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here that every city or large center should have a similar organ¬ 
ization. 
Our society is composed of about ioo members, who pay an¬ 
nual dues of one dollar. It has a president, vice-president, a sec¬ 
retary, a board of five directors and one veterinarian. 
Every member is an agent and his duty is to report to the 
president all complaints of cruelty. We have agents in some¬ 
thing like 20 towns. All complaints are investigated by the vet¬ 
erinarian. 
For the last ten years an average of 80 complaints per year 
have been attended to. An average of 20 horses a year have 
been bought by the society and humanely destroyed. The fees of 
the veterinarian are paid by Kennebec county, which is in accord 
with our state laws, for it is in the hands of the County Commis¬ 
sioners to fix compensations. Our bills have always been ap¬ 
proved and many times we have received expressions of appre¬ 
ciation. 
Negligence of proper care to animals is largely caused by ig¬ 
norance and poverty. Our work has been and is through proper 
instructions; a campaign of education is followed; and while our 
main object is to prevent cruelty to animals, justice and fairness 
should not be lost sight of. The anti-cruelty cause stands for 
Mercy, Justice and Righteousness. Its only creed declars that 
all life is entitled to humane and kindly treatment. It holds that 
the great advancement of mankind through the ages has been 
measured by the increase of humanity and the decrease of cruelty, 
for it maintains that knowledge alone does not make men better; 
but that kindness and humanity added are vastly more essential. 
Owing to a temporary indisposition on account of intense 
heat, Prof. Olof Schwarzkopf will not be able to conclude his 
article on breeding problems this month, begun in the August 
Review, but will do so in a following number. The doctor in¬ 
forms us that the heat at Fort Sam Houston is ranging between 
100 and 105 degrees. 
