CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 4 March 1907, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

ENDLESS CRUELTY To life Editor.

Sir.~T!iciv are so many dlU'erent forms of cruelly that it is liard to say which i- the wo~t. Persons who persist—often in callouslv mutilated English—in addres-in- letters to the pres-expn-sin- their views on matters ol doubtful interest to the public, ceitauly deserve to be branded cruel, and "pessimistic'' ciVloTs who, in publishing such cfl'iftions, cause pain and suffering to many inoffensive people, should bo heavily lined. If this iwhat Mr Cowic wishes to convey when he says that my letter has a strong vein of cruelty right through, he. may not be far out. However, it can be of no interest- to anyone whe.her Mr Cowic. associates me'with some one else, whether he is prepared to apologise, or whether he understand., what kind, of person he is dealing with or 'not. All this is beside the question. .Mr Cowic has appealed to the public to aid him in forming a Society. This eloquent soiicital'on inu.-t have been read by thousands. How many have responded with 5s subscriptions? The form of cruelty 1 confess being guilty of is a necessary one, practised by most 'dairymen, and it is strange that a gentleman of Mr Cowie's acute discernment .should not have guessed it.—l am, etc.

W. STEPHKNSON -Mangorei, March 2.

To the Editor. Sir,—Having been in New Plymouth for tin: last three months, 1 have read with interest the letters referiug to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelly. I delight in healing botli sides of a'"'question' fairly thrashed out in a gentlemanly way, but when Hicre is a personal attack'made on a man, it is time for a neutral individual like myself to interfere.'* 1 refer to the 1111gcntlcmaiiiy letter "of "Dux." The tone is decidedly unmanly, and also, apart from Hin,'there remains nothing in it hut uonscn-e. I know that the founder of the Society here in New Plvm.m.h will not condescend to answer such a letter, which is decidedly below board, so I shall with pleasure defend the honour of one whose object is all Unit can be Jc-ired. The Society can congratulate themselves on having been already the means of bringing to the surface conspicuous members of the eowardlv element.—l am, etc. LO Villi OF JUSTICE.

To the Editor. Sir.—lt strikes mq very forcibly! that "Dux"' had more than three-! pennyworth of iish for supper when meandering home under, the stars to produce such unreasonableness against dumb animals. Before making such statements against the! beast creation, why not remember the countless actions of cruelty of man to beast. Only last week 111 lh" d'd" n-'p-rs we. l'elul of a man beat'; ' -lea'th. It is a curious fact . ' generally are afraid of the dumb race; perhaps they instinctively re.-'gnise the fact of the superio animal. Only some one "under the. influence" could have coneoc'led such a mixture of bathos ami pathos. All noble-minded people naturally hail with kceir pleasure the birth of a society such as the. Prevention of Cruelty to 'Animals, and willingly put their shoulders to the wheel, vcmeuiherinu' "Cod helps those who help -tlfeinse'lves." They alsrt »ive kudos and help io the founder instead of metaphorically throwing stone-.—) am, etc., I SKIA.

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