Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-14
FOR DUMB ANIMALS.
Annual Report of the American HUI
name Association.

ITS INTERESTING MEETING HELD IN TORONTO
CORDIAL ADDRESS OF WELCOME - IMPORTANT
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE sEcRETARY-yALUE
or NEWSPAPER ASSISTANCE.
The annual report of the officers of the
American Humane association for ISSS-'s9 has
just been published. Its officers are Hon.
Elbridge T. Gerry. New York, president: Mar
tin V. B. Davis, Philadelphia, treasurer; Robert
j. Wilkin, Brooklyn. secretary. The vice-presi-
dents and members of the executive committee
are persons representing almost every state in
the Union and number of Canadian cities.
The annual convention was held at Toronto,
Canada, some time ago. The meeting was
called to order by Mr.. W. r. Brock. president
of the Toronto Humane society, and Rev. Canon
Dumoulin opened the session with prayer. Al
derman FARMLAND addressed the convention
at some length on
THE WORK OF HUMANE SOCIETIES.
He said: {. may inform you that am con-
nected largely i'm the cattle trade, and during
this present year. from the beginning of April
up to Friday last, which was the last we
shipped across the Atlantic. we have handled
some thirty thousand head of live stock of one
kind and another. l have been in this export
business for fourteen years. and during the
early period of this time there was much suffer-
ing and great loss in transportation, but l am
happy to say before you all here this morning
that we have not lost per cent of this years
shipments of live stock in taking II from the
most distant part of this dominion and placing
1t on the English and Scottish markets, and
this is mainly due to experience and more hu-
name treatment.
In regard to the work of this society, or some
of its branches, have found in some parts of
this dominion, as well as in Great Britain, gen.
tlemen. not engaged for payment, but gentle
men OF position AND leisure come to see the
embarkation and debarkatiOn of animals. in
order that they can say word in season to
those who thoughtlessly and negligently ill
treat animals. believe the work is going on
and doing good. more good than some people
really understand. And it is being done by
SAYING A WORD IN SEASON.
For instance. if a man is abusing a horse or
other animal. a word said just at the time call
ing his attention to the useessness and crimi-
nalitv of his conduct. will most likely cause
him to reflect and stop. / have seen such work
accomplished. and large amount OF good has
been the result. | understand this society
goes further than the mere prevention of cru
city to dumb animals; it is looking after stray
waits in our large cities. and suppose there
are hundreds who require looking after. 1
trust Its efforts will meet with the success that
il deserves. and as | have 40 desire to take up
more of your time. | once more assure you. on
behalf of the city, that am in perfect SYM
patty with your works, and as acting mayor
bid you all welcome"
After the transaction of routine business
Hon. A. s. Hardy, VI. p. addressing the con-
7entiOn, said he took deep interest in the
humane work. He hoped that the meeting
would be a profitable one, and that the
deliberations would bring about better guild
auce of mankind generally and mold it to a
kindlier feeling toward not only dumb animals
but all of Gods creatures. In the report of
the secretary attention Is called to the lack of
funds which seriously crippled the work of the
association. In making the report the secre-
tary
MAKES MANY SUGGESTIONS.
Among them being the following: 1.-The
work of this society should be mainly of this
character. resulting in forming local societies
for promoting prosecutions and looking after
the general executive work. In conducting the
educational work we need the aid of the local
newspaper press and schools. The public
thought and heart are to day fed and nourished
by the press. The publication of short practical
articles by the press of the entire country has
been very generally gladly done when asked
In this way good work has been well begun.
1t is very necessary that it be continued.
NEWSPAPER ASSISTANCE.
For several years past it has been the prac-
tice to prepare articles, timely interesting and
TO the season and as meritorious as possible
and to send them to the country press every
where. A large aggregate of newspapers have
in this way aided the society by publishing to
their readers these articles. / recommend
most heartily a continuance of this work
There are few over $4,000 weekly newspapers
in the United States and provinces. 1t will cost
about $500 to send such a slip with circulars to
each of these papers-a considerable sum. but
tritie compared with the vast returns which
would be received. In the work of the Illinois
society this special circular work was begun bv
John q. Shortall. president. some years ago,
and has been productive of much good The
Massachusetts society has accomplished much
IN this manner in general way, distributing
at one teachers institute in Chicago 10 GOO
copies of printed matter. Past experience
teaches us that the aid of the press is more
practically valuable than miscellaneous dis
tribution.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FOUNTAINS
for man and beast is especially commended and
urged as one of our most enduring and sugges-
tive monuments. Your secretary has been in
dividually active in placing eighteen of these
at various convenient points in Chicago. some
of which have been dedicated with considera-
bic ceremony. No monument more eloquent
OF the generosity OF or practically useful to
man can be erected. The pools which Solo
mon established 5000 years ago yet testify to
his care for his people, his larger and vastly
more ostentations monuments having long
since persisted For active and efficient work
in this line ommend Grand Rapids. Mich
That municipality has established numerous
fountains, exceedingly convenient and useful
Go and do like Grand Rapids. good word
further for Grand Rapids and very suggestive
is to commend its humane society for the dis
tribution of humane literature by it at fairs, in
blacksmith shops"
Embodied in the report is list of the hui
name societies throughout the world showing
that such societies have been formed in all
parts of the world. including South America,
Mexico and the West Indies. There are also
reports showing the number of cases investi-
gated and prosecuted in the various states.