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CORRESPONDENCE. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
A CUT-AND-DRIED STATE ASSOCIATION. 
To the Editor of the American Veterinary Review : 
In my letter published in the June number of the Review I 
gave the history of the course pursued by the U. S. V Journal 
in forming the present State of Missouri Veterinary Medical 
Association. As a result of their action, Dr. Slattery, M.R.C.V.S., 
of this city, wrote to the editor of the Journal withdrawing his 
card from that paper. We feel justified in laying Mr. Daniels’ 
answer to Dr. Slattery before the profession, and in commenting 
upon the same : 
“ Dear Sir —Yours of the 9th to hand. We are sorry to have 
offended you. The call for a State convention was an invitation 
to you and your friends to be present. I never claimed to know 
qualified men, and it was your place to be there and look after 
the interests of your high calling. 
“ The error was one of the head, not heart. 
“ Hoping you may reconsider your request and leave your ad. 
in, I remain, 
“Very truly, T. E. Daniels.” 
To commence: Did the U. S. V. J. think that the regulars of 
St. Louis entertained so little an idea of the respect due to their 
profession as to gather at a convention in response to a call made 
by a number of ignorant quacks ? By recognizing the validity of 
the call we would have reduced ourselves to their level, and 
therefore we held aloof. As to never knowing who the qualified 
men in St. Louis were, I beg leave to reiterate the statement in 
my first letter, that Dr. Slattery and myself expressly informed 
Mr. Smith on this point, which summarily disposes of this exten¬ 
uation. We also differ with Mr. Daniels’ authoritative state¬ 
ment that it was our place to be present and look after the 
interests of our high calling. To have the convention thrust 
upon us with such an array of signatures, after our unanimous 
expression of opinion that the time was not yet ripe for the form¬ 
ation of an association ; to have that opinion set aside as of not 
the slightest consequence in comparison with the pecuniary inter- 
