The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-22
Tax the Dog Owners.

TO TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In your article IN to-days issue headed "Hydro-
phoba and the Dog Question:" you have made the
right suggestion, which, II carried out, would enec
tually settle this dUgmatical matter. Let every
dog and pup within the limits OF the cities Of New
York and Brooklyn be taxed $25 per annum, $50 If
necessary; and II not paid within thirty days after
sucn tax is due the owner to be fined $40, and in
default OF payment OF fine and tax go to la for ten
days. Every dog and pup found IN the streets with
to be destroyed by the police. Every dog or pup
found running loose in the streets to subject the
owner to tine OF IS, and IN default OF payment
regulations be strictly enforced and very lew
persons would keep dogs, especially "curs OF low
degree" and old MAIDS and idle wives would
conclude that there are nobler objects to lavish
affections upon than dogs and the public at large
terrible scourge, hydrophobia. HUMANITY.
BROOKLYN, June IL, 1874.
The Cost OF Releasing Dogs from Pound.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
take the liberty OF inquiring Of you
First-Whether the stated redeeming fee for dogs
in the pound ls at present 81 or $3s
Second-Whether 1t has been SO, and If so,
whether any dogs have actually been redeemed at
that rate.
Thanking you beforehand, remain, very re-
NEW YORK, June 49, 1874.
rThe Dog ordinance permits the owner to rescue
nos a en nave S 10
Ed. HERALD
Views of Foreign Born Citizen on
Muzzling Dogs and Managing News
papers.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Being constant reader OF your paper l am
obliged to give way to my feelings, and thank you,
for myself and in the name Of the whole commu-
nifty, for your noble and persevering efforts to in
sure the enforcing Of the law requiring dogs to be
muzzled.
In your editorial Of the 10th inst, headed ely
drophobia and the Dog question, !" you say
Against this malady which dogs communicate to
man, and which Is fatal Il Is necessary to protect
the public, and all sentiment and philanthropy
that opposes this necessity Is mock sentiment and
ter to kill all the dogs in the town than TO have
one man die from hydrophobia, and every philan-
thropist would admit this If he were TO be the
man.
Now, when read this was only sorry not to
know the name OF the gentleman who had the
good sense to write it.; for l would have in
stantly expressed 10 him, personally or by letter,
my perfect appreciation. This leads me to point
about which l have wanted to speak to you for
some time-namely In regard to signatures Of
newspaper articles. am European and only
few years in this country, and, particularly the
first year, was much puzzled by not knowing the
writer either by his real name or by one assumed,
under which ne would continue to write, like In
the Paris Figaro, for instance. But Will not now
enter into q controversy touching this question.
leave 1t for q more convenient time, and come
back again to the more vital ard important theme
for our present days-"HydrophObia. 1t Is, in
deed, shame, nay, u seems incredible that men
can oppose the muzzling OF dogs when they them
selves ana their fellow men run the risk at any
time OF losing their lives, not in an ordinary
way-but Unexpectedly, in horrible, awful state
OF mind and Dody-dying unconscious wild like a
beast furious and uncomfortable. And to think
further, that nearly every summer some OF our
best citizens and friends meet with such sad ac-
cident, tnat takes them away from us forever, and
that every summer there the same quarrel
among those most honorable gentlemen to
whose high intelligence and wise Judgment we are
indebted for both bad and good laws In regard to
this question, indeed, there ought to be no dis
cord, Tor 1t Ii as clear as daylight, and we can only
presume that some OF those regulators of the
towns welfare took trip to foggy London and
came back to their country seeing still half the
things ioggy around them. have conversed with
many persons about this subject and they are all
of the same opinion as am, and every one OF them
that reads the HERALD rejOces that there Is al
least one paper In New York city which Is never
AFRAID to take the peoples part whenever 1t Is
necessary. Your obedent servant,
NEW YORK, June 20, 1874. CHARLES WILKE.