The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-12
The Dental War Is On
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the Dental War Is On
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Beware Of fake dentists. who use
my name. ana those who try 20 lmI
tate my advertisements on the den
tai war. N a dentist 10 80 low and
urserupulous az 20 steal my ads
or use my name. or too Ignorant %
originate his own ads, he 10 certain.
~ too unscrupulous and ignorant 10
practice dentistry. ana u the state
dental board has given him his
license" and II hangs right In from,
OF you on his wall. that Is proof POS
tive that the state dental board
should be removed for issuing a Ger.
tfieate 90 such an lonoramus. and
you should look for q dentist who ls
At least an adult.
There are no children or stud ents
allowed 20 practice dentistry on my
patients. whether they are licensed
or unlicensed.
There is . type OF person In tho
world that 10 utterly lacking and un /.
conscious OF that candor and frank
ness which entities them 20 the con .
ftdsnce OF the public. IL seems to me
that IL was Abraham Lincoln who
said you cannot fool all OF the people
all Of tho time.
You read IN some Dental advertise
ments about licensed Dentists. but
there IL no such thing known IS =
Dental license. The state may license
y saloon or gambling house but for
. Dentist 20 say that his Dentists are
licensed IL ignorance. The state may
license such things and business as
may bring u revenue. or such as II
may prohibit. but which society Che
ststel may suffer to be done and
carried on under certain limitations.
THE NIGHT To PRACTICE
DENrfsrRN
The right % . citisen 20 engage In
any lawful pursuit IL a natural right.
and the practice Of Dentistry certain
~ could not be prohibited by the
stats without great injury 20 ia pso-
pie. and to found legal opinion upon
the principle that lawful occupation
can be prohibited Is the greatest
errnr. because IL manlfssts q con.
scious dfsregard for humas rsuhss-
The protection OF natural rights Is
the only reason for the existence OF
the state. and when the state fails
In this function. its decay and dswen-
eracy viii continue until IL fsn.
ssunder because Its foundation q.
undermined and tho materials enter
Ing into Its structure are fnconapat.
ieie with the principle OF natural law
snd justice.
THE DENTAL COMBINE
Tho Dental Combine considers that
Tin this stats) a Dentist has no
aud this IL the natural ara reason
able effect of thu Dental law IN sc-
tnai operation 10 this state II can
not be otherwise when &C arbitrary
power 10 expressly or implicitly dele
rated. a. y 10 By our Dental law.
which. ~ have many times said.
was never intendcd to protect the
public against Incompetent persons:
tts sole and only object IL to protect
the Dental Combine against compc-
II The Dental law 10 saa. 70 TO IN.
legislature cannot be prevailed upon
- ees efssr It's own COMMITTEES has
Sepert9d . train OF abuses and cor
yupuon, ana recommended changes
u the Law. and when msn like SEN
esor Howard Taylor OF King county,
who was on that COMMITTEES. and then
- speaksr OF the house. refused 10
nid or support the legislation recon-
Dendsd by his own COMMITTEES. IL Is
rotten enough. IL II mott
tnS 5t8ta DsntAl S0Cfetf ana
Dental Board were DESTROYS OF pro-
fecting the people, they would seek q
Jaw which would bar the dope flends
and habituai drunkards from the
Dental profession In this state, and
give Dentists that are qualified a
chancs 20 be examined to prove their
qualification. but under our law tho
Board has power TO refuse the latter
and admit the former. while the peo-
pie pay the freight. and the Law IL
constitutional. say our courts
a STATE CERTIFICATE NOT a
LICENSE
have stated that the right TO
practice Dentistry 10 . natural right.
IL IL, and q person does not require q
state certificate 20 exercise his right
20 labor. 81 our constitution ts inter
pretsd to apply to natural rights
society IL entitled to protection
against ignorant. incompetent and
immoral persons. and through the
exercise OF the police power the state
may require that persons who en-
gage in vocatfons such as the prac-
tice Of Medicine. Surgery. Law and
Dentisiry must be poisoned OF quail
ificzticns In learning. skill and good
profession without injury TO the pub
lie. when that qualification 10 shown
the state. by It's administrative board
Issues a certificate.
IN RE GALL DENTISTS
There are few people and many
Dentists who construs liberty as a
license. There IL at least one alleged
Dentist tan unripe oneD who IL un-
conscious OF the broad distinction be-
tween . license issued to run a ga
loon. gambling house or q circus and
. certificate denotin9 qualifications
70 practice Dentistry.
We all take pride In the boast that
about IL when the law Itself deprives
US of our natural right and makes
criminals OF US without giving US a
chance to be heard, az the Dental
Law in this state doesf
suppose that 7 Rad operated In a
ticsd Dentistry in this state for two
or three years without a certificate,
and advertised TO guarantee my
work. and now suppose that altar
taking the Dental examination five
or six timss I get my certificate. and
others who are my snpsriors and are
not allowed 20 DO examined are ar
rested, what would you think OF mo
as a man and q Dentist IL were TO
20 Into the public print and try TO
create the impression that the guar
sntss OF other Dentists was not good
because I was '1icensed"7 Would
that not ks pure gsIIf
Do you not think that the ally Of
the Dental Combine is the real Gall
Dentist 10 try and claim superiority
over others because Of bis license.
when he and his licensed" Dentists
all practiced for years In this state
without license7
~ THE COMBINE HoNEsTf
know that the Dental Combine
5osnsd hands with the most disrep-
utebis fope-hsad drunkard In this
state az IT'S ally not long ago, so as
to make false arrests OF my assist
ants and Of myself. One reason why
tho Dental Law must fall liz because