The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-25
SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 20 1893

Low of Columbia college is looked upon
as a rather respectable. and humane
gentleman in the community, is he not?
Now, do you consider it probable that
he would allow the professors under
him to infiict unnecessary cruelty upon
helpless animals? In short, the claims
of these people really are not worth
serious consideration.
Mr. E. c. Wick, the secretary of the
National Humane alliance, which asso-
citation met in Washington this week
for the purpose of prompting legisla-
ton for the restriction of vivisecuon
in the United States, gave the main
reasons which his association has for
Directing to viviSection in this country.
He said:
OF NO VALUE TO SCIENCE.
THE greatest argument 1 have
against vivisection is that it has never
produced one valuable fact for science.
1 do not know of any one bit tof good
which has been accomplished by it. L
DO not think any person has the right
to cause pain to lower animals in the
way in which vivisectionists are doing
it, and you cannot say anything too
strongly against it to satisfy me. Par
ticularly is the introduction of the
practice into the public schools of the
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known of cases where animals have
been cut and mutilated before the eyes
of children in schools, SO badly, in fact,
that some of the pupils have tainted
from the sight 1t has a brutalizing
effect upon children, as can easily be
seen by statistics, and 1 may mention
one incident which will show the influ-
ence which the sight of blood has upon
school children.
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school districts, in which some slaugh-
ter houses were located, it was noticed
that the general trend of the school
children's characters was toward blood
thirstineSS. 1t became so marked finally
that something had to be done to coun-
teract this influence. So it was decided
to introduce a system of humane edu-
cation into this school. This was begun
by series of lectures, in which the
school children were taught the bless
ings of humanity as applied to the
lower animals. They were taught how
infinitely better it is to care for the
wounded stray cat and dog than it
would be to stone them They were
even given lessons on how to care for
these animals. The effect Sof these lee
lures was surprising. Soon children be-
gan bringing in all kinds of MANNED
and sick animals which they found in
the neighborhood. Finally this practice
attained such large proportions that
the teachers were obliged to find some
means Of taking care Of these animals
outside of the school rooms. A hu-
name person was procured who agreed
to pay q small sum for each one of
these animals brought to him. The
animals, of course, were turned over to
the proper authorities, and the money
obtained was turned over to the school
for use in the physiological department.
AS a matter of fact, after a certain
time had elapsed, it was found that the
character of the school had changed
from one of bloodthirstiness to one of
kindness.
HUMAN SUBJECTS USED.
Nov it is impossible to convince me
that the sight of blood and of opera
lions carried on in the schoolroom will
not deaden the sensibilities of the chill
| dren. We are against it in this direc-
ton and also to its being carried on in
scientific institutions. l do not think
that any right should be given to sci
entific men to MAIN helpless animals.
At any rate, it should be controlled.
AS it is now carried on behind closed
doors, there is no knowing to what ex-
tent animals are made to suffer. We
have known of cases where the wind
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could make no noise when they were
experimental upon. We have known
Of cases where the animals have been
. mutilated vilely, so that the effects of
suffering might be watched We have
known of cases where a, dogs leg was
bent UP over it's back and held there
for months with plaster of paris, and
finally, we have known of a case in
which a physician went to South Amer
: a Ia of
ing the effects of certain diseases upon
healthy natives of the interior He
innoculated some of these natives with
yellow fever germs for the sole purpose
of watching the natives die of the dis
ease. This seems to me to be very
nearly murder, and if humanity is to
be benefited by murders, it is surely a
very odd way of coping with the situa-
ton.
In our own journal we have pub
lished from time to time accounts of
some atrocities which have taken place
IN institutions throughout the country.
, only short time ago we showed where
V1Vlsection was carried on in Yale col
lege, and where the doctors in that in
sttution were in the habit of buying
stray dogs for the purpose of operating
upon them. 1t seems that the supply
OF these stray animals ran short. where
barked in the trade of stealing dogs
and selling them at small sums to the
university. As a matter of fact. the
operating-room was raided, and a val
liable dog was found therein. which
had been sold to the laboratory by
someone, presumably the man who
stole it.
Yes, we are opposed to vivisection in
! all its forms, and shall do all in our
power to prevent it."
LAW SHOULD REGULATE.
President John P. Haines of the
American Society for the Prevention
! OF Cruelty to Animals, graphically
showed his position on the question of
vivisection by pointing to some VOL
umes of protest which he had built up
against the practice He has put him
self in communication with leading
| clergymen and physicians of Europe
and America, and he has reached the
conclusion therefrom that the medical
profession, at least is divided against
itself on the question of vivisection.
Therefore, he thinks this division suf-
ficient argument in favor of restricting
the practice. He is naturally opposed
to vivisection himself. He said:
There is nothing new to be said
about this thing, unless some develop
ment takes place. We can but reiterate
our arguments over and over again un-
til the government takes the matter in
hand. 1t will do that soon, for there is
now a bill before congress which will
put an end to the barbarous features
Of vivisection. This bill already has
! passed the lower house, and the senate
/ will get it presently. Then, doubtless,
we shall be able to reach all those who
! disobey the letter of the law. Mean
time there is no doubt that the ma