Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-02-26

ards and drug users he said, Chris
tian Scientists are healing them. And
why, in the name. of sense and JUS
tice, should Congress or any other
Legislative body. enact laws making
it criminal offense for a Christian
Scientist to save the ! unfortunates
whom the regular doctors have
started on the downward road to
ruin"
The activities of certain political
doctors to secure for the allopathic
school of medicine monopoly OF
the healing practise was dwelt upon
at length by Senator Works. He
emphasized the fact that these efforts
were confined to a certain class of
doctors, not the best, and that they
were not representative of the great
body of conscientious, sincere physi-'
clans and surgeons throughout the
country.
Political Efforts of Doctors.
"On previous OCCASION he said,
Il called attention to the extent to
which doctors are going to secure
monopolistic control of all medical
and healing activities. Their efforts
have increased of late rather than di-
minished. They are not content to
follow their profession, to which no
one would object. Most people still
desire the services of medical prac-
titioner, though the number is stead
lily growing less as people learn how
little help they can get from that
source.
Efforts of the American Medical
Association to educate their mem
bers and render their work more in
telligent and effective are to be high
ly commended.
1T is the constant and often un-
warranted efforts made by some, not
|all, of the members of that associa-
tion who control its policies and
methods, to secure legislation bene-
ficial to themselves at the expense of
Others, in violation of the constitu-
tional rights of other people, that
has aroused opposition to their meth
DDS. They have injured the reputa-
ton OF the whole medical profession
of their school, and the association
has been falling off in its member
ship.
Owen Bill Opposed.
Much Of the opposition has been
|aroused by the proposal in the Owen
bill to establish a department of
health with its head a member of the
Presidents cabinet. But this is only
a part of a general scheme of the
American Medical Association to en-
trench its school of medicine in pow
cr in both state and national affairs.
1t has worked through various chan
nels to manufacture sentiment in ia
vor OF its legislation. School teach
crs and womens clubs have been
victims of its efforts in this direction.
In some instances they have had the
good sense to refuse to be made par
ties to the scheme, but good many
others, including the national bureau
of education have succumbed to its
influence and become advocates OF
the unjust and undesirable legisla-
tion.'
The senator told of the unsuccess-
ful struggle to get the Endorsement of
the Chicago Woman's Club for this
purpose.
Control of Schools Sought.
"Mr. President. he continued,
the efforts to control extend to the
schools as well as the homes. Sex
hygiene, compulsory physical exam
ination OF school children, vaccina-
ton, the use OF various serums, eu-
genie marriages, and many other
fads intended to increase the power
and emoluments of the doctors, are
being forced upon unwilling victims
by unjust laws and regulations OF
the public health service and state
and county boards of health. 1t is an
intolcrable condition that is meeting
with determined opposition on the
part of people who believe in person.
al liberty.
The doctors have sought laws and
regulations that would place the
| school and home, as well as private
practise. completely under their con-
troll. Their object is not to serve
the public good, but to preserve their
hold on the people and maintain
their profits. They have sen other
gree that is destined to ruin their
practise and destroy the influence of
the regular doctors.
Legislative bodies have been sub
servient to their schemes altogether
too often. The national government,
with all its power and influence, is
supporting their efforts and supplying
over S20,OO0,00O a year to these same
regular doctors to spend as they
see fit. In some OF the states the
practise of other methods of healing
is made a criminal offense through
the Vaccinations of these same doc
tors. In others it is made a criminal
offense for Christian Scientist to
charge a fee for healing disease in
his way.
Aim at Christian Sicence.
"Of course the doctors, who alone
have secured these laws, care moth
ing about whether these practitioners
.farge or not. The sole object of
such laws is to prevent them from
practising at all. The two great
states of New York and Ohio, where
hundreds of healings by this means
many OF them diseases pronounced
incurable by doctors-have been ef-
fected. are today disgraced by laws
of this kind. lust lately in New