The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-12-02

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The Story of Washington's
Dental Conspiracy
And The Power Of Beard Government
ny EDWIN J. BROWN. ID. d. s.
Dental Boards. Medical boards and
f'9biic Service Commissions are nln-
iaterlal bodies. or thAt - what they
should he. that IL TO Say. public
boards aud commissions may proper
- administer the law as they find IL
enacted hy the legislature. With their
duties defined. and surely with tho
powers or our government defined
ana separated rs ouf constitution. and
Nith the peoples representative TO
iegisiate make iaWst tIe governor
- veto Or approve aud set the 3aM In
motion, and exercise his executive
& asHStHt IN AFfiAN Nl ire people ana
y ia the courts 10 Judge the iaw and
bring acts % fhe legislature into har-
m9uF with the puhliU welfare we
should have no trouble 70 know what
lAw means. and what the iaW L.
and what the laws effect will be.
sef uncertainty clouds the whole in
Ftifutloa. The American people have
been led t. believe that they lived
under 4 popular form 81 government
for i1& years. also that their govern
mant receives Its Just powers from
the consent u the governed and
that the constitution Is intended 10
/. protect the individual and restrain
iif powers Of government from de-
pftNluN the citizens OF their natural
riEbtA. tuf now we are awakening.
and ! would like 20 know the source
~ power exercised BY boa rsfs and
Public Service Commissions ia this
Z free America. where every man II TN
equal before the law of Board Gov
ernment
LISTEN TO THIS.
The Independent Telephone Com
! rang has received it's charter from
and has made contracts with the eitl-
I xetK Of Seattle. under which II cannot
I live. and we are going to give Il n
rev start" te the tune az $3.50. 600
i Increased tribute from This ps.apIs
& yearly. said the Public Service Conn
2 mission OF this state This r. not
taxation without approximation IL
In robhtHE you until you like H. And
I when you make a bad contract, or
business gets dun. or when your
wages are cut and YOU cannot feed
and clothe your family. sou drop
around and see the Public servgc.
Z Commission and tell them your
troubles and they will give YOU Q
+ new start--iust IN front Of their
boot
I II you are a Dentist and want TO
{ live In this state. Just hang around
( for a few years and find out what the
Dental Law means. who preSeribes
Z the standard Of qualification, what
becomes Of the public records of the
& boards arbitrary acts. unauthorized
4 by law. and look w what the courts
7 lsav. said about their noble work,
+ then be examined. and ask our Dental
/ cgars what IN the reason7 And they
] viii give you the laugh ] know this
~ experience. This is board govern
ment and Il marks the progress OF
< the race after two thousand years of
Christian civilization and liberty for
the economic masters.
WHAT A GOVERNMENT OF Law
WOULD DO.
! IL this was a government "of the
people, by. the people. for the peo-
sion be working overtime TO figure
out a scheme whereby telephone
+ monopoly could Increase its tribute
from an outraged peopleg Well
industry who look upon all mankind
as their legitimate prey. know just
/ what their government Is for. and
they knew what the Public Service
! Commission was for, and what IL
/, would do. Very well. then III this
/ commission represented the people IL
would have said TO the telephone
/ owners: Tell us what YOU want for
! your Institution and we viii let the
/ people Of Seattle have n chance to
/ operate II for themselves We will
+ people are now exploited beyond en-
/ durDnce. The commission would
have said; This is not a parental
government, but government of the
/ people, and IL your telephone monop-
! oily made a bad bargain with Seattle.
E tell us goodbye. and we win celebrate
your funeral IN the most appropriate
+ manner. and your telephone monopoly
fore fulfill your Obligation under
your franchise or get thee hence.
Satan, for Il is written that YOU
shall not rob Seattle when your twin
! Company. born OF the same parents
and without soul. viii be able to
/ collect more telephone toll than Seat
+ tie can afford to pay, and VIC VIII
therefore advise seattle TO install its
Z own telephone system and rid itself
OF both of YOU" This would have
( been lawful duty 10 the people I'm
+ protecting them In their rights as
( government OF law should do. but
monopoiics depend on oppression and
! lRwlessuess for their existence, and
NoNtitlnAeht OF law Wuutd put tHVth
out of business hy VcSting their
ownership In the collective commune
( ity and operating them Economically
Z for use. aud not for profit. Then one
man or class Of men could not govern
other men, and this would be a gov
eminent of law not men.
1T LAW GOVERNED DENTISTS.
/ The Dental Combine could not exer-
7 else an arbitrary power IL law gov
4 crned them. Under the present law
I they would only be allowed to exam
/ Inc a Dentist with respect to his
rightful possession of his diploma,
and the good standing of the college
or university that issued his d.
/ ploma, because that is all that our
I law prescrihes. as standard or
qualification for Dentists. But our
/ Dental Combine examines Dentists
In what IL nleases; this is lawless.
/ and government of law would not
/ tolerate the exercise of underlined and