. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. , of course, atthe Capitol in the City of Washington, but eversince he founded the thirteen original colonies,and put them in shining stars in his flag, he hasspent a good deal of time in the different statesof our Union. He likes the states because theyare so different, and so widespread. Some arelarge, and some small, some are on the sea, andsome inland, some are full of great cities, andsome are made up of stretches of farm land. There is one way, though, in which all thestates are alike. Each one has dumb beasts init. Uncle Sam loves
. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. , of course, atthe Capitol in the City of Washington, but eversince he founded the thirteen original colonies,and put them in shining stars in his flag, he hasspent a good deal of time in the different statesof our Union. He likes the states because theyare so different, and so widespread. Some arelarge, and some small, some are on the sea, andsome inland, some are full of great cities, andsome are made up of stretches of farm land. There is one way, though, in which all thestates are alike. Each one has dumb beasts init. Uncle Sam loves animals, and he wants themto be treated mercifully. Some states have more domestic animals andsome more wild ones. In some states horses haveto do more work than in others where automobilesare used. Uncle Sam doesnt think that he oughtto make laws at Washington about the treatmentof domestic animals, but he has many state lawsabout them. These state laws are so similar andso fine that all horses and dogs and other beasts 63 64 WHAT TO DO FOR UNCLE SAM. Courtesy, Am. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsAGENT ARRESTING A MAN FOR BEATING HIS HORSE at large ought to be very comfortable. Thetrouble is that every one is not familiar withthese laws. It will be splendid for boys andgirls to find out what their state believes is kindtreatment for its animals. It will save the agentwho prevents cruelty to animals a great deal oftrouble. He has to spend much time watchingthe streets to see that the laws are kept. There is the faithful horse, first, who bringsyour milk in the morning, gives you a hay ridein the summer, and a Christmas express isnt able to tell his master no matter howtired, or hungry, or thirsty he is. The law says to the driver: BEING KIND TO HIS ANIMALS 65 Dont overload, or overdrive your horse, orbeat him. He must have as much food and drinkas he needs, and a comfortable stall you have to send him away with other horsesand cattle to anot
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