The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-05
PROTECTING ANIMALS.
Annual Meeting of So
ciety With Long Name.
Interesting Address Of President
Stanley I. Pullen.
Directors Chosen for
Ensuing Year.
Resume OF Work Done by SO.
ciety's Agents.

The aDnsai nesting Of the Society. for
the Protection OF Animals wa held yef-
terdsy afternoon In the directors room
of the Union Mutual Life Insurance.
building. The following directors were
chosen for the ensuing year; Mrs. A.
q. Dewey, Hon. II. b. Cleavss, Mr.. Al.
fred woodmap, Mr.. VIM. n. Marks, Mrs.
@. J. Chapman, Mr.. Philip II. Brown.
Miss Fannie Chadwick. Mr.. Howard ID.
Noyss, Miss Lena Willis, Hon. K. ID.
Davies, Hon. y. E. Richards. Mrs. Har-
~ Butler, Mr.. Edward woodmsn, Mr..
W. q. Chapman. Mrs. Il. 4. Pnllsn.
Mrs Clara fash. Mrs.. Persis NJ. Mar
tin, Hon. Stanley I. Pullen, Mr.. VIM.
McAlsney. Mrs. Al. J. Eastburn. Mrs.
J. n. Barnes Mics Annie q. Bowers,
Hon. y. q. strout, DIR. Il. q. Vaughan.
Mrs. j. W. wsterhouse, Mrs. q. A.
Ring, Mr.. n. ). Clay. Miss Aloe u.
Wright, Mr.. Il. N. Perry. Bon. Angus.
tus T.. Moulton. Woodbury. s. Dana.
The directors will meet this afternoon
to oraanizs for the year.
hon. Stanley L. Pullen the president
of the society thea dslivere d his annual
address
TAE ADDRESS OF THE PREsI-
DENT.
Ladies and Gentlemen: In giving you
some account Of the work Of QUE society
during the past year. will begin with
Q summary prepared BY the agent. M.
Ferry, which includes his own work land
that Of agents In the state, reporting TO
him, from April !. 1899 to April }, 1900:
Complaints, 697
Not properly cared for 26s
Unit to work, i01
Abandoned 10
Destroyed, ll6
Beaten or whipped, u
Overdriven 10
Overloaded, ~
Called or lame. 6s
Not blanketed, sS
Ovsrchecked, "a
Prosecuted, 80
Nun bsr Of animals involved, $50
A comparison OF these statistics with
those Of previous years shows decrease
In Complaints and prosecutions, when IL
10 CON idered that the aIeA OF our work
and the number OF agents employed In
crsa year By year. This summary does
not include the large groups Of animals,
such az the sheep on the Islands, Annals
transported by rail- or shipped abroad,
or those whose competition at the aPr!-
cultural fairs we regulate-whioh would
carry ths numbers cared for To many
thousands. In the figures given are rep
resent I'd only the isolated oasas treated In
the regular process Of our detailed work
and IN response to special complaints.
The returns OF tine local agents almost
Invariably contain comments describing
an improved state OF public feeling In
- sN,a n mi nd N q.
az disposition ID sympatniZe with and as
sist the work OF the society.
The general improvement thus indicAt-
ed IL due o Ieveral causes, the first aud
most important Of which Ia the letter
diffusion of humane sentiment ON tbs
public.
The action OF our society In redressing
grievances In different parts OF the ssat3
calls the attention Of citizens TO the
rights and wrongs of animals and arouses
discussion IN neighborhoods and In local
newspapers; all of which tends to the
awakening OF better feeling regarding
dumb creatures; fer any discussion or
thought on our relations to these helpless
wards of ours must necessarily call out
all that IL hest in men, women and child
rem everywhere. Nearly all unkindnesses
and cIuslties are the result more OF
or the grstiti ration of
angry Impulse, or beartless gIeed fer
torture. The person who Is guilty from
this latter cause Is monssrosity such
as we have few examples of among
humans, and has to be dealt with rs an
exceptional and abnormal growth. A
further aid TO humane sentiment is the
distribution OF humane literature, which
we have effected to large extsnt during
ths past year through our agent and the
schools. We have also furnished to tie
local societies 10 the state large amount
Of such literature; and are satisfied that
by these means helpful reading matter II
placed so as To do substantial good.
further cause OF improvem ent IL the
development or better quality of agents
through the experience which they are
continually gaining and the advice and
help OF onr home agent Mr.. Perry, who
gives constant Assistance by letter and,
where necessary, BY his personal pres
encs. Experience Il most valuable
teacher to our representatives, developing
their Judgment how and when TO act