The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-29
THE REASON Why
DENTAL WAR
BREAKS OUT new
ny EDWIN ). BROWN, ID. ID. =
seatti~'s Leading uentist


Did you notice tn the news columns .
that some fifty Dentists were arrest
ed for praciicing Dentistry without
iicenseg And did you notice a crow
ing. chirping Dental advertisement
singing forth In discordsnt. feminine
strains that state licenses were
hanging all over the walls. and all
operators 1.-TWO whole ones) were
iicensedT Yes. the stool pigeons are
on the Job again. and the taxpayers
for running the courts of this county.
so that the state Dental Combine can
drive all opposition and competition
from the state. and use this state as
their private Dental reserve.
~ THERE DENTAL COMBINEf
That there Is most powerful Den
tai Combine In this state is easily
shown by the record at hand. but the
Dental Combine OF today Is not the
reckless, audacious bully that II was
in 1903. oh. MOI / gave the ranting.
rantankerous rascal n 10 years trim
ming and exposure in the courts and
press OF this state from 1903 to 1919
that is well remembered by the peo-
pie OF Seattle.
This Dental Combine. like ALL dark.
diabolical destroyers OF liberty and
human rights. works behind the cur
tain OF what is called the Dental
Statute OF this state. which was
amended by the legislature OF 1901
TO conform TO the wishes OF the
Washington State Dental Society.
The law prior 10 It's being amended
contained a standard OF qualifica-
ton for those wishing TO practice
Dentistry in this state. All Dentists
who had graduated from reputable
schools and those who had practiced
| 10 years could be examined In the
subjects (standard) prescribed by
Law and receive their state certifi-
cate.
| In 1901 the Dental Combine be-
tween the State Dental Society and
| Dental Board wns formed: its mani
fest purpose was TO keep Eastern
/ Dentists out of this state, license all
who were practicing under precep-
tors here at the time. but at this
tuncture the Combine came into evil
dence. and the Dental Board. acting
under the direction of tho society.
law prescribed. and our courts sus-
tanned the Combine. This court de-
cision made criminals out of all who
had for years been legally studying
Dentistry under the law OF 1898. and
the Combine. having received the
sanction OF our unconscious courts.
gave way TO unbridled license, and
proceeded to refuse state certificates
TO three-fourths of tho Eastern Den.
lists who took our state Dental ex.
animation. The scheme was, and stili
is. TO refuse state certificates to
Dentists and then prosecute them for
practicing without certificates. This.
In effect. is "a denial of the right to
live and labor in this state. for the
reason that the Dental Board itself
mot the state) prescribes the quail
fication standard with which all
Dentists must comply and subscribe
TO before they can live here.
The Dental Board. armed with
legal power by our courts, and hav-
Ing the State Dental Society's sanc-
ton OF what they are pleased to call
ethical action. have now for II years
been able TO deny many OF the best
Dentists IN the United States their
right TO even be examined In sub
jects arbitrarily prescribed by the
Board and authorised by law. simply
because they were not graduates
from n Dental College.
The Dental Law of this state and
the Board. which are both creatures
OF the Dental Combine, assume that
Dentist cannot get an education and
become qualified except in n college.
yet many Dentists I'm the United
States of world renown are not grad
yates. IL Dentist IL a graduate he
may be examined in what the Board
pleases to examine in, and. as the
examination IL the private affair and '
concern of the Board and Society. the
examination papers are also the pri-
vate property of the Board. they
have power 10 allow certificates only
to those whom they choose. So IL
happens that one-haif OF the Dentists
who are allowed to be examined are
allowed TO remain In this state.
THE GREAT WRONG
The greatest wrong OF all 10 that
our county officers. our courts and
our good money paid In taxes are
used by this Dental Combine TO oper-
ate its scheme This il what l am
going to expose.
Some of these licensed Dentists
have the intellect of doll babies.
stuffed with sawdust. and the only
time they see any one in their class
ia when they behold themselves In
the mirror.
What do YOU think OF an alleged
Dentist who had to take the examin-
alton six times before the Board
yielded TO his vassalated pleading
ana issued him certificate?
What do you think OF n Dentist or
any other man who would sanction
such hellish injustice and make cap
| ital out OF the oppression OF his fell
lowmen by mocking those who are.
his superiors as Dentists. as men and
as citizens2
The state of Washlngton's Dental
license guarantee is rank bunk. do
not need any bunk guarantee. I have
made my guarantee good without
bunk. l expect to see some OF these
Transparent Seattle Dentists adver-
Using to have our governor and our
president sign their guarantee.
| shall have something TO say
about some of Seattle's bunk Adver-
Using Dentists, who ought TO be mes-
senger boys. EDWIN J. BROWN.