EDITORIAL. 
149 
.Reports of Veterinary Societies. —State veterinary socie- 
\ l ties are comparatively new organizations in our country, and while 
>. some of them may claim for themselves a tally of years which 
quite relieves them from the stigma of being mere juveniles, there 
are others which really and consciously feel themselves to be 
still amenable to the charge of youthfulness, and allow that feel¬ 
ing to deter them from assuming what is in reality their proper 
position before the public. Hence their needless modesty in an- 
% nouncing themselves and uniting in current published com¬ 
munications and reports. The Review has always been willing, 
and would take pleasure, to become the medium of intercourse 
between our professional brethren of every degree, and our pages 
are always open to any papers of value and interest which may 
be presented at the meetings of the various associations. In this, 
we have done nothing more than to fulfil a simple duty. As the 
principal organ of the veterinary profession on this continent, 
we have never ignored any proper request from any source. This 
having been our uniform course, it becomes a pertinent question 
to ask, whether it is not the proper thing for our American so¬ 
cieties and brethren to take advantage of the hospitality we offer; 
and whether it is right to ignore an American publication and to 
seek that of a foreign country, when there seems to be a proper 
occasion for an appearance in the press? We feel this to be an 
injustice and an error. What takes place in the United States 
must necessarily be of greater interest to Americans than to Eng¬ 
lish, French or German papers or people. We are prompted to 
these remarks by the reading of the reports of a Western society 
in one of the English journals. In crossing the Atlantic to find 
an organ that society has, of course, exercised a mere right 
which is exclusively her own, but would it not have been better 
to include the Review in the courtesy of the same transaction. 
If the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association, or any other 
on the continent, will do us the kindness to remember us in the 
future, we will endeavor to treat them with the same justice and 
propriety which characterizes our intercourse with those who 
have accustomed themselves to consider the Review as their own 
national organ. 
