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Show To Prevent the Unbalanced Reformer From Running Counter-Clockwise By RAY P. HOLLAND, Editor Field and Stream. VERY often in a good cause some unbalanced fanatic, due to a superabundance of enthusiasm, so vigorously brings his views before the people that they are accepted as facts by many. Most reformers are inclined to overstep. It behooves the sportsman-conserrationist sportsman-conserrationist to watch carefully that his enthusiasm does not carry him beyond reason. Unnecessary restrictions or misrepresentation due to ignorance of existing conditions will cause the pendulum to swing back and much harm mil be done to the cause of conservation, regardless of how sincere those responsible may have been. A new law for the protection of wild life should be proposed only after careful and thorough investigation. Our views or your views alone mean nothing. Except in most extreme cases, conservation should never mean prohibition. pro-hibition. The wild life of this country must be perpetuated for the good of the greatest number. The sentimentalist considers wild life sacred and believes that nothing should be killed. The fish hog and game butcher recognize only their capacity to destroy. The real sportsman is the happy medium and on his efforts sane conservation must depend. Many times in the past, organizations sincerely working for the conservation of game have diametrically opposed each other. Their programs pro-grams have been so far apart as to border on the ridiculous. To the outsider out-sider their claims and counter-claims must have appeared humorous. The President's conference on outdoor recreation wis called to promote pro-mote effective co-operation and to act as a clearing house for all movements move-ments having to do with the outdoors. This organization is composed of the many associat.-ons over the country working for the betterment of outdoor sports. Each unit in joining automatically obligated itself to, abide by the decision ot the majority when questions of policy arise. This conference should do much to leaven the loaf and to prevent the euperenthusiatic unbalanced reformer or organization from running counter-clockwise. |