The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-04-11
To the Legislators
State of Washington

~ EDWIN J. sRowN
Laws regulating the practice u
iHw, medicine and dentistry should
not and cannot lawfully be enacted
| Tor TIE purpose Of protecting assoc
Citations 81 lawyers. doctors or den-
/ tlHtsl such laws must be enacted Tor
the protection Of the puzzle against
| Incompetent immoral and ur skfiifuI
persons. BY demanding that those
, wsg engage u ~ practice q Jaw.
mis"iNlile ~ asntistry shan possess
We qu8lificalions " knowtedge.
skill and good morals and the Nv
must prescribe the qualifications be.
cause this IL legislative powef dnd
s,ssn.noi - delegated ~ grbitrary In
scrlhed must be reasonable apgro-
PIRATE and ohtainahle by reax8nabie
| effort says the supreme court Of
the United staigs.
nor ~ WARRINGTON
The dental law in this state is not
founded on public necessity, but
1 upon the dental society and dental
| boards convenience aud delegates
I - thts combine arbitrary powers un-
Ger which The human race has sur
fered oppression since the private
I ownership Uf publicly used property
vested ln individuals hy the use or
oppf eNsion ana force Of government.
fsHAul AIfs NOW TAnOOEU
Or O. W iiamshaw. 81 MaryavilIe.
: ~ graduate - the best post grad
uate dental school 90 the World lie
hiss iiia diploma and twenty six
4 because the state legislature has
I failed 70 define what constitutes 4
college Ca good standing. but has
1 left e % the dental board combine.
thei VIII not examine hamshaw be-
cause his diploma does not suit
them. and why should anyone'H a.
pioma suit this combine since thav
{ lthe hiuNsf exercise the power 70
decide SHAT constitutes q college IN
WORSE AM MonE OF 1T
MN diploma suits them but now
the dental board says Yes Brown.
your Diploma 81 ail right. and you
have an She qualifications which the
thiH state does not prescribe what
Na shall examine you in 10 wa will
examine you in what We call ETH
lCh. and how you conduct your
your work. swE viii stzF YoU
W. and n you don't agree 10 our
snfietys rules. and " YOU advertise
in newspapers tand pay FOR Ia in
legitimate way. instead ~ getting
= free wfita-up about being prasl-
dent ~ the state board or society.
OF q free Wrlte-np about being au-
pointed dentist TO the Duke Of
lscyac. We VII hang the 2s sign on
you and Issue our bull 81 eKcoih-
municaifon and our curse OF anath-
ems against you ana use the law
90 deprive you OF your right and
make our curse effectuai." These
are facts. and this ie what has been
done since lges. and .. now being
done To Washington. and the great
important Tact bout u lH that the
government or this state FOR the
past eight years has put It's Sfanap
n approval upon the transaction.
Tie dental law demands that a
dentist have diploma from n coll
leEe ia good standing, but does not
define what constitutes = college IN
good standing The dental law does
not prescribe an examination for
dentists, SO the dental board does
az u pieaseS and this is approved ~
9 government that boasts % Justice
The dental law or Washington
when IN operation. viewed from a
constitutional standpoint. resembles
a NANCY crocodile with the hydro-
phuriH. on iis back On the throes of
htdeous nightmare. but II - the
law lu Washington
THERE - ONLY oNE THAT heats
1T
Tue last medical law "a worse ghan
tie dental law by tons. hut the dem
raj combine has been 30 successful
with us special privilege in this
state that the medical monopoly
went into the last legislature ana
secured the enactment ~ "a law that
would cause CannihaI chief 40 tear
the rings ont OF his nose Win envy.
aud the fathers Of oar constitutional
,ieeriies q turn over in their Eraves.
Dentists Will soon ma
THROWN ~ JAN
1t ls The custom Co arrest q few
dentists not the Combine dentists
usually those associated with large
offietsl fust q short time before tho
dental combinations are held This
influences and stimulates dentists to
pltfnultc examinations and quiz
elnsscs Ri IS am labeled law In
washing ien. and sancliticd hy the
power Of The ihii On the ono side and
thc Dental Combine on Tie other.
THIS thing they can liberty IN
Nns4 iuFton d. an iridesceRt nom
HffuHltN uupf0nnOe tIUatrd
WE MIsT BE PATIENT
Again. I ask ms friends and na-
irons 60 Dee patient and reaH the res
nnft ut the Legislative fnYesttga
CoWmlttce, on tho investigation ~
ihn Dental Board on page F. section
ot the saturday morning "P.-L."
April q. 1910 . have the evidence
given at The trial and Will write a
series or nrticies ou % when this
sorlce o. finished. and will confirm
oNerN charge ! have made. We must
not hr toe severe with thr Dental
AoHtu. because these dentists are
net lawyers Tn my next article
VIII review our early supreme court
decisions and show what should he
dome hA our honorable legislature AZ
lts next session
nnd that ms dental practice is
ln need Of more business. have
eight assistants and they are high
eainried specialists ga each branch ~
Che Dental Art The best In tina
world and must ho kept busy Ii ~
BECAUSE OF Che ability 81 these care
iuliN selected assistants that our
friends always come back and II ia
because mN prices are lust half lie
cMNlkt maze eN t1e combine. and I