J. LLOVELL JOHNS IVER ESTABLISHED NEW 99 YORK ON,PRESIDENT WALTER O. JOHNSON, TREASURER JOHNSONS ARMS & CYCLE WORKS r 1871. SSS > KI RE £ LM S AND GC YCLES. Sree OFFICE: GHAMBERS ST. IvrcHBURG,MASS., liessrs. Browning Ogden, UTAH. May 31, 1981. Brothers, FOR ATTENTION OF MR. MATT ING IF PRESENT. Gentlemen: BROWN- it is rather late considering when the bill was introduced to take this subject up with you, and perhaps you know about it already. a very drastic bill into the its object being to stop the by forbidding their Senator Shields introduced U. S. Senate on April 386th sale of pistols and revolvers transportation from state This bill bids fair to pass the Senate and pecome a law, thereby putting every pistol in the country out of business. Senator Knowing through Smoot that he is object very strongly personal contact with very public spirited, against the industries being interfered with by legislation, use your influence with him and other to suppress kill into this a great account accessories, bill, in harm dene the country I want to ask you to members of Congress which is an U. to S&S. - an industry taking it, ammunition and other amountigto by of your and does industry of the the tributaries The misuse of comparison with and tostate. the House, and manufacturer it is of millions outrageous of dollars attempt to annually. the pistol is greatly exaggerated, other articles of daily use, the much lower percentage. Of these articles we might mention automobiles, knives, etc. The benefits derived in the manufacture of pistols more than offset the harm done, which could be greatly lessened if our paid out laws for by were labor - a morbid strictly enforced. Miliions of dollars thousands for taxes, should not be wiped sentimentality. It terrible to think is that our statesmen could be led to think that it is good to kili the business of the U. §. Besides, this bill if it becomes a law, will not accomplish good but rather harm. It will take away a protecting the law abiding citizen, and will from getting a pistol who will go to obtain one, even to manufacture burglary tools. It will when this bill passes. instrument from not stop the bad man to the extreme lengths them be a joyous No embargo as they do day for the desperado on pistols has ever