American Veterinary Review. 
FEBRUARY, 1900. 
All communications for publication or in reference thereto should be addressed to Prof. 
Roscoe R. Pell, Seventh Ave. Sr Union St., Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. 
EDITORIAL. 
A BUSINEvSS TALK WITH REVIEW SUBSCRIBERS. 
Beginning with the first number of Volume XXIV (April, 
1900), the Review will inaugurate a radical change in its sys¬ 
tem of conducting its subscription department. Every sub¬ 
scriber whose paid-up subscription terminates with the close 
of the present volume, and who does not renew the same 
by remitting the amount prior to the date of mailing that 
number will fail to receive it. We are compelled to adopt this 
means on account of the imposition practiced upon the pub¬ 
lishers by a large number who are now upon the subscription 
lists, and who absolutely ignore all bills, notices and entreaties 
to pay their obligations. There are a very large number of 
names on those lists to whom the Review has # been regularly 
sent for two and three years, and even longer periods, and from 
whom no word has ever been received except an occasional 
complaint of tardiness in the receipt of the journal. We can¬ 
not permit those who regularly pay their subscription fees to 
do so for the benefit of others who are either careless or unwil¬ 
ling to discharge their just indebtedness. We regret very much 
that this inviolate and drastic rule will strike many who do not 
deserve such treatment at our hands, but they are usually men 
who understand that the enforcement of any radical reform 
must affect the just while reaching out for the unjust. 
The Review has for many years had a patronage sufficient to 
guarantee its readers a much better journal than they have 
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