate. The i.a..,.l lw m ui.rll.v ..lie fintl linib-r (hi bill will Involve'lio outlay whatever lo the gowrnmeiit. "This generation ha destroyed the bullalo. If it i Miibe to do wi it is Ihe duly of the same gi 11 ration to in hoiiiii degree makti amend to posterity for the ml-lake ml-lake w hich may almost he denounced a a national crime. The bullalo when domesticated, and I lie breeding sue-cessfullv sue-cessfullv accomplished in capliuiy, may take place n one of the great j food producing animal of the world, j ' 'I he reservation of a tract of laud aiilta- j i ble for the experiment i the i'henH-t ! : and ni"it corni'iiienl form In w hich to i make the attempt at doiiM-stii ation of I thi remaining herd, and the c xwri' i nieiit i worthy of a fair trial." j The committee accordingly recom-: recom-: mends the pa-snugo of tho bill. |