River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-01-22
Answers To Excerpts
Taken From An Article
By Mrs. Laura c. Little


By Mrs. Laura c. Little
To be paid for and published by
and with the sanction and commenda-
ton of the River Falls Cow Testing
Association.
Pres.-John Chapman, Jr.
Vice Pres.-L p. Sherman
Sec Treas. Henry Day
John Chapman, Jr-, Henry Day,
Bert Taylor, Harold Ritter, Directors
The literature contained in your
communication is familiar to all OF
MS engaged il tuberculosis eIadica-
ton work. In fact, w. have been ac-
ouainted with the work of George
Starr White and Laura c. Little for
q number Of years, therefore we are
able to give you information that we
will stand behind and that should be
acceptable to the fair-minded people
Of your community. 1t is indeed re-
grettable that people will pay for
such literature, and they must pay
for it, and go to the pains of circulat-
ing it. AS rule the people opposed
to this work are opposed to any
thing of progressive nature that is
launched in their community; in fact,
you can always count on having them
lined up with the opposition.
You will note that in the begin
ming she states "Once after dollar
dairy dinner at the Commercial
Club, Portland, Oregon, where | had
alone and therefore somewhat sem
sationally, denounced the test, the
editor of the Pacific Homestead asked
me to write on the subject for his
paper. The result was the following,
which he printed shortly afterward.
Finding lately warm interest in the
subject among farmers, all the way
from California to North Dakota, /
am submitting it hopefully to the
editor" Now get this fixed firmly
in your minds. that the information
contained in this article dates back
to the time of the dollar Dairy Din
ner" at Portland, Oregon. In let
ter received from E. A. Rhoten, under
date of June s, 1922, making inquiry
as to the attitude of the Pacific
Homestead regarding the tuberculin
test, he goes on record unqualifiedly
in favor Of the test and emphatically
declaring that no one is a stronger
advocate of tuberculosis eradication
work than he is, further stating that
his own herd has been under super
vision and that he holds a certificate
Cured so long ago that he had en-
tirely forgotten Mrs. Little and he
say, cit slowly dawned on us that
some ten or twelve years ago Mrs.
Little had read an article before the
State Dairying Association. This
article was reprinted in the Pacific
Homestead and later | learned that
she had some reprints made from the
article, crediting it to the Pacific
Homestead. This was at a time
when James Withycomb, later Cover
nor, was director of the o. G. A. He,
VIM. Bishop, and Mrs. Little had
several lively controversies regarding
the question at hand. / believe you
will readily see that it was not rep
resenting our sentiments at all.
Further we want to assure you that
every individual, and as publication,
we are in entire sympathy with your
work and will do everything possible
to forward it.
"At that time we printed DIR.
Withycomb's speech, also VIM.
Bishops and Mrs. Little's. | call at
tention to the character of the article
simply a TRADE against the effic-
iency of the test"
Mrs. Little also appears before
Legislative committees as opposed to
vaccines, and all forms of serum
therapy, which are used by the scien-
tific and medical world, therefore it
is not surprising that she, too, de-
clares against the tuberculin test. It
seems that if the test was not able to
stand on it's own merits, that one
who writes to such length, would
have garnered more constructive
criticism in the lapse of ten or twelve
years to hand out to people who de-
sire knowledge. In fact it does not
seem that it is altogether fair to the
farming people that one simply OPP
posed to the work, without any con-
structive criticism to back up her
arguments would expect them to ac-