The Washington herald., 1911-05-15
GOSSIP OF THE
HOTEL LOBBIES
Physicians Blamed.

Greater public service less shrinking
modesty, and fear" Of advertising them
selves In working openly for matters of
general good would help to allay some
Of the popular distrust entertained for
the medical profession. is the opinion Of
DR.. George Edgar Vincent, president CT
the University of Minnesota. who was
recently seen at the Arlington.
THE doctors are not blameless for a
good deal of the popular prejudice" said
DR.. vincent Another cause OF popular
distrust Of expert opinion and profess
sional probity is the widespread belief
that physicians and professors of medi-
cine can be induced to give testimony
on either side In legal case The pub
hc cannot enter into all the intricacies
which make possible honest disagree
ment between well-trained men. The
easy Inference is that medicine is mere
guesswork or that doctors are hypocriti-
cal or venal.
obviously, the profession suffers seri-
ously not only from the Quacks and
charlatans without the pale. but from
the self-seeking and disloyal, who vio-
late the spirit while they cleverly keep
fraternity. By playing on the ignorance
OF patients, by prolonging the period Of
treatment, by prescribing futile remedies
and advising unnecessary operations. and
by extortionate charges these men do un-
told damage to the profession and furnish
ground for popular distrust and resent
ment."
DR.. Vincent suggested that physicians
infaraof har ell Y nit q ~ I'm.
provements and public health. constitut
Ing themselves public servants, and said
they should take lively part in politics
and public affairs without shrinking from
the publicity attached.
Canadian Reciprocity Treaty.
The question of the reciprocity treaty
with Canada is looked upon by the Euro
pean commercial world as foregone
conclusion, which. If not ratified by the
present Congress. will and must be done
in due time" said E. w. Kalb. a men,
Der of the Chicago Board of Trade. who
has just returned from q two months
tour of Europe. Canada, they say, be-
longs geographically and commercially to
the United States. and while even the
Continental people do not look for any
look for a speedy commercial union.
AN early ratification Of the treaty
with Canada and the free admission Of
wheat would re-establish the Importance
of our Chicago market to the whole
world and be a boon to the Chicago
grain business in general While the free
admission of Canadian wheat might 6e-
press prices temporarily, the worlds spu-
ply and demand will be the ultimate
price-making factor, after all.
The law of communication will even
and straighten out matters in a material
way, and our farmers will not be hurt
any more than by storing their reserves
for years and finally be compelled to
mark down their prices sharply in order
to find a buyer later"
Jap SCOTS at War.
Enthusiastic with love for America
and its people, Y. Bryan Yamashita, of
Tokyo. educated in the United States. and
named after the peerless leader" was
in this city recently. He is making a
tour of this country as commissioner OF
the grand Tokyo exposition OF 1917. Mr..
Yamashita's first name when he came
to this country was plain "Y." However,
he heard William Jennings Bryan speak,
was struck with admiration for the
orator. and received permission to go to
Lincoln, Nebr, and study under him,
while he also took a postgraduate course
at the University of Nebraska, in Amer
ican history and sociology. He lived in
Lincoln several years. being graduated
in 1904. and was at the Bryan home
many times.
Il felt such gratitude for what America
has done for me that I determined to
devote my entire life to cementing the
ties between the two people," he said.
Il therefore went to Tokyo where 1 am
now managing editor of the Japan mag
azine through which the japanese are
made acquainted with matters in this
country, and through which Americans
may learn of Japan.
''Seishin Hirayama, privy councillor of
the emperor's household and president of
the 1917 exposition, is chief of the mag
azine, and before I left he said to me:
You must tell the American people that
we like them. We love the American
people and seek peace. We never want
to make trouble for their country. War
Is never even imagined in Japan"