Show 9 I I I The Dog I 1 4 Madison State Journal The correspondent of ot an Eastern newspaper who seriously advocated the extermination of or the dog because he believed It a parasite that is dangerous dangerous danger danger- ous ous disgusting useless and costly started something some som- som something thing hing he wont won't finish Perhaps some of the things he 10 says sas about the dog are true and perhaps the dog log Is an e economic non essential but nevertheless the dog las as a species will survive Its Us traducers Th The bond of friendship between man and canine canines Is s of at too great antiquity and too deeply involved in sentiment to be broken by the preachments of economists economists eco eco- b by the warnings of the health officer b. b by reform legislation or by a combination of the th three There Thore Is no doubt that the dog represents economic waste that his uses are few tew and unnecessary and that hat they create unsanitary conditions condition where not properly c cared red for Great damage is also caused among livestock by dogs and rabies cause the death of adults and children And yet the public feels that he companionship of or a dog more than compensates man for these Gradually the homeless dog will be put out of the he way vay through gh the enforcement of ot dog licensing laws aws Dog taxes also have hav a tendency to curtail the ownership of ot dogs by families of insufficient means to o properly feed reed and restrain them Dogs of these two wo classes are chiefly responsible for tor the loss less of lIvestock and the movement for tor the extermination of f the dog A mans man's home is his castle and his dog the defender de- de fender lender of ot that castle whether It be lap dog or m ormas tiff iff The tyranny of law and reform may scrap the bill of ot rights but there is little danger of destroying the he of ot the home and the most loyal friendman friendman friend friendman man has in the world world his his dog |