"ENDLESS CRUELTY."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 8 March 1907, Page 2

"ENDLESS CRUELTY."

To (he Editor. ftir» —-Mr Stephenson jjuts nude it iiuile plain that there will be no m-el lor my having connected in my m iul lii.s own name wiih that, of ".Farmer/ for he has avoided the question by I'ound about tactic*, In his letter, he kays:—"The form of cruelty 1 confos he.ng guilty uf is a necessary one, practised by most dairymen." if that id the ease, why is he making" such a stir, us 1 have plainly stated from tile start that the object of the. .Society is to prevent any •"unnecessary'' pa.n which nmounts to cruelty. Ik* aUo n\vs that it can be of 110 interest to anyone whether 1 associate his name with that of someone else, meaning ''Farmer.'' I travel about Taranaki quite enough eo as to be able to acquaint myself with the feeling of many people, with whom ( come in contact, on this particular point of interest. W'itii reference to the paying of 5/ subscriptions, which, by the bye, is strongly emphasised boih iu -Farmer's" ami .Mr Stephensou's letters, there are a number of people who would be debarred from joining the (Society had they to pay, and ao their sympathies must not be judged in many oases according to the ;C. s. d. part of the membership. In the same way quite a number who would like to know "Farmer's" real identity, could not afl'ord to pay for the information, if such information (•( uld be gained by paying a 5/ subscription.—l am, etc., A. P. (J.