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Show CRUELTY TO ANIMALS i ( JSEXPENS.VE : According to n recent state- ( ment by Dr. William R. Calli- , cotte, tho Coldrado state super- ( intendent of moral and humane ( education, the United States los- , es annually, through cruelty to , dumb beasts, $2,000,000,000. He , declares that such cruelty not onlv causes this immense eco- , nomic loss to tho country, but is i also ono of tho chief causes of , crime. , "Unless children learn to feel , for tho suffering animals, we , may bo sure that they will never ( lead helpful, upright lives when , they become older. They must ( bo sensitized to suffering, and , iho best way to arouse tho best ( in them is to appeal to them to , aid animals which cannot aid , themselves. When every child , has learned to be thoughtul of , ;these friends we will no longer need prisons and fines, for there 1 .will bo no criminals." Dr. Callicotte goes on to say that we lose, annually, $:t0,000,-000 $:t0,000,-000 from mistreatment ol cattle, the same amount for not caring for horses, 150,000,W0 from giving dairy cows u sanitary quarters and poor food, and $S0O.00O.0OO because of the destruction des-truction of birds. If proper treatment were accorded theso creatures, he claims, the cost of living would be reduced 25 per cent, and wo would also be able to prevent 50 per cent, of the diseases which ravage the country. coun-try. Our Dumb Animals. . i i - ... |