The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-04


graduated and secured their diplo mas.
1,Isse d1cto,s have D.rmed an a. osl,.
Il, toaLp sd OF aduatts, de arr n all
undergraduates and Is now coilg its IT.
most TO In itite our law ma. eri 10 pass
laws that VII Strengthen uhelr IT 81,
llli th-ir pos. els, Ia. e Away ,he tp or
lunities of the pJor O-y secure q D
fess en-, and rec the posi-. rem te | dl-
vidual, Who lives great dtslalSe from
the Towns whore the graduates reside 10
ride mile after mile 10 secure III -ir s,r.-
lcte, FIR II Is a fact that ovef one half
NJ ,bhe physicians OF Texas, are 1-er-
graduates. and 1t will be mass airy for
uhe graduates to live In the to tat
they may he near a rail- oai. VIII ca IL
course The pride VI every sra@La-ed
do tor
ilhe nan THAI reSid IN no rte dis
trlct, s. Tue distance ON taw1, W. III
oe f>rced TO ids slv Ne. M Is 20 sc ure
The services OF adW1tei phys clan.
The physl,dau Goes 10 see the IA II,
gives him vary ibtle attention, aud IRA $
a lee OF $40 10 SIS fran the pc r ndn,
and teen returns % town wGere OF ers
are waiting for his services The at {
Ntient gr Tvs verse and di bCfo Q / g
d p. ma doctor can be reached % he
| reaton OF TIE gre at distance an tie I'M
mense practice he has 10 att, nj.
Shou4d class legS.ation be oolstitu-
tlonal? Then why not ma e laws e.
Qulrng cur lawyers to pat'on.7e III, law
$ b Z Is three or four yeiFs b I re bel &
allowed to enter tho bar, or should yoI
N,sh to build house, force y1u to g.
cwe.ral miles and secure the sc vices OF
q graduated mechanic, ey t,l.u 80 T
| next neigfrbor can ID the sa n:e WORK a
OBJ large one-th.rd OF what The a liza ed
mechanic would have charged Tor to
| same work.
| Glass leg!slation has been curse TO
the poor man. aud II 1t is allowe| to M
crease In volume Il will be grea or
curse, eventually becoming go grsa, that
0 thing but the rich boy or man will
nave eie opportunity OF Gain ng the
know.edge OF any profession.
| Should the pro posed bill of the Texas
| Medical association be made effective hy
ur iegisla ure what would become OF the
loor boy who has saved $500 or $500 with
shich to pay his way through college
ne term, that he may then commences
| 1Tacticlngy All his hopes are gone for
10 has not the 1880 or $4,000 With whlcd
o complete his srad0asion before he
| an begin practlclng, none bat the rlcd
| an secure professional edaca ion Ais
hould you be suffering Intense ag MES
nd need relief Immeiia ,ely. sh suli you
| e forced to send ten or fifteen niles &c
eouFe a diploma doctor, wniie your mex,
leighhor can give the same relief and
would charge less than the graduate
hough he has only taken one term a.
ollegef You VIII hear tina graduated
actor expla n that medical legislation |:
lot for their good. nut tar the p'otec
lon OF humanity. great cry. but |
| iould ill thalr pockets wi the har,
armed money Of the poor class, an
reate a monopoly that would be curs'
humanity ms cad Of a protestien
The learned doctor soon cSis S 10 study
nd uses what he has learned IN the pas
lille the so-cailed unlearnsi dacter con
lnues to study hard that he cnay 10 'reas
is bundle OF knowledge and surplss IA
raiuate.
Herbsrt Spencer gives his opinion o
aeh laws In the following terse ssntenee
lie SAYS Medical monopoly Is last
al as rellg JUS man POLY. II Is - hrea
outrage on a man 10 say that he snal
lot choose his own doctor 20 cure hl
BODY as Il Is say that no shan no
,hocse his own preacher TO gave hi
soul"
4 Or. benjamin. Rush, one Of the founder
II this Republic. said OF such laws
They constitute the BassiIss OF gu
science"
Or. T. A. Bland says; This Is true
for as the Infamous prison known
the Bastle was used to crush ps.i1ca
freedom. these laws are intended 70 cfus
medical freedom, aud where they ar
operative they DO crush It.
y Nedical monopoly bills are known .