Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-07

numerous advocates of his discovery
many of them of high standing and
Influence. They soon crossed the At
lantic and Were introduced in Copen-
hagen and London. In 1904, an es-
adjustment honored with the name
of the Perkinian institution was
founded in London, While all these
things We're Transporting Benjamin
Perkins, a son of the inventor, was
calmly pocketing money so that after
ten years he left England with more
than 10000 pounds. But in spite Of
all this success and the number OF
of those interested and committed on
its behalf, Perkinism soon began to
decline and in 1871 the tractors are
spoken of by an intelligent writer as
being almost forgotten.
'The Royal society, that learned
body which for ages has constituted
the best tribunal to which Britton
can appeal in questions of science, &C
copied Perkins tractors, and the
book written about them passed the
customary vote of thanks and never
thought of troubling itself further in
the investigation of its pretentions
Whether the motives assigned by
Perkins to his professional brethren
existed or not, it is true that he did
not gain a great deal at their hands.
Who We're the people then to whose
activity, influence, or standing with
the community was owing all the eX-
element produced by the metallic
tractors? First those people who had
purchased a pair of tractors. These
little bits of brass and iron, the in
trinsic value of which might be
cents, sold for $25,
A man who had paid S25 for his
whistle is apt to blow it longer and
louder than other people,"
Wha were the people who patronied
this medical detusun? The most
distinguished people in Europe and
America Governor Franklin, son CT
DR.. Benjamin Franklin, the philoso-
pher, Lord Henneker member Of the
Royal society, thirteen clegvmen, most
of them doctors of divinity, and con-
nected with the literary institutions
of America, two members Of congress-
one professor of natural philosophy
in a college, DR.. Clark, chaplain to
the Prince of Waes-all gave elabor
ate testimonials-ove 5000 in his
book of testimonials.
Well Perkinism passed very rapid
ly, when there was applied to it the
continued acid test of experiments.
Few of our time ever heard of it.
You say, Perkinism and healing by
the royal touch passed 100 years ago,
with the present status of education
and science such delusions could not
obtain today
The Story of Schlatter.
One illustration. Some years ago,
one morning l was driving in Old AL
buquerque. 1 saw strange looking,
tall, longhaired man, barefoot, bare
head, coatless clothed only in a blue
shirt and blue overalls. He was walk
ing in the middle of the street. About
100 men, women and children were
following him. l asked a man what
brought the mob of people together.
He said "the healer" You old timers
remember the healer, Schlatter. This
demented vagabond, an Austrian by
birth, in the later nineties wandered
in from the mountains to Old Albu-
querque. The type of his insanity, ac-
cording to Denver alienists, who took
his so-called treatments for the pur-
pose of studying his mental condition,
was a type paranoya
People came literally by the hun
dreds from nearly every part of New
Mexico to be treated by this healer
I am sure that l have seen 200 We
hicles crowding the house and sur
rounding block in which he was stay
ing. He finally came over to New
Town. The mobs $here were larger.
The streets near where he stopped
were blocked, traffic policeman wasl
on duty there almost constantly. The
fences about his temporary home were