Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-12
MUST BE- KIND.
Government Will Stop Cruel Treat
ment Of Mail Horses.
NEW MEXICO INCLUDED.

som, time alo Secretary Whitehead
of the Human, society wrote to Con.
gr,ss'lar rhErcth ON ia, subject of
cruelty 90 stock i'm the service .oi the
United states government. saws the
Denver Times. Tine SECRETARY referred
To All iavits In htS possession showing
th"i huiscs employed In carrying mails
I'm the rural districts ot Wyoming. New
Mexico and some parts of Texas. were
cruelty abused Tho evidence showed
that IN most cases the horses employ.
ed were urouChos that may hc bought
Ton mall SUM q, money and the con.
tractors cared Nttlo whether they died
or not They would drive them thirty
miles with mail ant return without
giviur them any feed II they gave out,
others wor, used ~ their stead and The
worthless ones turned out 10 Craze
until the relay played ont and In turn
these were brought uatk INTO service.
rhoy got nothing To eat but grass and
there were times Turing the year when
thcN 3ld not have "A sunci'ncv of that.
Tho aihdavits also snow that in many
cases the animals suffer with sores ON
their hacks and shoulders. They are
required To draw heavy lords with raw
sore places as large rs a mans hand
under tho collar
MIR Whitehead learned that nearly
All of the abuses occurred where the
horses Wrr' oWrod 10y the non who
nCld star route contracts. These horses
were practically in the employ If the
United states government and Mr.
WI itehpad wrote To Mr. ShafIoth sug.
costing that IN the contracts for star
routes provision he inserted which
would require the contractor to care
for his horses, Tie also wrote 20 the
second assistant postmaster general
Mr. Shafruth filed Mr. Whltrhcad's let |
ter with the postoflicC department with
a recommendation Mr.. Whitehead has
received the following letter from Soc
ond Assistant Postmaster General
Shallonhorgor To Congressman Sha. |
froth which shows that MIR. White
heads suggestion will be in due course |
adopted by the postofiCc department. |
Pustofico Department Second As |
sistart Postmaster General, Washing |
ton March II. 1902 Hon. John +. |
Shafroth. House Of Representatives. |
Sir: Some tipc age YOU filed In this |
office a letter addressed to YOU 10y T.. |
*. Whitehead. secretary q the state |
bureau of Cuill and Animal Protection |
of Denver Colo. in which he rccitcd a |
number Of cases If cruel treatment of |
the arimals used in carving the mails |
on mail routes, and suggested whether |
il would not ho practical 20 incprpor- |
ate IN tn" contracts a provision r'Cuir |
inC that the animals be vol Treated |
for their own sakcs.
| have given this sui jet s1r. con |
sidoration and whila IL is question |
as To how far The department can |
properly 20 in a matter IF tHis Kind, |
still think it vii be practicable 10 in |
"lude some provision in future adNer' |
tiscmcnts for mai! service Ia the effect |
that the horses and mules used in car |
rving the mails shall be- suitable FOR |
the purpose and properly cared for, |
and TO impose some penalty for viola |
tions of such provisions Such provis |
ion could not. of course Ice applied to |
contracts heretofore executed. but It |
would be necessary to togiu with son,
future general advertisement our
next general advertisement will bo
prepared some tim" during III" coming
summer and before IT goes 10 press
further attention will he given TO the
details Of this subject. and ! think We
shall find it possible 10 take some ac-
tiOn in the line of that suggestion. |
Very respectfully
W :. SHAILENBERGER
SECOND Assistant Postmaster General !