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EDITORIAL. 
present endeavor is being worked upon different and better 
lines. It is sought first to augment the membership of the asso¬ 
ciation, and to secure the strength of unity and a singleness of 
purpose. In our efforts to assist this laudable undertaking of 
the members for the good of the profession of the State of Illi¬ 
nois, and incidentally of the whole world, we believe we can do 
so best by this earnest appeal to all qualified men to at once 
connect themselves with their State Association, and when the 
time comes to work with it for the attainment of the declared 
object, and if they do there can be no doubt of its accomplish¬ 
ment. When once upon the membership-roll, attend the meet¬ 
ings, and be amply compensated for the slight sacrifice of 
attendance in the benefits to be derived from the educational 
advantages she offers, in the acquaintances formed, and in the 
satisfaction experienced in having done that which every veter¬ 
inarian who feels any pride in the profession of his espousal 
should regard as an honor, a privilege, and a pleasure to do. 
We, therefore, earnestly advise every reader of the Review liv¬ 
ing within the State of Illinois to at once send his application 
for membership to Secretary Albert Babb, 320 South Eighth 
Street, Springfield, Ill. 
And Now Canada. —In the legislature at Winnipeg, on 
March nth, according to the Manitoba Free Press , when Mr. 
McNaught moved the second reading of the bill to amend the 
veterinary association act, and its reference to the committee on 
private bills, the following discussion took place: 
“ Mr. Crosby said the practice of passing such acts was becoming decidedly unpopu¬ 
lar all through the country. The people were in favor of free trade, applied not only to 
manufacturers, but also to other classes of the community. Almost the same arguments- 
were used, in favor of the protection of manufactures as for this protection. The idea 
was that such restrictions raised the standard of qualification, and were thus in the public 
interest ; yet it was a funny thing that the public never applied for any such restrictions, 
but the applicants were always members of the profession. The house ought to have 
some information what the qualification had been in the past two or three years. If it was 
necessary to raise the standard, he suggested that a new association should be formed, and 
the act made to apply to old members as well as new. He held that the protection should 
not go further than to provide that no one not qualified should be enabled to collect his 
pay by process of law. 
“ Mr. McNaught said the bill was for the protection of farmers as well as the profes¬ 
sional men. There were only two veterinary colleges in the Dominion, the one in Mon- 
