This splendid organization is one of the monuments to William Dutcher.  More than two years ago he was stricken with paralysis, and now sits in an invalid’s chair at his home in Plainfield, New Jersey.  His mind is clear and his interest in wild-life protection is keen, but he is unable to speak or to write.  While he was active, he was one of the most resourceful and fearless champions of the cause of the vanishing birds.  To him the farmers of America owe ten times more than they ever will know, and a thousand times more than they ever will repay, either to him or to his cause.

THE CAMP-FIRE CLUB OF AMERICA.—­Although founded in 1897, this organization did not, as an organization, actively enter the field of protection until 1909.  Since that time its work has covered a wide field, and enlisted the activities of many of its members.  In order to provide a permanent fund for its work, each year the club members pay special annual dues that are devoted solely to the wild-life cause.  The Committee on Game Protective Legislation and Preserves is a strong, hard-working body, and it has rendered good service in the lines of activity named in its title.

THE AMERICAN GAME PROTECTIVE AND PROPAGATION ASSOCIATION.—­This is the youngest protective organization of national scope, having been organized in 1911.  Its activities are directed by John B. Burnham, for five years Chief Game Protector of the State of New York, and a man thoroughly conversant with the business of protection.  The organization is financed chiefly by means of a large annual fund contributed by several of the largest companies engaged in manufacturing firearms and ammunition, whose directors feel that the time has come when it is both wise and necessary to take practical measures to preserve the remnant of American game.  Already the activities of this organization cover a wide range, and it has been particularly active in enlisting support for the Weeks bill for the federal protection of migratory birds.

THE WILD LIFE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION came into existence in 1910, rather suddenly, for the purpose of promoting the cause of the Bayne no-sale-of-game bill, and other measures.  It raised the fund that met the chief expenses of that campaign.  Since that time it has taken an important part in three other hotly contested campaigns in other states, two of which were successful.

At the present moment, and throughout the future, these New York organizations need large sums of money with which to meet the legitimate expenses of active campaigns for great measures.  They need some money from outside the state of New York! Too much of the burden of national campaigning has been and is being left to be borne by the people of New York City.  This policy is growing monotonous.  There is every reason why Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston should each year turn $100,000 into the hands of these well-equipped and well managed national organizations whose officers know how to get results, all over our country.