Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA
Commercial Opportunities Abroad.
More suggestions to American man
ufacturers and dealers that if they
will get busy there is a chance to ex
tend their trade abroad. They are to
be found, where many similar hints
have been given, in the consular re
porta. A sample is the statement by
Consul Dunlap of Cologne, Germany,
who has been to the farmers’ fair at
Dusseldorf and evidently kept bis eyes
open while there. Consul Dunlap took
particular note of the agricultural ma
chinery on exhibition and which was
put to test at the fair. He noted that
the only American machines on exhibi
tion were of minor importance, and
adds: “An American-made harvester
with self-binding attachment sells
here for about $200. There was an
endless variety of plows, but no
American-made ones were noticed.
The plows look heavy, awkward and
poorly made. If American manufac
turers want German trade, they will
have to make plows to conform to
German ideas of size, shape and style.”
Here is much the same advice that
has come .from other consuls, all
given with earnest desire to help
American interests. American farm
ing implement and machinery are
justly famed for superiority in the
qualities needed for effective and eco
nomical work, and when properly
pushed they invariably find customers
abroad. At the same time, remarks
the Troy Times, due attention must
be given to local tastes and prefer
ences, a matter which is too much
neglected by American manufactur
ers. Old-world manufacturers suc
ceed in such markets very largely be
cause they are careful to ascertain
what is wanted and then to cater to
the demand.
Divorce Statistics.
The census office is busy gathering
divorce statistics, and when they are
compiled and tabulated, and printed,
some very interesting conclusions can
be figured out from them. We have
always admired the tyfie of mind
which attempts to tabulate human
emotions, there is such a fine audacity
about an effort like that, such a splen
did refusal to recognize the limita
tions of mathematics. And we admire
that kind of statistics for their own
sake; they are so accommodating, so
willing, so good-natured; they let you
work out of them any conclusion
which you are minded to put into
them; they exist for the convenience
of the man who has a case to prove,
and they are so liberal and catholic
that they would just as soon help him
prove one case as another. There
are few other things on earth that
have so lovely a disposition as a scut
tleful of statistics, say3 Uncle Remus’
Magazine. These particular statistics
will probably enumerate the number
of cases of infidelity, the number of
cases of cruelty, and the instances
where desertion, drunkenness, and so
forth, led to divorce; and the optim
ists will take them and be optimistic,
the pessimists will take them and be
pessimistic; the advocates of laxer di
vorce laws will prove their case, and
the advocates of stiffer divorce laws
will prove theirs, and everybody will
be happy.
An appeal is being made in England
for funds to undertake the great task
of excavating the ruins of Memphis,
the work to be done under the aus
pices of the British school of archae
ology. It is strange that the explora
tion of the ancient Egyptian capital
haB been deferred so long, and it is
expected tthat England will now do
for Memphis what the French govern
ment has done for Delphi and the Ger
mans for Olympia. The sites of the
four great temples are plainly marked,
so that exploration can begin at once.
This mass of ruins covers 100 acres, as
much as the whole site of Karnak, and
it is estimated that $15,000 will be
needed annually for 15 years to ac
complish the work. Important ma
terial is believed to lie within a few
yards of the surface, so that results
should be reached promptly.
Speaking about the navy jack tar’s
uniform, the New York Sun says:
“Jack cannot wear his pancake cap
when he is squinting through the
telescopic sight of a six-inch rapid-fire
gun.” Those who have had experience
on the warships know that when Jack
is engaged in fighting, or even in tar
get practice, he doesn’t as a rule wear
much of anything.
A Pennsylvania woman declares
that during a recent trance she had a
glimpse of heaven. If so she is the
only Pennsylvanian on record as hav
ing enjoyed such a privilege. Most
of her fellow citizens, at least those
who get into the papers, seem headed
straight for the other place.
The works of the late Augustus St.
Gaudens have increased in value since
his death. We’ve noticed that it is
harder to get .hold of one of his most
famous designs—the $20 gold piece.
Reformers, consisting in this case of
people who sit in parks and on the ver
andas at summer resorts and observe
other people’s children, are making
war on go-carts, declaring that they
are “baleful” and injurious to the
babies that occupy them. But what
Is the mother to do, poor thing, who
cannot afford the more expensive cab?
No wonder titled Englishmen come
over to this country looking for wives.
They are afraid of the highly devel
Em oped girls at home.
The Case of Harrison Clarke.
Street railway employes of Omaha,
to the number of 210 have petitioned
Governor Sheldon not to disturb or
commute the sentence imposed upon
Harrison Clarke for the murder of Ed
ward Flury, a street car conductor.
The petitioners say: "Clarke had a
fair trial; no just man denies it. Un
der the verdict and the law Clarke
should be hanged. Ko just man denies
it Under the law it was left to the
jury to fix the penalty. They fixed it
at death. It matters not what has
been done in other cases. Other
murdereis may have been acquitted.
Other murderers may have had their
sentences commuted. This cannot af
fect this case. It must be presumed
that the authorities have done their
duties under the facts and the law.
There is no reason for interfering with
the sentence. All reasons exist for
sustaining it For ourselves and for
the street railway employes generally,
Whose lives are imperiled while on
duty by the robber and the murdered,
aud for their families and in memory
of Edward Flury we ask you to let the
sentence stand and tne law take its
course.”
Portrait of Gov. Magoon.
A fine portrait of Charles E. Ma
goon, governor of Cuba, and formerly
a resident of Lincoln, has been framed
and hung in the office of the mayor
in the city hall. The portrait is an ex
cellent likeness cf Mr. Magoon. It
wa9 presented to the city by him upon
request of Mayor Brown. The mayor
wishes to secure the portraits of all
former Lincoln men who have become
prcailnent in national affairs, and he
has sent out requests to several Indi
viduals for their portraits. The ar
rival of one portrait which has been
promised to the city is looked forward
to by the mayor with considerable
expectancy. It is one of Abraham
Lincoln for whom this city was named
which has been promised to the city
by Robert Lincoln of Chicago, son of
the ex-president. Mayor Brown ex
pects this picture soon.
County Exhibits at Fair.
In the county collective exhibits
Washington won first money in the
eastern division, Kearney in the cen
tral and Brown in the western. The
count'es scored and received money
as follows:
EASTERN DIVISION.
Counties. Score. Purse.
Washington .1155 $258.00
Doufflas .1,139 200.35
Pawnee . 996 162.82
Saline . 942 147.93
Nemaha . 876 130.70
Lancaster . 778 .
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Kearney .1.102 238.65
Red Willow . 854 147.51
York . 828 140.82
Franklin . 817 137.75
Webster . 805 134.62
Howard ... 743 117.44
Franklin .. 713 110.60
Antelope . 617 85.55
Furnas . 485 .
WESTERN DIVISION.
Brown . 617 197.45
Perkins . 455 105.49
Scott’s Bluff . 453 104.60
Keya Paha . 567 84.50
The Battleship “Nebraska."
Judge and Mrs. C. B. Letton have
returned from a trip through Canada
to the western coast. At Seattle they
visited the battleship "Nebraska,” and
were received with much courtesy by
Capt. Nickolson and took tea on the
ship with him and the other officers.
As an officer of the state branch of
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution, Mrs. Letton wished to ascer
tain when the stand of colors to be
presented by the Nebraska women,
would be desired. Capt. Niclholson
stated that he had suggested some
minor changes in the ship which
would require several months to com
plete.
Agricultural Board Meeting.
The semi-annual meeting of the
hoard of agriculture took place In the
executive building at the fair grounds.
It wan decided to push the work of ex
tending the grounds that has been
partly finished. The reclamation where
the swine barns are will be completed
this fall. Delegates to the American
association of state fairs to be held at
Chicago in December were appointed
in the persons of W. H. Mellar and
Peter Youngers. O. P. Hendershot
will be delegate to the Shorthorn
Breeder’s association at same time.
Railroads Must Answer.
The railway commission refused to
grant more time to the railroads in
regard to. a hearing on freight rates
on grain. The hearing will begin this
week with the Burlington. The rail
ways coyly asked that the grain rate
proposition be deferred for two
mouths.
The State Fair.
The 1907 state fair is over. The
fine horses and cattle and hogs and
poultry and exhibits have been
started homeward. Tie big whistle
sounded the finish of the fair prompt
ly at 4 o’clock Friday, and then the
dismantling began. The general
opinion of the visitors is that the fair
was a magnificent success. The visit
ors looked more prosperous than here
tofore and the premium winners
scored higher points. Financially the
fair is almost up to I he record of
former years.
Sbftdon to Greet President.
Governor Sheldon will appoint six
delegates to the deep water' way con
vention, to be held in Memphis dur
ing the first week in October. One
delegate wul be appointed from each
eongressional district. The governor
will leave Lin voln on the last day of
the month for Keokuk, Ta., where he
will Join Governor Cummins and other
governors to receive President Roose
velt, who Is to Bpeak in the Iowa city
October 1. That afternoon the gov
ernors will go to St. Louis by rail,
j while the president will gjo by boat I
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Dobson Inspects Irrigation Work.
Secretary Dobson of the 6tate board
of irrigation has returned from a trip
to the government diversion dam for
the interstate canal at Whalen, Wyo.,
forty miles from the Nebraska line.
This work is in the charge of Bert
Forbes, formerly assistant to Mr. Dob
son. who has developed into quite a
water witch, having found water at
a depth of twenty fee£ where all
others had failed, including old set
tlers who had gone there In prairie
schooners. The canal is completed
with the exception of the dam at the
head to control the water. By the be
ginning of next season it is esti
mated that there will be sufficient
water in the canal to irrigate 40,000
acres of land, and before the season
closes 80,000 acres, most of which is
in Nebraska. The dam is 700 or 800
feet long and will be made of com
crete and cost about $200,000. The
contractor began work by driving
sheet piling across the river just
above the proposed site of the dam to
shut off the water temporarily to per
mit construction. When this work i3
complete a large ditch will be dug
to divert the flow of the stream
around the proposed dam.
To Establish Quarantine Line.
State Veterinarian McKim has
asked Governor Sheldon to fix a north
and south quarantine line in Nebraska
to prevent scabies from spreading.
The western part of the state is great
ly affected with the disease, and Dr.
McKim believes that he can clean up
the eastern part of the state only by
a vigorous quarantine. This line will
run along the eastern boundary of
Boyd, Holt, Wheeler and Greeley
counties, the southern boundaries of
Greeley and Valley counties, the east
ern and southern boundaries of Cus
ter, the eastern and southern boun
daries of Lincoln, the eastern boundary
of Chase and Hitchcock counties.
When this line is established, no cat
tle will be permitted to be taken from
the western half of the state to the
eastern for feeding purposes wit'-.out
inspection or dipping. They may be
taken direct to the slaughter houses
without either.
Poultry at the Fair.
The state poultry association held
Its semi-annual meeting at the state
fair grounds, the chief business trans*
acted being preparatory to the annual
meeting and exhibition of the associa
tion which will be held in January. It
was decided to hol^J the show in Lin
es* n provided it was found that the
city auditorium could be secured for
that purpose. The winter exhibitim
promises to be larger than ever before
in the history of the asso'iatlon, ow
iug to the probability that the Natlon°l
White Wyandotte association will hold
its show in connection.
Looking for Lost Son.
John G. Millekin of St. Joseph, Mo.,
earn* to the state fair thinking it
would be a good time and place to se
cure some tidings of the whereabouts
of his son, L. D. Milleken, of whom he
has lost track. He says his sou has -
been away from home for about tw 1 o
years, but that a year ago he had a
letter from him, written from Have
lock, where the son was then em
ployed as a telephone lineman. In
th» letter he directed his father to
send the response to him at Green
wood. Tills was done.
Grain Rate Hearing.
The state railway commission will
listen to the protest of the railroads
on Monday in the matter of the or
der reducing rates on grain an aver
age of 10 per cent the state over. The
railroad men tried to get this hearing
postponed, but were unsuccessful.
They intend to bring in a lot of evi
dence, and testimony will be taken
showing the cost of hauling the grain,
if that is possible. Chairman Winnett
and Rate Clerk Powell went to Iowa
on Friday to investigate grain rates
in that slate and to look over the
schedules.
Secretary of State George C. Junkin
is in receipt of a letter from E. T.
Roemer, a civil engineer of New York,
in which a request is made for copies
of the laws governing incorporations
in Nebraska, together with informa
tion about franchises and charters.
Mr .Roemer gave the Information that
capital is in 6ight in the east to fin
ance the long projected north and
south railroad running from Nebraska
to the gulf. He did not say which
company was being favored or the
prospective route.
Argument on Sibley Law Case.
The motion to remand to the state
supreme court from the federal court
the sui.t to test the constitutionality
of the Sibley law will be argued this
week. This is the case where Attorney
General Thompson, acting for the
state railway commission, filed a pe
tition for an injunction to prevent the
express companies from violating the
Sibley law, and which the express
companies transferred to the federal
court
Dinner to Mr. Bryan.
The Bryan dinner, notice of which
was published some time ago, will be
held at Lincoln, Sept. 24. The demo
cratic delegates to the state conven
tion called by law to prepare the pa.ty
platform will he in attendance, as well
as Gov. Campbell of Texas and other
prominent democrats from various
states. While the announced intent
of the diner is to boost the election
of the democratic nominee for su
preme judge, Mr. Bryan will be here
and will tell what he thinks should be
done to secure democratic success.
Says Railroads Violate Law.
A letter has been received by the
State Railway commission from a per
son who signed himself “Square Deal
er” calling attention to alleged viola
tions of the law by railroads which
conduct eating houses along their
lines.
Drops Dead on Fair Grounds.
George Spiedell, a fanner living a
short distance north of Lincoln,
dropped the state fair
grounds
.
Ueber die Sterne 1st Ruh
By Elizabeth A. Vore
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
"UebPr die Sterne ist ruh,
Ueber die Sterne ist ruh.”
It was the Herr Professor singing
in the organ loft. Higher and higher
swelled the music, louder and sweeter
the rich full tones of the great organ,
and the mellow, wonderful voice of
the musician rose, until the dim,
quaint old church was illled with the
exquisite harmony.
Slowly and cautiously one of the
heavy outer doors was partly opened
and a dark, lovely face looked timid
ly in, as the music swelled upward in
all its sublime sweetness, the door was
pushed farther open by a little brown
hand and a slight, childish figure en
tered and crept softly, hesitatingly
up the aisle.
Presently, the music stopped, but
the child remained kneeling as if in a
trance. The door leading from the
organ loft opened and the musician
came slowly down, humming softly
to himself. As he came forward his
eyes fell on the kneeling child with
her rapt, exquisite face and her won
drous, lifted eyes, and he stopped
short in astonishment.
“Liebe Himmel!” he muttered. "It
is the face of an angel!”
A tide of crimson flooded the love
ly olive face as the child sprang up
and shrank back timidly.
“Pardon, sir—a thousand pardons!”
she stammered, in a soft, musical
voice, tremulous with fright.
The look of wonder and astonish
ment on the good professor's face
changed to one of gentleness and
pity at the little one’s evident fear.
“Pfui, little one, thou hast naught
to fear; am I then so great a mon
ster that thou shouldst run from me?
Come, maitchen, let us see thee
closer.”
The child came shyly forward and
stood before the great master, who
took her small hands in his own and
gazed with kindly curiosity into her
face.
“Thou art a puzzle, little one,” he
said, smiling. “Who art thou? I
find thee in this quiet English town,
and the tongue is English, too, but
the face and voice, they do not belong
to an English maid. How is it, leib
chen?”
“I am Gabrielle,” said the child,
simply. “My father keeps the music
shop near by. He is English, but I
—I am like my mother who is with
the angels. She was born over the
sea, in Italy.”
“Ah! that accounts for thy soft
voice and dark face, my lovely one.
i thought there was southern blood
in thy veins. And thou wert listen
ing to the music? Perhaps thou
wouldst like to learn, thyself?”
The child drew in her breath quick
ly and clasped her hands spasmod
ically in the emotion that suddenly
swept over her.
”Ah! If I might!” she cried, “If I
only Blight! But ‘there is none to
teach, and I can do nothing but sing,
and that not at home, for it makes
my father sad. My mother sang, and
he is always remembering.”
“So you sing, then, little one; let us
hear you. Come, do not be afraid;
sing something you know well.”
He had, somehow, expected to hear
an unusual voice, but nothing like
what he did hear; as the child threw
back her head proudly and her sweet,
clear voice swelled upward, the pur
ity and richness of Its exquisite tones
thrilled the great master, and filled
him with wondering astonishment.
“It is wonderful!” he exclaimed, as
the sweet voice died away, and Gab
rielle stood flushed and trembling be
fore him. “My child, you are blest
of the saints! your voice is perfect.
You will have the world at your
feet.”
“I want only to be able to play the
great organ and sing as .you do. Shall
I ever be able to sing the song you
sang just now?”
“Certainly, and many much more
difficult than that.”
“But who would teach me, sir?”
faltered Gabrielle. “My father has
no money.”
‘‘We shall see to that, little one;
we shall see to all that—such a voice
must not be lost to the world. Tell
me where yon live and I will see
the father about ft.”
Gabrielle directed him, and then
with the impulsiveness born of her
hot, southern blood, she raised his
hand to her lips and covered it with
kisses.
The great German master had come
to this little out-of-the-way English
town some weeks before, for the pur
pose of resting. He had steered clear
of hotels and boarding houses, though
they were of a very quiet, primitive
order in this country place, and had
secured lodgings with one of his own
countrymen, Karl Hansel, a music
teacher, who soon ascertained who
his guest was, and was not a little
proud of the distinction of having
the famous "Herr Professor,” to use
his own words, under his roof. He
became a great favorite with the slm
! pie town folk, who always spoke of
him after Karl Hansel’s example, as
the "Herr Professor.” But now the
time for his departure was at hand,
and he made haste to see Gabrielle's
father before he went away.
He did not long hesitate In giving
his consent that his little daughter
receive a musical education.
She was to Btudy during the winter
and summer with Karl Hansel, "and
then when autumn comes again,” said
the master, smiling, "I shall come for
her and take her to the Fatherland.
We will make a great singer of thee,
leibchen.”
Through the late winter and spring
Gabrielle advanced rapidly and her
tutor was full of pride at her prog
ress. But when the hot days of sum
mer came she began to droop; the
slender form grew thin, and the rosy
color faded from her cheek. By-and
by she became too weak to continuej
her lessons. Poor little Gabrielle! it
soon became apparent to all yho saw
that she would never sing for
H—
rich Gabrielle, she would sing, not
for the world,, but for the angels. She
lingered on until winter, growing
weaker every day, but making no
complaint save weariness.
“I am so tired!” she would say, “so
tired.” She never complained of
aught else. She had but one wish.
“To hear the song of the Herr Pro
fessor,” and see the master before
she died. But Karl Hansel did not
know exactly his whereabouts, al
though he wrote him occasionally to
learn of the progress of his protege,
and for three months he had heard
nothing of him, although he wrote of
the child’s failing strength
“I am so tired!” she would cry,
"and I cannot rest. Sing me the song
of the Herr Professor. I cannot rest
till I have heard it.”
“Child, child!” her heartbroken,
white-haired father would cry, “you
break my heart! alas! there is r.o one
I ^ J
‘ Child, Child! You Break My Heart!”
who knows it—if you could but re
member the name.”
There came a day in the early au
tumn when with tearful eyes the
friends of little Gabrielle gathered
around her couch. The liUle life was
fast ebbing out.
“Tell the Herr Professor,” she whis
pered. Just then a step was heard
without—the door opened and the
master stood on the threshold. Gab
rielle's eyes grew radiant and she
stretched out her little thin hands.
“It is the Herr Professor!” she cried,
joyfully.
The next instant he had crossed
over and knelt by her couch and tak
ing the little feeble hands, pressed
them to his breast.
“Leibchen! lamkin! Weloved child!”
he cried. “Ach! mein Gott! but it is
cruel!”
"Sing me the song you sang in the
church, dear Herr Professor,” she
begged; “I have waited so long to
hear it again, and I am so tired—ah,
so very tired, and I cannot rest.”
Then the master raised his power
ful voice, its richness mingled now
with a solemn tenderness.
“Ueber die sterne ist ruh,” he sang
again—sang as he never sang it be
fore, as he would never sing it again,
and the dying Gabrielle listened with
parted lips, while into her weary
dark eyes there stole a sweet, rest
ful peace.
“Ueber die sterne ist ruh!” she re
peated feebly. “What does it mean,
Herr Professor?”
“Over the stars is thy rest,” said
the master, solemnly. “Rest for thee,
little Gabrielle.”
“Ah! it is for me! for me the song
is made!” cried Gabrielle, smiling
weakly. “I am so tired, but—over—
the stars—”
The sentence was finished in
heaven, where she had found rest at
last. They laid her gently back and
led the sorrowing father away; then
the great musician bowed his head
and wept over the little lifeless form.
“Ach! meine lei be kind!” he mur
mured, “thou art lost to the world, but
perhaps it is best; thou wert not in
tended for earth—thy voice it was
lent thee by the angels!”
In one corner of the country church
yard is a little grass-grown mound
marked by an unusually handsome
headstone. When it attracts notice,
the villagers say:
“Yes, it came from over the seas;
the great master sent it from Leip
slc,” and the stranger stopping to
read, sees the simple inscription:
“Gabrielle. Ueber die sterne ist
ruh.”
Film Flam.
At the best, remarks the Amateur
Photographer, the development of
other people’s exposures in large quan
tities is a pure mechanical task, and
should be regarded as such by all con
cerned. The patient and loving and
tender care which struggles to save
and improve in development a wrong
ly exposed plate cannot be had in com
merce.
The development of films by electric
motor and of plates in batches in a
tank of dilute developer is more and
more coming to be commercial prac
tice. Such treatment will save all that
can be saved in the negative, and what
is not brought out by such treatment
is not, and never was, there—despite
the wails of the traveler who is sure
that he got an excellent view of the
dungeon at Chillon by a hand exposure
with the shutter set at I and the larg
est diaphragm.
An Augmented Vocabulary.
“Jimmie,” said one small boy to an
other, “do you know what a molly
coddle ie?” “Sure. It’s a new word
yon can use if 'you want to start a
JUDGING FROM OWN CASE.
Deacon Recognizes the Wants of a Fel
low Sufferer.
General Booth, the head of the Sal
vation Army, was discussing the anti
suicide bureaus that his church has
opened.
“Kindness and charity,” he said,
“are factors of these bureaus. The
charity will be of the right kind, I
trust. There are. you know, two
kinds of charity, and too much of it
is like the barber s.
“There was a poor deacon in War
wick who had no money and needed
to be shaved, and he went from barber
to barber, but none of them, despite
his holy office, was willing to shave
him for nothing.
“In the end. though, he found a
barber who, on hearing his tale, said
gruffly:
“Sit down there in that chair.'
“And this barber shaved him. But.
the razor he used! Dear me! Its dull
edge and the nicks in it! Under the
operation the tears flowed in rivulet3
down the poor deacon's cheeks.
"Suddenly the barber's dog in the
adjoining room set up a terrific howl
ing.
• “‘Be still.there!’ cried the barber.
And he muttered anxiously: ‘What
can they be doing to him?’
“ ‘Alas!’ said the deacon, ‘I shouldn’t
wonder if some one was shaving him
out of charity.’ ’’
BRUTALITY OF MEDICAL ETHICS.
A Great Surgeon Barred from Mem
bership in Medical Association.
(From the National Druggist for June,
1907.)
Dr. Augustus Charles Bernays, who
died a few days ago in St. Louis, was,
probably, the foremost surgeon in the
United States. His fame was co
extensive with the civilized world. He
was not only an operator of the high
est order, but a tireless and exhaus
tive worker in the field of original
surgery. He performed the first suc
cessful Caesarian section in 1883 in
St Louis, and also the first successful
coeliotomy for gunshot wound of the
atdomen and the first gallstone opera
tion in Missouri. A record held by
Dr. Bernays has never been equaled:
Out of eighty-one successive cases
of appendicitis which necessitated
operations, seventy-one in succession
were with perfectly satisfactory re- j
suits, the seventy-second patient fail
ing of recovery, but the subsequent
nine cases were successfully treated. !
And yet, with such a record, match
less as was his skill, varied and ex
tensive as was his learning, wonder- i
ful as were his accomplishments, he !
was not considered, by the American j
Medical Association, as worthy of
membership in that organization.
No charges were ever brought
against him which, in the remotest
degree, reflected on his qualifications
as a surgeon; his moral character was
never the subject of attack; he was
never accused of having done any
thing unbecoming a man or a gentle
man. “The head and front of his of
fending had this extent—no more!”
He dared to think! He refused to
mold his opinions and to govern his
actions by the arbitrary rules which
those whom he knew to be his infer
iors had set up for his guidance! In
other words, he could not regard the
Code of Ethics of the American Medi
cal Association as being inspired, or
having any binding authority on him
where his judgment told him it was
wrong. And so, twenty years ago
or more, on account of some trivial in
fraction of this sacred “Code,” a
movement was started to expel him
from the local association, which was
only defeated by his hastily sending
In his resignation. As membership in
the A. M. A. is dependent upon mem
bership in the local and State socie
ties, his name was dropped by the
national organization.
And so, though he had saved thou
sands of lives; though other physi
cians had profited by his art; this
brilliant surgeon; this great and able
man, has, during all these years, been
an outcast—a medical “scab;” not
recognized as "ethical” or worthy of
fellowship by that body of physicians
banded together in the American Med
ical Association!
And this is the association which,
under pretense of working for the
public good, is, in reality, only seeking
to control Congress and the State
Legislatures in the interest of their
own selfish schemes; which is trying
to create a Cabinet position and to
place one of its members in that po
sition; which is endeavoring by law
te exclude from the use of the mails,
all manufacturers of medicines who
do not comply with the absurd re
quirements that they choose to set
up; which, in short, is trying to pm
upon the statute books of State and
nation laws that will, in effect, estab
lish a kind of medical priesthood, to
which only their own members will be
eligible with power and control over
the health and lives of the people!
God help the druggists, the drug
manufacturers, physicians not mem
bers of their guild, and the people
generally, if this association ever suc
ceeds in its undertaking. If it does,
it will, after the fashion of the labor
unions, dictate a "closed shop,” and
say to doctors who prefer to be inde
pendent, “You must join our union
or, failing to do so, compel them tc
get out of the business. It will say
what medicines shali be taken, and
how they shall be made. It will hedge
the people about with a lot of pettj
regulations under pretense of protect
ing the public health. In fine, a medi
cal bureaucracy will be established tf
tyrannize over the people.
Let no man call this a false alarm
If there are those who are inclinec
to do so, let them read the journal ol
the A. M. A. Let them scan the
proceedings of the association, held
always behind closed doors, and care
fully edited, as they are, before they
are published in its official organ. Ii
■they will do this they will see that we
are not trying to create a bugaboo to
frighten their timid souls.
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