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EDITORIAL. 
been receiving, if all paid their bills ; but the yearly accumula¬ 
tion of unpaid balances of subscribers simply cramps the finan¬ 
cial management to such a degree that the publishers are un¬ 
willing to bear with it any longer. 
To those who in consequence of this change in methods are 
seemingly harshly dealt with, and who we know do not deserve 
such treatment, we can only say that this step has been taken 
as much for their benefit as for our own, and we firmly believe 
that American veterinary journalism will be greatly benefitted 
by it. 
J 
During the month of March bills will be forwarded to every 
subscriber for all back dues and for Volume XXIV (beginning 
with April, 1900); all who remit will receive the Review 
promptly each month for that volume ; those who ignore the 
notification will be stricken from the lists. We cannot afford 
to lose one, and we sincerely trust that the blue pencil will not 
, mar the name of a single subscriber. But if it does, it is an 
act of their own. 
This notice will be published in a prominent position in the 
February and March issues of the Review, so that there will 
be not one who can assert that he did not have due warning of 
the unwilling change in methods that has been forced upon 
the publishers. 
“ A GERMAN-AMERICAN VETERINARY COMMIS¬ 
SION.” 
The Berliner Thierarztliche Wochenschrift prints the follow¬ 
ing interesting editorial in its weekly issue of Dec. 21, 1899 : 
“The President of the United States, in his message to Congress, 
remarks that several German States appear to be disinclined to appreci¬ 
ate the excellent natural condition of our food-products and to recog¬ 
nize the constant care with which their purity is guarded b3^our inspec¬ 
tors all the way from the farm, through the abattoir and packing-house 
to the export station. It is to be hoped that both governments may 
work together in the realization of their objects to guard the public 
health and to secure the purity and wholesomeness of their mutual food- 
products. Congress is asked for authority to invite Germany to form 
a mutual commission of experts to thoroughly examine into the manu¬ 
facture and export of food-products of both countries. 
