The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-06-28
AND THEY VOICE THEIR OPINIONS
4 Number of SeattIeS Prominent Citizens
Also Volunteer Remarks Upon the
Interesting Subject

visit physfcians. nevertheless. pa
TENTS are thereby diverted In my
own practice 1 exercise a great deal
Of discretion while not n member
of the King County Medical society.
| eeil~v. that under present eondl-
tons the fees are reasonable and
just l do not sse any lack Of con
sStency In charging different fees 10
rich and poor for the same services.
also believe that physician IL not
violating the schedule u he discounts
bills rendered 60 his patients"
pr. T, NJ. Young. homeopathic
physician: 4 10 not adhere religious
~ 10 the schesfuie. but 10 not believe
that tho fees set forth are too high.
We cannot come down 10 the ices
charged IN Eastern cfti-r- I came 10
Seattle IN 'ss. and commenced prsc-
ties under che Eastern system u
fees. While ! did taoo worth Of
business dartnx the year. I found u
necessary 10 draw on my bank ac-
count for $40 at Hs osass. I DO not
think that the iarftade given in the
fee bin II basel in any measure 90
the patients ability to m~ct fee.
hut upon the changes and cempli.
cations tina, might result A. the case
advances. calling Tor more attention
and different treatment"
opisisss 81 Druggists.
Mr.. A. H. Stewart. OF Stewart q
Holmes. expressed a doubt as TO the
existence Of a real doctors trust"
He did not think n would hold to-
grther He thought that those pa
TENTS who could afford "a were ohsrE-
ed enough to make up for bad debts
Said he. NO biark-ts~sl sessssa be
maintained for tho.. who viii not
pay. and someone must foot the bills.
1 can see no other use for two fee
rates"
Mr.. Lee. OF Lees Pharmacy. cas-
indignant over the Who'll. matter. and
declared There is no doetora'
trust That 10 a wrong statement
for q paper 10 make. n you want
to know it. I don't have much re-
speet for q paper that viii aFitate
this sort ~ thing. When any athrr
profession does as much FOR charity
as the Doctors do" said Mr. Lee.
warmly. then IL will Be time 70 raise
a howl" Mr.. Lee said that he doubt
ei whether the doctors collected one
fourth % what was que them. lie
said that charges here w~re higher
than IN Canada. where he learned bis
business. TIE whole thing II NAL
icious." he added. there ~ no trust /
Why. you might say there IL also
trust among druggists. but there IL
not. We simply make an agree
ment 10 ssii patent medicines 81 GER
tain nxed prices There is no trust
about u. though" AFR. Lee wAH
positive that II cos, more 10 live IN
Seattle than In other places.
Opinions Of Citizens.
John Lamb. one Of the school dircc-
tors. said: The prices charged by
Seattle physicians IL excessive. They
ask double the amount demanded In
Eastern states. The citizens OF Sc
attic object"
City Engineer Thompson thinks
the star Is right In attacking the
doctors trust The prices charg- Z
cd in Seattle are a great deal high |
er than those % other cities saii /
he. and the poorer classes OF peo- !
pie cannot afford 10 pay"
Police Clerk Kennedy does not like /
the idea Of a doctors. trust" and /
told a Star reporter today that some
steps should he taken to discourage
u. The only way the police can DO"
he solemnly remarked. ''iH to form a /
trust'not to get sick"
J. L. Palmer. proprietor of the |
Hotel York: It's about tims that /
medical fees I'm this city should be |
reduced. The cost Of living in Sc |
attic does not warrant the high |
charges OF doctors. / am very glad /
20 see the Star take the matter up. /
and I would like 10 see the doctors /
combine broken at once. People In !
Seattle have been over-charged too
long by the doctors"
Councilman Dil1er. of the Dilier /
hhAHAf itpfNpf Ieek are no DOUBT. I
too high here when the cost % living /
IL taken into consideration. / would /
like 10 see the fees reduced. When |
1900 and 1870 Is charged for a visit, |
u bears too heavily on people in |
moderate circumstances. don't |
know anything about the so-called |
doctors combine. II there Is one, IL
should be broken"
prominent lawyer In the city.
who did not wish his name used. said
he knew OF several cases where ex-
csssive fees were charged for visit
Ing the sick. One doctor called re-
peatediy at a neighbors Just across
the alley from his home. and charg-
ed t2.5O per visit.
Assistant Postmaster Coikett ala |
not know anything Of charges else
where. but was positive that doctors
1id not charge the same here for Wis
It's Of the same length. He remem-
bered ono visit 70 his house within /
the last month where the charge
was less than that given In the
schedule