CORRESPONDENCE. 
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when there should have been no effort left unturned to have 
published the one relative to army legislation by Prof. R. S. 
Huidekoper, covering his subject in a more thorough manner 
than ever before and just on the eve of the assembling of Con¬ 
gress, when every avenue of influence and aid was to be sum¬ 
moned to win for us a battle that we have waged for ten long 
years. This matter has had to be republished since at the ex¬ 
pense of the association and the profession, and has lost some 
in value by this haste and false economy. I renew the charge 
of the emasculation of a paper presented by a New York veteri¬ 
narian, that has since been published by the Journal as sub¬ 
mitted to the association, and its comparison will need no fur¬ 
ther comment. 
From more than a half dozen sources there has followed 
complaint and criticism of the way the discussion has been 
edited, and there should cease forever the method that has pre¬ 
vailed for several years of imposing upon those who have par¬ 
ticipated in the discussion, the correction of the stenographer’s 
notes during the sessions of the convention. This system 
forces members to protect themselves as to what is to appear 
as their views or expressions, to edit the same, and at the same 
time to attempt to keep in touch with the convention proceed¬ 
ings or to retire from the hall and go over the notes under the 
most disadvantageous circumstances and thus lose much that 
they had traveled hundreds of miles to participate in. Keep 
this up and we will find many remaining at home who are too 
valuable to lose, or they will remain silent in their seats rather 
than to injure their scientific standing before the world, to 
gratify the egotism of one, who, Czar like, declares this the 
only way to publish the scientific annals of tne profession’s 
progress. This has been true of every volume published, and 
the peanut economy gloated over by the chairman would be 
more fitting to the exactions of a cheap grocer than a scientific 
body. Very respectfully yours, 
W. Horace Hoskins. 
In one day recently more than 5000 horses were sold at pub¬ 
lic auction in the yards at Sioux City, Iowa. These horses 
were all sold by one firm, which also made a record of dispos¬ 
ing of upwards of 12,000 horses in one week. They were all 
range horses, and the prices varied from $10 to $50. Thou¬ 
sands of visitors were attracted by the spectacle of so many 
horses at one point. 
