The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-03-18
The Story of Washing'On's
Dental Conspiracy
COURT MISTAKE NO. S

~ the time the Thompson ease Which
srots On last week had bean passed on
~ our supreme court IN 1905. the state
Dental Combine was In the height ~ lie
glory. The combine had perfected ifs
conspiracy 10 keep Dentists ouf Of this
stAir and was denying state certificates
q more than one-haif the Gfaduate Den
tisis who took their lawisss examination.
and Dentiais who asa not have the label
- royal birth Ia dlpionaJ and blood
lfnsa-fl. were excluded and prescribed
- Dentists by this state
In the Smith case. the Dental Hoard
had been upheld IN denying certificates 10
All Denfis,s who were pFaeficlnE add
studying under the Law Of isss aud the
Dental Combines power was absolute.
they decided shat Dentiafs should DO ana
know before they could i've IA this state:
they examined Dentists a. they g.ieaned.
and In what they pleased
THE WAR OF DESTRUCTION
with the Smith and Thompson eases
decided ~ our courts. and q Lax dele
gafing power underlined and unlimited.
the Dental Combine starred gta war ~ ex--
termination. have been told many
times that In Ist1 the Dental connblne
concluded that " they could Pot me ouf
81 business the rest % the Dentists that
they did not like would leave the state.
] had taken the examination twire in
jFoA aud my examination on actual
Dentistry was GRADED O. X. By the
when their grading could be openly
Judged BY other Dentists. who stood by
and ssN me DO the operating hut
they never gr4ded my papers on theory
hs public Board. they Graded them ns
indlfidualH. and IN contemplation Of
the Law the Dental Board o. this state
has never held legal examination be-
cause thfY do not frade papers az a
public Board. but as individuals And
- long az the Board could hold Den
tai certificates up with IMMUNITY. and
the Dental Society furnish the money to
pay a lawyer 70 make = noise and pros
ccufc fpersecutel all whom The Society
did not want here. I tell yea the DEN
tist who invoked the dfspleasure % the
omuipotenf Dental Roard was doomed
The Board had gus; joined the COM
htne IN 1903 and adopted the notorious
code and contract which IN plain English
shows a conspiracy. and now was ready
TO make bold ifN intrntfons
brown. yea ran better afford to fight
"a for yeur license Than 10 have allow
Eastern Dentists 60 eume in and divide
your business" said the Dental Boards
her. ieaa
eve have the power 10 say who shall
prarfice In this state. and ~ We think .
~osiesy. will not give him "a Hcrnse.
and DR. y. J. Brewn will never get a
license in this state. Oregon either
said another Board member
We'll. brown. u ysn -eii out and 20
away for >ix months or year. aud come
back aud stop advertising. you might get
a license" said another Board member
To me.
DIR. stiles testified that the Dental
Boards lawyer said: I'VE are not after
such A. you, DIR. stiles. We are after
the advertisers In large cities and we
are geiRe 10 make life one he'll ON earth
for them before We get through
so. you sec. things were getting hot
had been arrensed about six times. and
more than twenty other Dentists had
been arrested. but all the cases had been
dismissed because the complaints were
faulty. and I could see that something
must be done 20 check tho power Of the
Dental Combine I had been arrested
Tor owning a Dental office. because. as
you know. the Dental Comhin.'s law II
1891 dfd not allow one 20 even own a
Dental office unless the Board gave Its
consent. and our supreme Court held
that part o. the Law which referred 20
ownership unconstitutional, and the Den
tai Combine received It's first jolt In the
case IN which was prosecuted for own
ing Dental office. This ease IL re-
ported ~ state Va Brown. 81 wash,
~" opinion by Mr.. Justice Root.
shall refer TO this opinion in future ar
ticies. because % its Eoundness % prin-
cinics and 10 the same principle was
applied 20 the Dental law. the whole
Dental law would fall and the Combine
would end.
Hundreds 81 good people. some OF them
even lawyers" have said 20 me. Brown.
YOU like 20 figbt" Others say BROWN
You would not be satisfied unless YOU we're
fighting" The Dental Combine menu
bers and some OF their foolish friends
tell people that Il Is only an advertising
scheme Of Browns and the preiudice
against me caused by this talk IL hard
20 overcome, especially with public off,
cinls such as Judges. governors. legisiat-
n "a
generals, whose official positions cause
them TO look 10 the Sanctity OF law forms
instead Of 20 the fundamental princi-
Piles and guarantees OF our law and con-
stitutlon. II l was trying to save seven
or nineteen cents I could get every phase
OF my property rights passed on by our
courts but Il seems next TO impossible
20 get question % liberty and secur-
ity OF individual private rights adludi-
Gated. This IL commercial age. In
which property created by man has
become grcater than man. ana the
rights OF property always bring
the rights OF liberty and security are
looked upon as light and transient. This
results from the owning class. or proper
tied class. In society controlling the po-
litical power. and through II the pow
ers OF government. We now have a
property rights government. by and by
we viii have a government based on
liberty ami security. Yes. e Is coming.
ana you VIII All heoo II before AZ eets
here
Court Mistake No consisted OF the
failure OF the court to Rdtudicate the
rights Of liberty and security. with equal
regard for constitutional guarantees, that
was shown when property was involved.
MY next article VIII be on Court Mis-
take No. G, l will show how ana why
had 60 light. or allow my rights and
the rights OF my family TO be forfeited
20 satisfy a few greedy Dentists who
had entered Into conspiracy against
the people and tho state. as Wen as
Brown
Send me your friends and give me your
dental work, because this fight must so
on The Combine was In tho legislature.
and was too strong for me. so | shah
write on how l failed In the legislature
after | finish the court mistakes.
EDWIN J. DROWN, ID u. s.
gl3 First Avenue.