The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-03-08
FAREWELL
SAID.

'NhL tDiloNlnE II tue lhieNth cur
turial OF Mrs. Helen w. Craft,
editor of the Humane Educator,
which Tor many months has been an
admirable supporter of the Hawaiian
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. Mrs. Craft writes from
Clayton, New Mexico. where she Is for
her health. and the Humane Educator
the last number of which was publish
ed yesterday, will be greatly missed by
many:
This will be the last issue of the
Humane Educator 1t is the twelfth
number. completing the year. ThouSh
the paper and the movement II repre-
sents have been well supported in some
quarters. there is not the the general
public cooperation which 1T is telt
should be given to such an enterprise.
The work that falls to the duty or a
humane society in Honolulu is no light
burden, and the writer after some ten
years efforts which it is her pleasure
to know have saved many a DUMB
brute from ill-treatment, and which, II
is hoped have also helped to spread in
our community the lessons of kindness
in dealing with animals, intends now
to lay aside the work and leave IL 10
ether hands
"a few words as to the situation In
Honolulu will not be amtss at TINS
time.
.Horolulu has no Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In
this respect it is far behind other Am
erican cities of it's size. While they
have well supported organizations Oh
large membership, which take the lead
in looking after the enforcement OF the
laws regarding the treatment of ami
mails Honolulu has left the task to Il
few willing individuals, who have spent
time, energy and money for years past,
in the effort to see that the laws oil
civilization with regard to dumb brutes
were properly enforced. special
officer has been kept at work on sal
airy, paid by the embryo society. lie
has had no money from the pupnc
treasury, and his salary has come out
of very few pockets 1t remains to
be seen whether the public of Honolulu
will bestir themselves now that those
who have carried on the work are
withdrawing, and see tnat an officer
is kept ON duty and properly support
ed.
Argument as to the need OF a socie-
ty is superfluouS We need only TO
refer to the annual report OF our So
called society for 1900. IT SHOWS no
less than $40 cases of treatment or
animals looked into by the officer en-
ployed during the year. The officer
found 2S5 horses and mules in harness
that were unfit for work and were be-
ing cruelty driven; in IA cases ne pre-
vented the overlooking of vehicles, or
oVer-driving of the helpless animals
attached to them and in 81 cases he
found it necessary to kill the animals
to put them out of misery Tor when
their owners had no sympathy.
These figures should rouse some OF
our community to action. How many
of us would stand by and see help
less brute suffer at the hands of an
inhuman owner and not lift ringer to
interfere? Instructive horror or cruelty
of all kinds is almost universal in CIV
ilized mankind, and ninety-hlne men
out of every hundred are ready 10
come forward with indignant remon-
STRANGE, or even angry interference,
when they see an unresisting animal
put to needless or excessive pain. Yet
what ia the difference between passive
ly shru"sing the shoulders and passing
by whUu a useless lash draws blood on
the faakS of a horse to urge II 10 a
task :, cannot perform-pefhapS, be-
cause the weight Of its load drags
against raw flesh on u sore shoulder
and calmly ignoring the facts because
they are not presented to actual VS.
ion? The figures are before the public:
There We're $40 cases of cruelty 10 ami
mails in Honolulu during 1900; there
will be approximately $40 cases of cru
city in 1901. We can predict this Just
as the statitstician can predict FOR any
year the number of births and deaths,
the number of murders and suicides in
the country-one year is much like an
other Shall the $40 dumb brutes that
will be tortured in Honolulu this year
have no one to make for them the pro-
test they cannot make for themselves !
"Of course there are the police to look
after the matter. But II is no reflection
upon the police of Honolulu to say that
a special officer. employed and backed
by a humane society. is needed. In no
city Is the ordinary police force to be
relied upon to do the work OF hu-
name society, fact which Is sufhcient-
ly proved by the existence of so many
such societies. The local police have
well supported the work of our special
officer. But in Honolulu, as in other
cities the ordinary policeman does not
interfere with cruelty cases, except In
rare instances. He is IA patrolman
keeping the peace and making arrests
only when he sees hagrant violations OF
law.
"There is IA field for noble work on
the lines suggested, not only In Homo
lulu, but all over the Islands, and not
merely for lovers of animals-there
which Is of vast Importance. 1t has
before been stated in these columns
that humane education lowers criminal
records This is a trulsm that needs
no repetition. 1t Is as evident as that
one crime leads To- another-that ten
denotes of disposition, like muscles,
grow harder and stronger through ex-
ercise There is "A story, told In every
nursery, that the emperor Nero, as a
boy, loved to amuse himself by killing
flies. Taking the story as an illustra-
ton, perhaps II he had been turned 10
other amusemenis, the murder-loying
side Of his nature would have develop
ed less
ITO friends and supporters, the Hu,
name Educator gives thanks. II re-
peats its thanks 10 the high sheriff ana
HE police department for their assist
anoe ana earnestly hopes they VIII
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support iu the same way,
MRS, HELEN W CRAFT"
CLAYTON, New Mexico.
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