Evening star., 1913-12-09

coNelouSnSSS, lying, 1diSe NllHcSS
stealing. corruption of lawmakers and
courts and even arson and murder
And the whole fostering. topping mass
stands crowned with the Rockefeller
Institute"
President Clement bitterly denounced
the vivisection work alleged to be done
art the Rockefeller Institute. and was
equally strong in his denunciation OF
John ID. Rockefeller himself for financing
this work.
Cites Hardest Battle
Imagine it proved he declared. that
Your healthier scalp or sounder liver is
indicated as the physicians say, for
Mr.. Rockefeller's badness and dyspep-
sia. Are you willing that Mr.. Rookie
feller's jugglers should take you or one
of Your SONS, and. setting up your sur
yivors in an affiuence they never dreamed
of, proceed to scalp you. painlessly. of
course, perhaps with prayers?''
Mr.. Clement declared that the hardest
battle was against the 'corrupting ap-
peal of vivisection to the selfish fears Of
man.. The doctors Justify themselves.
he added. by saying that any poor baby
of the slums is worth a thousand dogs.
But certain children's hospital ex-
perimentation of record does not suggest
excessive tenderness for infants OF the
sluEs," he asserted.
The opening session was called to order
by President Clement. who introduced Rt
Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of Wash
ington. Following the opening prayer by
Bishop Harding. Secretary Bryan of the
State Department. in the name of Presi-
dent Wilson and the administration, well
coined the congress to Washington. Sec
cretary Bryan said in. part:
Welcomes the Investigators.
When find a people investigating any
subject that is. important, ] welcome the
investigation, and welcome the investi-
gators, for 1t is only by such inyestiga-
tion that we can sift out that which Is
false from that which is true. and. having
learned what is true, make it known. that
it may spread in its own way and by
its own strength.
You who are here are not here to
create truth You are here to discover
1t and to strip ii of the things that make
it difficult TO understand.
1T is only when our hearts are cleared
of that which confuses and confounds
that We can see clearly. And take 1t
that you, who have assembled from diff
ferent lands, are here not with the idea
Of advancing any selfish interest. You
do not see in this movement anything
that is going to bring immediate and di-
rect advantage to yourselves. But you
do feel that that which YOU urge and
advocate is of advantage to the world.
and you find your stimulus in the belief
that that which you should do will bear
fruit in generations to come And be-
cause you come interested in great
cause; because your interest is unself-
ish: because you are devoted to some
thing which you believe will benefit the
world, as the representative of the Pres
ident and the administration / welcome
you to this city and express the hope that
your Investigations will result in that
trymen and to your fellow-raen through
out the world"
Rev. DR.. Smith Speaker.
President Clements address followed
that OF Secretary Bryan, after which
Frederick l.. Siddons.- Commissioner of
the District of Columbia, extended a
welcome in the name of the District.
Rev. DIR. C.. Ernest Smith, rector of ST.
Thomas Episcopal Church and chairman
of the committee on arrangements for
the congress, spoke briefly and read a
number of letters from prominent anti
vivisectionists OF the United States and
foreign countries. Mrs. Caroline Earle
White. known as the founder OF the anti
yivisection movement IN the United
States. gave a short history of the move
Ernest Thompson Seton. the naturalist
and writer, spoke on Cruel Methods of
Trapping" Mr.. Seton told OF scores OF
instances of extreme cruelty which he
had observed in his travels and camps
In the northern forests. and denounced
the 1se Of the common toothed steel
trap used by trapperS of fur-bearing
animals. deslaring that no Legitimate
excuse can be offered for the use of this
lorm OF trap. and that deadfalls and
other devices can be successfully used in
taking the furbearers by mercifully kill
ing them al orce. Poisoned bats. Mr..
Seton declared. are another form of
cruelty which should not be tolerated az
in many cases animals swallowing such
bats crawl off into the dense wilderness
to die lingering deaths in spots where
their bodies cannot BE- found and where
their valuable pelts are OF no use what
ever.
At the session this afternoon DR..
Hamilton Fisk Biggar. who is John d.
Rockefellers personal physician. ad-
dressed the congress on the subject THE
Restriction of Vivisection." DIR. Big
gar's address was i'll part q defense of
the Rockefeller Institute, the evil prac-
ticss said to be followed there being
greatly exaggerated. according TO his
statement Other addresses during the
afternoon We're: "Slaughterhouse Re
form" by Francs III. Rowley. presidAnt
of the Massachusetts Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
Frederick F. Bellamy. treasurer of and
counsel for the Society for the Preven-
fion of Abuse in Animal Experiments
tion". THE Constructive Side of the Anti
Vivisection Movement" by Miss Linda
Hageby of London. and Regulated Vivi-
section" by Miss Janet Richards.
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