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THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
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rhe Far-reaching Achievements
Os the Wilson Administration.
The achievements of the Wilson administra
tion are remarkable for their variety as well us
their scope, touching every field ot national in
terest whether economic or social, domestic or
foreign, and touching them all constructively. Few
administrations have done so much to conserve a.i 1
stimulate productive resources; few have done
so much in the cause of social betterment; none
has done so much for strengthening national de
fense or in solving the vexed problems of our for*
eign affairs.
The Wilson administration began with a pro
gram of economic reforms and readjustments, de
signed not only to purge business practice of old
abuses and inequities but chiefly to set free and
energize the forces of business development
its pledges to that and end have been redeemed
in letter and spirit. The mere catalogue of what
it has done in this field is impressive.
It has enacted a tariff law under which com
mon rights no longer are sacrificed to special priv
ileges and under which the country's foreign trade
has reached unexampled proportions. In the same
connection, it has established a non-partisan tariff
commission, thus affording a dependable and scien
tific basis for the future study and settlement of
tariff problems.
It has enacted the Federal Reserve Banking
and Currency law which has banished forever the
fear of financial panics, which has freed the South
and West and every part of the country from the
bondage of Wall Street and has made the United
States the dominant money factor of the world.
It has enacted an anti-trust law, supplemented
by a Federal Trade Commission, through which
the problems of Big Business are being worked out
with equal justice and moderation.
It has prevented a disastrous strike and opened
away for the permanent solution of such problems.
It has put into effect a federal income tax
whereby wealth is made to bear its rightful share
of taxation, and a federal inheritance tax whereby
vast fortunes, like Hetty Green's, can no longer
escape their rightful tribute to the community.
It has begun the construction of a Government
railroad in Alaska for the release and development
of the natural treasure so long locked up in that
territory.
It has 'passed an act admitting foreign-built
ships to American registry. The substantial re
stilts of this legislation are witnessed by the fact
that since it became operative the tonnage of ocean
merchantmen under American registry has in
creased one hundred and twenty-six per cent; and
the tonnage of steel merchantmen being built in
American ship yards has increased three hundred
and fifty per cent. While these developments are
due partly to war conditions, they have been
greatly strengthened and encouraged by helpful
legislation.
Still more important in the upbuilding of a
merchant marine is the act empowering the Gov
ernment to assemble and organize capital for the
purchase and operation of ships for oversea trade,
and creating at the same time a Government
shipping board with duties and jiowera similar to
those of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
These and sundry other measures constitute
the service of the Wll«on administration to indus
trial and commercial interests. No less substan
tial and varied has been ita service to agricultural
interests. Indeed, no other administration in the
Government's history has done so much to pro
mote and enrich the country's rural life.
Witness the Farm Ixian act which Herbert
Myrick calls “the Magna Charta of American farm
finance” and which another eminent authority de
scribes as “the greatest piece of constructive leg
islation in the last half century.”
Witness the Smitb-Lever Agricultural Exten
sion act by which every rural county in the United
States is being provided with skilled farm demon
strators and by which the stores of agricultural
' knowledge, gathered through years ( of research
and discovery, are being carried directly to the
men behind the plow and to tbe wives and
daughters of the farm household.
Besides these far-reaching measures, the Wil
son administration has produced a cotton futures
set which places the sale of cotton on a firmer
basis and puts an end to unfair practices that have
cost cotton growers incalculable sums of money.
It haa produced a grain-standards act estab
lishing uniformity in the grading of grains, and
also a warehouse act that will develop better stor
age facilities for staple crops and thereby enable
farmers to secure warehouse receipts which will
be easily and broadly negotiable.
?t has given the country a federal good roads
act. the first ever passed, under which a fund of
seventy-five million dollars will be expended for
the development of a national system of excellent
highways.
Had the Wilson administration confined its
efforts to these two fields of service—business and
agricultural—its record still would be memorable.
Bnt Its achievements have gone beyond the domain
of things economic into the rarer sphere of things
ocial and human. This record is interestingly
summed up by the Springfield (Massachusetts)
Republican, a representative New England news
paper and one of the leading independent journals
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1916.
in America:
“The federal act prohibiting child labor,
the first one in American history.
"The workmen s compensation act to pro
vide uniform • compensation for government
employes when disabled and adequate benefits
for their families in case of death.
“The establishment of a federal employ
ment bureau. In its first year no less than
25.645 employers filed application for 107,-
331 workers, and in the same period 184,032
persons applied for work, of whom 84,963
were referred to employment and 75,156 were
actually employed.
•‘The seamen’s act, which abolishes so
called involuntary servitude, provides better
treatment of seamen and improves the life
saving provisions on vessels at sea.
• "The eight-hour provision approved for
employes under the Alaska coal land act.
“Bureau of mines act extended and
strengthened. Ten new experiment stations
and seven new safety stations provided.
"Vocational education provided for soldiers
in the United States army.
“The prohibition of intoxicating liquors
for officers as well as enlisted men on the
warships of the United States navy. Os this
Admiral Dewey says: ‘A good thing. Every
roalroad, every great corporation has long had
an iron-clad rule forbidding men to drink
while on duty. Isn’t a ship as important as a
locomotive? Practically every European
power has copied this order.’
“The Adamson act providing for a basic
eight-hour day for railroad trainmen, conduc
tors, firemen and engineers.”
Either the economic program or the social bet
terment program which the Wilson administration
has carried out would be epochal; but in addition
to them, it has put through the most far-reaching
program of national defense in American history.
The navy has been increased by one hundred and
twenty-one authorized warships. The regular army
has been virtually doubled, and through the fed
eralization of the National Guard a formidable
second line of defense has been provided. The
total amount appropriated by the Wilson admin
istration for the construction of new ships is $655,-
289,806. The total for this purpose during Roose
velt's fqur years was $83,192,938, and during
Taft’s four years Thus in a little
more than three years the Democrats authorized
more than three times as much for the upbuilding
of the navy than the Republicans authorized in
eight years.
The Wilson administration has had to cope
with the most difficult and dangerous problems
that ever confronted American diplomacy. Time
and again during the past two years the country
has been threatened with war, but its peace has
been preserved with honor and its rights have been
steadfastly upheld. The greatest military Power
in the world has been constrained to abandon sub
marine ruthlessness and to square its conduct in
this respect with international law and humane
principles. Because it has not blustered, the ad
ministration is censured by the jingoes; and be
cause it has not cringed, it is censured by the
Hyphens. But because it has kept the country at
peace in the midst of a world conflict and has done
so without sacrifice of principle or honor, it is ap
proved by the rank and file of the people.
The Mexican problem has been handled with a
view to the highest duties as w'ell as the broadest
interests of the United States. In refusing to
recognize the assassin Huerta, Mr. Wilson strength
ened the cause of constitutional government
throughout Latin America, and in refusing, despite
the clamor of selfish interests, to make war on a
bankrupt and broken neighbor he lifted the United
States to a higher plane of national morality. Re
lations between the United States and Latin
America were never so cordial as now—a fact due
very largely to the President’s Mexican policy. Mr.
Hughes bitterly attacks that policy but. interest
ingly enough, ha does not say what he himself
would have done ?n the face of the same re
sponsibilities.
The Wilson administration has to its credit
other useful measures ano policies of diplomatic
importance, notably the Nicauraguan treaty giving
the United States a new naval base in the Pacific
and safeguarding its interests in the isthmian
canal; the Danish West Indies treaty which, when
formally ratified by Denmark, will transfer to
American ownership islands of great strategic
value; the establishment of a protectorate over
Hayti; the maintenance of friendly relations with
Japan despite the California anti-Japanese agita
tion; and new peace treaties with twenty or more
foreign countries.
Judged by its record in domestic affairs, the
Wilson administration has done more in the way
of business legislation, more for agriculture, more
for social betterment, more for national defense
than any of its predecessors in the last half cen
tury; and judged by its record in foreign affairs,
it has established policies and achieved fcsults that
will bulk large in all future stages of American
history.
Grade Crossings.
Commenting on certain figures which The
Journal recently published to show the peril
of walking on railroad tracks, a correspondent aptly
remarks that one of the prime causes of the thou
sands of deaths and injuries thus incurred is the
great number of grade crossings.
“Why continue grade crossings?” he asks.
“As I have been informed, the laws in the old
countries, England and others, do not permit
such crossings. The railroads should exert
every energy to do away with grade crossings.
It would save them thousands and thousands
of dollars. They should join in with the
counties through which they run and re-route
the public highways, so that the latter will
parallel the railroad all the way instead of
crossing every mile or so. Coweta county has
lately undertaken to do this. Between Pal
metto and Newnan they have eliminated many
grade crossings and also between Newnan
and LaGrange. Other counties should take up
this work. It shortens distances and saves
lives. So, why not a law to abolish grade
crossings?”
As we understand it. the railroads seize every
opportunity to reduce their number of grade cross
ings, and progessive counties always take account
of this problem in reconstructing their highways.
But the expense involved Is oftentimes tremendous.
As our correspondent, Mr. M. B. Forbett, points out
the roads and the counties can well afford to co- -
operate in effecting such improvements. ,In the
meantime, however, it behooves pedestrians and
drivers to avoid as far ae possible the danger of
railroad tracks.
The Results of the Primary.
Mr. Hugh M. Dorsey has won the Democratic
nomination for Governor of Georgia by a decisive
majority. The Journal cheerfully accepts the
result, and, as a Democratic paper, pledges its
support not only to Mr. Dorsey’s election, but also
to his administration in so far as it is conducted
for the best interests of the State.
In The Journal’s opposition to Mr. Dorsey and
other candidates, there was no tinge of personal
cr factional feeling. We had no objection what
ever against him or any aspirants in the primary
as far as they individually were concerned. We
die object to what we considered the anti-Demo
cratic and sinister influences that stood behind
some of the candidacies. We believed it unfair
and dangerous that avowed enemies of the party
should be countenanced and • encouraged in ao
important a matter as choosing the party’s leaders.
We believed —as we still do —that a Democratic
primary ought to be Democratic in method and in
spirit no less than in name. We protested against
the scheme of a political outcast to dominate the
affairs of a party to which he has repeatedly
proved a traitor and against the national leaders
of which he is directing his dastardly attacks.
We felt also that the welfare of the Western
and Atlantic railroad, the State's most valuable
possession, was Endangered by what appeared to
be the plan of special interests to get control of
the Governorship, the Comptroller Generalship
and a Railroad Commissionership. If there were
concerted efforts to that end, they have been
thwarted, for the office of Comptroller General and
the contested places on the Railroad Commission
will remain in the hands of their trusted incum
bents.
It was solely on mattters of principle, however,
and in no wise on personalities, that The Journal
spoke its mind in the recent primary. We respected
the character and ability of all the candidates, and
we shall support all the nominees in their endeav
ors to serve Georgia well.
Mr. Dorsey having received a majority of the
popular vote, his nomination is free from any con
vention doubt or hazard. Had he received only a
plurality of the popular vote in a majority of the
counties, he still would have been assured of the
nomination under the rule adopted by the State
Democratic Executive Committee. As matters
have turned out in this primary, there can be no
question of what the ißajority has willed or of the
due accomplishment of jthat will.
But suppose none of the candidates had re
ceived a majority of the popular vote. It would
then have been possible, under the county unit
rule, for a minority candidate to secure the nomi
nation. Indeed, under this rule, a minority candi
date inevitably would have secured the nomina
tion if none of the candidates had received a clear
majority of all the votes cast. Therein lies the
unjust and undemocratic element of the so-called
county unit rule. It makes it possible for one vote
to outweigh ten. It strikes at the all-important
principle of popular government that every citi
zen’s ballot should count alike.
The fair and democratic way of dealing with
this problem was exemplified in the recent “run
off” primary in South Carolina. In the first pri
mary there were five candidates, none of whom
received a majority of the popular vote. Former
Governor Blease led the field with a plurality of
some twenty thousand votes over his nearest rival,
but he lacked eight thousand votes of having a
clear majority. Obviously, it was not the will of
South Carolina Democrats that Cole L. Blease
should be their nominee for Governor; and, for
tunately, they had a party rule which protected
their rights. In accordance with that rule, the
two candidates having the highest number of votes
were required to run in a second primary. By
that means the citizens who had voted against
Blease and who constituted a majority of all the
voters had a chance to make their will effective.
The result was that Blease was defeated by Gov
ernor Manning.
Under this simple and equitable plan there
can be no convention juggling, no discrimination
against any community of voters, no denial of any
citizen’s full suffrage right. In Georgia, on the
contrary, the county unit rule invites juggling and
discrimination. It abridges the right of the indi
vidual voter and makes it possible for a minority
to override the majority's will.
The time has come for Georgia Democrats to
break away from the folly and injustice of the
county unit rule. The time has come for them to
repudiate once and for all the malicious interfer
ence and influence of political adventurers who are
loyal to no party and no principle, and who are a
menace to the State. We say this without preju
dice toward any nominee of the recent primary,
for the result of that primary is unmistakable and
is binding upon all true Democrats. This is no
hour for factional differences. It is the hour for
united and generous effort to promote the national
interests of Democracy and to upbuild the Com
monwealth. For these very reasons, however, we
should take thought of the methods and principles
best suited to Democratic stability; wherefore it
behooves us to shake off the tyranny of the county
unit rule and the obloquy of political cutthroats.
Judge Price Gilbert.
Governor Harris made an admirable selection
in appointing Judge Price Gilbert to the Supreme
Court vacancy caused by the death of Justice
Joseph Henry Lumpkin.
In the ten years during which he has presided
over the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee cir
cuit, Judge Gilbert has proved himself an able jurist
and an earnest upholder of the law. Prior to that
he earned distinction as Solicitor General and
also as a Representative of Muscogee county in
the Legislature.
To his new duties he brings a wealth of legal
scholarship, a rich fund of practical experience,
a mind of rare breadth and cultivation, and a
character worthy of the best traditions of Georgia's
Supreme Court.
Quips and Quiddities
A certain distinguished professor of medicine asked
one of his students tn class one day how much of a
certain medicine should be administered to the suf
ferer.
••A tablespoonful," answered the young man.
In about a minute, however, he raised his hand and
said, "Professor, I would like to change my answer to
that question.”
The doctor took out his watch. “My young friend,"
he remarked, "your patient has been dead forty
seconds."
“How's the grub here?" a new boarder asked
genially, rubbing his hands, at the dinner table of a
seaside boarding house.
"Well, friend, w.e have chicken every morning," an
old boarder grunted.
“Chicken every morning"’ The new boarder posi
tively beamed. “Chickerl every morning! And how is
it served?”
“In the shell,” grunted th® old boarder.
VERY human life should be like a river.
EThe river begins as a tiny brook, creeping its
way through the long grass, or through the
dark, obscure forest, to an unknown goal.
As it flows it gains tn strength and speed. It
comes into more open country, rejoices in the sun
light, darts merrily down a small incline, sings
over the pebbly gravel.
A little later, still growing, it becomes robust
and strenuous. It dashes recklessly and triumph
antly against obstacles. It throws itself headlong
from rocky steeps. It brushes aside everything
that would hem in and restrain it.
Then, broadening, it quiets down. It allows
its strength to be turned to useful purposes. It
no longer flings in and out, impatient at the least
delay.
Nearing its goal, it grows ever more placid. The
speed with which it coursed when it was a moun
tain stream is its no longer. But it still flows.
This, I say, is a picture of every human life
as it should be. Alas, there are many human lives
it does not at all resemble.
The brooks of these lives do not gain in strength
and power. They do not run a profitable course.
They do not excite admiration as they flow, ever
flow, to their merging with the green sea.
No. Somehow they get lost en route. They run
into miasmatic places. They lose their ability to
progress. They meet an untimely, inglorious end
in some noisome swamp, where they stagnate.
Brother, how is it with your own life? Are
you flowing onward, or are you stagnating?
The brooks have no choice. Forces external to
them determine whether they shall grow into
splendid rivers or perish in stagnant ponds.
It is different with you.
External powers, to be sure, do have a part in
the shaping of your destiny. But it is not an all
decisive part.
The arbiter of your fate is always you. So
THE monarch swung down the avenue, riding
his high-stepping horse, between the crowd
ed row’s of cheering people, with drums,
flags, and loud fanfare; and suddenly it came to
him how many times aforetime kings had ridden
thus, and now they were still, soft dust; and he
grew sick at the thought and went home to his bed
and turned his face to the wall and died.
The poet wove verses to his maiden, turning
his desire into all manner of curious, jeweled
metaphor; and he opened a book at his elbow and
read the Greek anthology of a thousand years, and
saw that all his delicate fancies had been done be
fore by Meleager and Sappho Melanippides. Si
monides, Alcaeus and Pamphilius; and he remem
bered also that the same nothings had been writ
ten by the bards of old Italy, Germany, France, and
England, and by singers and lovers in Arabia, Per
sia. China, and where not? So he ceased from
writing, and ate and drank until he was sleepy.
The beauty smiled at her freshness in the mir
ror, and was proud of her round breasts and long
hair and all her goodly charms; but the thought
of Cleopatra came to her, and of Blanchefleur and
Helen, and of the many, many enchantresses of
men who once enkindled ardor and now were gone
back to earth and air, silent and impotent forever;
and her heart sank, and she covered her body with
coarse clothes and betook herself to a nunnerj,
there to end her days.
The epicure ate rare viands and drank the
choicest of wines at the feast, and knew how to
draw out the lingering taste of things, and to ap
preciate the nicest shades of flavor and aroma, until
there came to his mind the vision of the millions
upon millions of men and animals, feeding, biting,
Sept. 15. —There is a man in the
WAdirondacks who owns a. farm consisting of
700 acres of wild mountain land. The soil is
shallow and rocky and the land is covered with brush
and timber. It probably would not sell for more than
$5 an acre. It is impossible to raise crops upon It, and
it would support only a few head of cattle or sheep.
Yet this man is making a living oft his land. He
expects to make a great deal more in the next few
years, and that without introducing any improvements.
This man is raising venison for the market. His
stock consists of 150 ordinary Virginia, or white tail
deer. He has a standing order from a hotel for two
deer a week, and he sells the meat for 27 cents a
pound, while the horn and hide are worth something
more. Although this land would not support any other
kind of live stock In numbers except, possibly, goats.
tlMs farmer estimates that he can increase his deer
herd to the number of 500 without causing any scarcity
of food; for deer eat twigs, leaves and weeds as well
as grass. Their only rival in the matter of omnivorous
appetite is the goat, and he is not worth a tenth as
much.
In the opinion of scientists in the United States
biological survey, and of the men who have already
gone into deer farming, the native Virginia deer is to
be one of the most important domestic animals of the
future, and big money is to be made in raising venison
for the market because of the low value of the land
upon which it may be produced. Persons who advocate
the raising of the Angora goat in this country estimate
that there are 250,000,000 acres of land in the United
States which would support goats, and are fit for
practically nothing else. large part of this Immense
tract would also support deer. The Adirondacks, the
whole Alleghany chain from Pennsylvania to Georgia,
the Ozarks, the coastal wilderness of the Carolinas and
the pine barrens of Florida are all potential deej range,
capable of producing many .pounds of venison to the
square mile, which are now yielding practically noth
ing in the way of food. In the mountain regions men
tioned a few scrub cattle and razor-back hogs, both of
which have to be fed in winter, are the only live stock
the land supports, while most of it is wholly unfit for
farming.
Learned economists have often wrangled as to
whether man should add to the number of animals that
he has domesticated, some of them claiming that he
has already as many as he needs, wihle others say that
he should extend his sovereignty over animate nature
as rapidly as possible because the exhaustion of the
supply of petroleum is going to n.axe animal power
and animal' products Immensely more valuable In the
future.
Whichever side may be right, the value to the
United States of domesticating the native American
deer and making our great tracts of wilderness produce
a meat supply is obvious. It will be one more method
of pulling down the soaring beefsteak. Perhaps equally
important, it will provide th® means of restocking wild
lands with wild deer, thus saving to future generations
the sport of deer hunting, which is one of the manliest
In the world, and has trained American riflemen since
colonial days
In addition to the meat and sport which the propa
gation of deer will provide, the hide, commonly known
as buckskin, is a fine,’durable leather, which has many
uses In some European countries a pair of deerskin
breeches are handed down from father to son for sev
eral generations, while the toughness of the buckskin
clothing of our pioneer forefathers is a matter of
record. Shoes have doubled In price during a compar
atively few years. A large supply of a new kind of
leather would have a good effect on the market.
Furthermore, deer improve forest land by eating
out the weeds and low brush, while they seldom, if
ever, kill the trees, eating only the leaves and smallest
twigs. Although, for the best results, an effort should
be made to tame them, they may be turned loose In a
large enclosure where there is suitable pasture and
running water, and allowed to shift for themselves.
Thus deer farming seems to be g proposition almost
too good to be true. Its possibilities are exceeded only
by those of the well-known Texas cat and rat farm,
where*the rats are fed to the cats, and the bodies of the
cats were fed to the rat®, leaving the catskins clear,
profit.
But there is a joker in the deer farming business.
DON’T STAGNATE
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
THE SPELL OF THE PAST
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
RAISING VENISON
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN
•
long as a vestige of willpower remains with you, •
it is possible for you to prevent yourself from stag
nating—nay. to escape from stagnation if you have
fallen into it.
It is essential, of course, for you to recognize
when you are stagnating. And this ie something
that many men fail so do.
It is not merely the wicked man, the dissipated
man or the idler who falls a victim to stagnation.
There are good men and industrious men who stag
nate without knowing it.
To state the truth in a few words, every man
stagnates who ceases to make any real effort to
grow in knowledge, skill and productivity that
shall be of benefit to himself and to the world.
This is true of all vocations in life. Whatever
a man’s business, constant self-improvement is pos
sible to him. And if he stops striving for self-im
provement he stagnates.
Many men show that they are stagnating
their failure to make headway in the vocation they
have chosen. They allow themselves to be satis
fied with what they have attained. They deceive
themselves into thinking that they have done well
enough, and certainly have gone as far as they can.
This is a mistake. They can always go fur
ther, if only they will try. And they must try if
they would life as God meant them to live.
The same w’lth men who have climbed to the
very pinnacle of business success. They, too.
stagnate if they do not continue striving for self
improvement. ,
What, then, is the test? How is a man to know
whether he is stagnating or not?
By self-examination, candid and thoughtful.
You can tell, I can tell, any man can tell if he
will be honest with himself.
And honest self-examination on this point ought
to be frequent. For it is easy, so easy, to slip »'
into habits, to acquire points of view, that mean
stagnation.
(Copyright, 1916, by the Associated Newspapers.)
chewing, gulping, since the world began; and re
pletion irked him above hunger.
The lover sighed and held her palm and looked
wordless rapture into her eyes and spoke wild
things to her heart, until he recalled the innumer
able lovers who had, since life appeared on the
planet, done likewise, not to mention mating birds
and beasts; and all the unending epithalamium of
passion seemed to rise from the past, and the
thought of it was like the sickly sweet of chloro
form to him, and he turned away in digust and
left the maid wondering.
The drunkard stopped his cups when he remem
bered how infinitely often this experiment in for
getfulness had been tried; the artist’s hand fell
limp, for the cloud of ghosts of them that had f
lived’ and strived in art rose before him like an ex
halation; the saint paused in his prayers, remem
bering the petitions, thick as the rain or the sea
sands, that in the long years had assailed heaven.
All were choked by the past, asphyxiated by the
gases of corrupting yesterdays, strangled by ghost
hands of gone years; and they cried:
We stagger under the enormous weight
Os all the heavy ages piled on us.
And they rebelled at history, and complained
against the weight of experience, and longed for
the youth of the world, when all was fresh, untried
and full of wonder; and they cried again;
O antique fables! beautiful and bright,
And joyous with the joyous youth of yore;
O antique fables! for a lltle light
Os that which shineth in you evermore!
To cleanse the dimness from our weary eyes.
And bathe our old world in a new surprise (
Os golden dawn entrancing sea and shore. ’
(Copyright, 1916, by Frank Crane.)
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In many of the states the laws provide that game may
not be shipped or sold, and no exception is made in the
case of game wnich has been domesticated. New York
state is an exception to this rule. There game which
has been raised in enclosures may be killed and sold by
the owner, but he must accompany each shipment with
a certificate showing where and how the game waa
produced. Some other states make concessions in favor
of the game propagator. Arkansas has a law much i
like that of New York; in Colorado the owner may sell
his deer, but must pay a fee for each sale; in Illinois
deer raised in captivity may be bought and sold just
like cattle; in Indiana the owner of a deer park ie
exempt from game laws, and much the same is true of
Massachusetts; Minnesota requires a nominal' fee for
each animal kept, and a permit must be taken out for
each sale, and Missouri allows sale by certificate like
New York. In moat of the other states deer farming
for profit would now be impossible because of the legal
restrictions. The growing importance of game farming
is being generally recognized, however, and the need
for exempting the propagator from the operation of
game laws should be brought to the attention of all
state legislatures.
The Virginia deer, although the best species for pro
pagation throughout the United States, and the easiest
one of which to obtain stock, is by no means the only
member of the deer family which may be profitably
raised. There are a number of European varieties*
which have been raised in deer parks for centuries and
which thrive in this country, while one of the fines}
stags in the world Is the American elk. or wapiti. This
animal weighs as much as a thousand pounds, and has
meat of a fine quality. It thrives and breeds over a
great part of the United States, and even, in the small
paddocks of the zoological gardens in multiplies so fast
that the herds have to be reduced by sales. This ■
animal might be raised almost anywhere in the eastern
mountain regions. Unless a very large tract is avail
able, the smaller deer would probably prove more suit
able, for the elk is very destructive of forage, breaking
down limbs and small trees. Where there is a large
range, however, this great western stag would be an
excellent animal for propagation. Stock- may be pur
chased at from >SO to >IOO a head. Elk are not good
jumpers and do not require as high a fence as deer,
five feet of woven wire being enough to keep them in
an enclosure. During the rutting season the bulls are
dangerous and combative. Some western ranchmen
assert that a few elk in a sheep or cattle pasture are
a sure protection against,dogs, wolves and coyotes.
That deer farming is a business of great possibili
ties there can be no doubt; but no one should go into
it without the fullest information. First obtain the
opinion of some naturalist as to the suitability of your t
range, and then see what your state laws are. If both
are favorable, you may be reasonably sure of success.
A Spy’s Camera
A novel camera which has been in use in Germany
for some months has been found upon a recently cap
tured spy. In consists of a disc worn under the spy’s
clothing about six inches in size. It is a small camera
of a new type and contains a universally focused film
which resembles a button projecting from a man’s vest.
The shutter of the film is operated by a string, which
is extended so that it can be operated from a con
venient pocket. Each plate is placed at an angle of
sixty degrees, so that six pictures can be taken without j
refilling the camera. The size of the pictures is about-4
one and a half inches, but most of them are clear and I
capable of enlargement. I
