chances, because of your own feelings. But for fifty cents, 

 in your careless way you rob your horse of proper foot 

 wear to which he is entitled for comfort and endurance, 

 and down in your own heart you really know the best is 

 the cheapest, which your horse deserves because he earns 

 for you part of your living, or you find pleasure in riding 

 behind him. I know I have said this quite often, that the 

 law should protect the horse against ignorance that is among 

 men that are shoeing them, but like other things, as long 

 as it is the truth, truth don't grow old. Repeating it does 

 not make it old, and the law says, how can you horse- 

 shoers expect to be protected as long as you don't demand, 

 you cannot obtain and, the law is right. You know, too, we 

 cannot even catch a street car if we don't try. But a few 

 individuals cannot expect to have any influence in legis- 

 lation. If horseshoers would all be organized and then 

 prepare a demand, legislation will respect and protect this, 

 important branch of industry, so it is up to the horse- 

 shoers. If horseshoers would be like a united nation the 

 result would be better conditions, better shoeing and pro- 

 tection. In speaking of the necessity of being organized, 

 what would a large army amount to if it was not organized 

 and had no leader? An organized army of much smaller 

 size would crumble it and scatter it to all four corners 

 of the globe. So be organized and be like one, and the 

 future success for the horse and the men that shoes him 

 is bright indeed. Let such organization be for purely edu- 

 cational purposes. If we will try and educate ourselves 

 first, so that we can educate others, then results for horse- 

 shoeing will be such that we needn't care. 



Speaking of education to improve horseshoeing: But 

 how shall we educate horseshoers? When we have no 

 teachers. Well, we must associate together, we must 

 learn from each other. A splendid way is as the Iowa State 

 Fair management adopted in 1914. Of course it had to be 

 Iowa to start the ball rolling, and they can be proud of it 



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