The Moloch of Fashion.
The Pall Mall Gazette under the title of * The Moloch of Fashion ’ says : It is the opinion of local authorities that nothing can save the beautiful birds of India from complete destruction but a prohibitive tax upon the export of their skins and feathers. Such is the demand for the adornment of ladies’ caps, bonnets, and even dresses in Europe, America, and elsewhere, that the time is believed to be ripe for this decisive remedy if India is not to be deprived of its feathered songsters or the crops of the ryot left to the mercy of the insects on which they feed. In the Punjab, in Bengal, and in Madras the harmless paddy bird, the oreole, the roller, and the little sun-bird, with wings flashing with metallic hues, are all being exterminated for tho -sake of their wings and tails, and birds’ feathers, closely packed, are going away from Indian ports in shiploads.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 976, 14 November 1890, Page 4
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158The Moloch of Fashion. New Zealand Mail, Issue 976, 14 November 1890, Page 4
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