The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-29
SHOE HORSES SHARP
ONE BRANCH OF THE WORK THE
HUMANE SOCIETY Is GOING
TO PUSH.
MRS. N. T. CAUSE EXPLAINS
sOTE OF THE SPECIAL FIELDS
BEFORE THE LOCAL SOCIETY
AND ITS NEEDS.
WILL INSPECT SOUTH ST. PAUL.
National Organizer VIII Pay Visit
to the Packing Houses and
StOeIIyards Today.

"PeopIe don't believe the instances
of cruelty to animals or the alarming
extent to which they are committed.
The average person is amazed to
learn that many horses are fed only
two meals day, and scanty meals at
that They cannot realize that bru-
tai driver or owner Will knock an eye
out of his horse or will overload or
beat the patient suffering. beast. They
don't know how brutal some of the
men employed in loading and unload
ing stock are; how they goad and
pound animals to get them out of a
car when they are too worn out to
move Those are some of the things
which the Humane society is waging
war against"
The speaker was Mrs. n. T. Cause,
national organizer of humane socie-
ties, and whose name is almost
household word in the Northwest.
Mrs Cause is stopping at the Metro
politan for a couple Of weeks, coming
here from Indiana in response to a
call from the st. Paul Humane socie-
ty, which wishes her assistance in
raising funds and prosecuting the
work in this city. She is an earnest
worker, and has spent the past eleven
years in the service, organizing and
reviving the enthusiasm of societies,
and during this time she has Travelled
through the central and Southern
states Continuing her conversation
with a G o b reporter, she said:
"St. Paul Is the capital city of the
state. and should be the home in Min
nesota, the center Of humane society
work; but alas it is not at all gener-
GUS Not one cent is contributed by
city or county. In Minneapolis the
city gives $25 a month to the cause,
and when a society was organized in
Duluth, that city gave $25 a month
and the county and board of education
like allowances We are now going
to ask ST Paul and Ramsey county
for contributions, and we hope for
generous response. Why. it should be
forthcoming if for no other reason
than the fact that humane society
is the best possible advertisement for
a city, and prOmites every good inter
est.
The receipts the past year, raised by
contributions and membership dues,
amounted to about $500 We should
have at least 81 800 a year and could
use 81 900 to good advantage. We hope
by all means to raise enough to employ
an agent or officer during the
coming winter, as this is the most
important time Of the year. He must
see that the horses are blanketed that
their stables are sufficiently warm that
they are fed and that they are not
overloaded or beaten. This city is 50
hilly that il is necessary for horses to
be sharply shod in the winter time, To
keep them from Slipping, and this also
is a part of the extremely diversified
work of the agent.
Then again the society is doing d
grand work in the schools, educating
the children-the coming men and
women--in humane work, and through
them many older persons are reached
a great many teachers in the st. Paul
schools are giving attention to this
work I wish we had more books like
BLACK Beauty and more literature
for distribution among the children.
Many societies issue publications
monthly, quarterly, or occasionally, to
keep the work fresh | would like to
see the school board make an appro-
priation to distribute literature of this
kind.
Many people do not know that aside
frGm LOOKING after dumb DruteS. the
Humane society also looks after the
children; notable of this is the crusade
against the sale of cigarettes to mi
nors. Sometimes the society finds people
who cannot be educated 10 properly
care for their animals and then the aid
of the law is invoked. l am glad to say
that the courts are now more favorably
inclined TO heed these matters than
formerly. During the past couple of
weeks four convictions were secured. 4
Agent Moak, of the st. Paul society.
has been deyoting considerable time to
supervising the care Of stock at the
South st. Paul yards. and in this he has
been promptly assisted by the officers
OF the stock yards l am going down
to the yards tomorrow on trip of In
spection.
Il hope we will secure funds enough
to maintain an Office in the city-a
Northumberland also 10 engage an
attendant. l also look forward to the
time when We will have an ambulance
to carry off manned or disabled ami
mails"
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