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NATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ISSUES OF IMPOR
TANCE DISCUSSED IN LETTERS FROM PUBLIC
Timely Topics Ranging From Public to Private Life Viewed From Various Angles Opinions of Fellow
Writers Are Challenged by Some.
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1920
NURSES' SIDE OV CASE TOLD
Their Work Is Usually Where Prac
tical Women Would Fail.
PORTLAND. March 19. (To the
Editor.) I am not a nurse, have no
relatives or personal friends that are.
although I am acquainted with many
that 1 have been connected with, in
mine and relatives' homes so I feel I
on be fair.
I am a club woman (should I sign
my name I'm sure many of my read
ers would know me) and I've studied
professions, positions and ail lines of
work in which girls and women are
engaged, and I must Fay that, to me,
Mrs. M. A. Albln's article In The Sun
day Oregonlan was a view too nar
row and ridiculous to be read to the
finish.
Calling nurses petty, greedy, vain.
etc., because they refuse to eat in the
kitchen is (in slang) "going the
limit." one would hardly ask the doc
tor on the case to use the side en
trance, yet his profession, also, is
caring for the sick. Often the nurse
has studied as long as the doctor to
gain her diploma, but because she is
on the side of the profession that is
made up of women almost entirely,
she is expected to be a slave by a
few of her own sex. who should stand
with her unanimously. Women and
their rights will never be right till
they learn to be loyal and true to
each other. I
Nurses have no thought of their
standing in the community socially
so I find. Their interests when off
duty are getting their homes cleaned,
v. siting a few friends occasionally,
getting rest and an outdoor trip if
possible. They seem to hope to be
left to themselves (or with a few
nurse friends), and. as fur trying to
break into society as the article
would infer they have no desire
whatever, I'm sure, although they are
usually well educated, well read. In
telligent conversationalists, dress
tastily and, X imagine, could com
pete with the ordinary brainless won
der which you find in every walk of
life.
"Do nurses render service?" They
certainly do and jet that docs not
make thein servants except in the
cause of humanity. Your ministor and
the missionary are servants of Uod
and humanity, yet they are not serv
ants, commonly speaking.
If all the care you need is "your
dope, another blanket, a drink and
such small things." you are right, you
do "t need a irraduate nurse, for aj
good woman with a kind heart"
would do quite as well; but. on the
other hand, if your heart is weak and
hypodermic stimulation is necessary
when it changes in character, or
careful temperature baths are re
quired every few hours, if there is
dancer of internal hemorrhage at
which the first symptoms mean quick
art ion. then, 1 fear, your good woman
with sense, a kind heart and no train
ing would be of no avaiL
1 have had many nurses in my home
and I have had only one that I con
sider undesirable in any way and in
all professions you will occasionally
find a black sheep. But for none of
them have I ever had a "suite of
rooms, servant to wait cn them, or
carried their meals to their room."
I hope I made them happier at my
own table with the family than they
would have been in their room. As to
ironi'Iad rules, the ordinary home
needs a few.
The actual figures quoted in the
letter ? a day. 42 a week, ?170
month when figured out make less
than 26 cents an hour for 24-ho;rr
duty, less than 34 cents an hour for
lS-liour duty, and 50 cents an hour fo
12-bour duty. When a scrubwoman
who goes around cleaning by the, day
snakes 4'1 cents an hour, doesn't tha
give something new to think about?
w. a. r.
In our Industrial centers like Pitts
burg foreigner were imported like
cattle to displace and lower the stand,
ard of American labor, and as soon
as those foreigners learned American
ways and were organized they were
displaced by another set of foreigners,
and it has been the policy of the em
ployers to keep them ignorant and
Isolated.
There Is more to it than language
to overcome to fuse and cement the
foreign and native element into one
unit. Race pride, ignorance, preju
dice are the main obstacles against it.
The real hope of the thorough uni
fication of the nation lies in our pub'
lie schools. They are the melting
pots to fuse and assimilate the dif
ferent elements into one solid unit.
The whole cause and agitation of
tha present condition is a hysteria
brought on by the war and will die
out or subside after a while. It is tiie
same veiled savage thrust that for
bade some of our old people to wor
ship their God in their own native
tongue under a threat of having their
meeting houses burned down.
The trouble is, like Hiram Johnson
said: We have spent millions for
propaganda. We picked our pockets
to poison our mind. Our American
press that always sees spooks in the
air has kept up this tirade about for
eign radicalism. They have instilled
into our other peaceful population
the seeds of hatred.
The real danger to our free insti
tutions cannot be entirely traced to
the foreie-n element. The real I. W.
W. that try to tear down the pillars
of our government are the higher ups
that evade and corrupt our laws. In
Oregon as a class are the timber
barons that stole its public domain
and robbed its youth of its school
funds.
We have been having too much lip
patriotism and coat lapel displiu'
commercialized. Like we have seen
in same window display: "We are
100 per cent American all our em
ployes bought liberty bonds."
The Oregonlan may laud the names
of Langoe and Noablad to the ekias
but they only deserve the contempt
of all liberty-loving Americans who
believe in guarding the fundamental
liberties of the people..
A. BENSCILEID.
PRESIDENT WILM. DEFENDED
FOREIGN TONGUES ALL RIGHT
Unnecessary Excitement Aroused
by Speech of Immigrants.
VANCOUVER. Wash., March 20.-
(To the iditor.) The Oregonian o
March 7 comes out with the state
ment: "If all editors of foreign lan
guage newspapers took the same
stand of H. L. Langoe. hyphenism
would not long survive in the United
States. And no long time would
elapse before the foreign born popu
lation would become thoroughly uni
fied with the native born. '
In this recently so much commented
issue, I beg to differ with The Ore
gonian, which appears to me to cloud
the Issue and gives only a partial
explanation of tha law as Intended
if in operation.
I will give the title of the bill
passed by- the Oregon legislature.
An act: Making it unlawful to
print, publish, circulate, display, sell
or offer for sale, any newspaper and
periodicals In any language other
than the English, unless the same
contains a literal translation thereof
in the Knglish language of the same
type, and as conspicuously displayed.
and providing a penalty therefor.
According to my mind and the ex
alted opinion of many persons ii
high standing of society, a drastic
measure like that put in operation
would put a Chinese wa-11 around the
fair state of Oregon. It would stop
and forbid the introduction or circu
lation of any foreign language paper.
pamphlet, periodical treating on
chemistry, surgery, art. literature, on
any topic whatsoever, into the state
of Oregon, if the translation In Kng
lish did not appear In parallel column
A law like that would put the fair
state into worse shackles of tyranny
than Russia was under the palmiest
days of czarism. It would mean the
death blow of most foreign language
papers; Its cruel thrust intended to
sever, to deaden the last ties, the
cherished memories which the poor
aged emigrant still holds to the land
of his childhood. What must have
been his thought, his fondest hopes,
entering the harbor of New York?
Standing in the shadow of the god
dess of liberty, the beacon light, the
harbinger of the down-trodden and
oppressed Inviting him to these
t. ho res. after all he must think It was
but sham and mockery.
The Oregonlan says: "Though the
first purpose might somewhat- In
crease the cost of publishing news
papers in foreign tongue, it will be
approved by all Immigrants who have
in good faith taken the oath of citi
zenship." That statement Is only
misleading and evading the real Is
sue. As generally understood, an
editor of a foreign language paper Is
most conversant In his own native
tongue, and for him to translate and
write editorials In English In parallel
columns requires a good deal of extra
training which he likely Is lacking.
Consequently it would almost double
the expense of publication and drive
those papers, already overburdened
with tha high overhead charge and
small circulation, out of business.
Materially this imposed law would
not improve conditions much. The
fact is. most of the emigrants that
come here from the more enlightened
countries endeavor to learn the Eng
lish language, and generally take an
Knglish daily with their home paper.
The Injustice and cruel stab would be
mora bitterly felt by the old: folks,
for whom it is hard or almost im
possible to learn another language
In many ether rases Americans are
to blame for prevaiilaj conditions.
Wheel Will Come Full Circle and
World Will Know Truth.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., March 10.
(To tho Editor.) The Oregoulan's
leading editorial of Wednesday, com
menting on President Wilson s letter
to Senator Hitchcock, holds him re
sponsible for what you anticipate will
he the failure of the peace treaty.
You say that the president "disap
proves all reservations."
Would you kindly Indicate the place
or places in his letter where he does
so?
liven In connection with article 10
the only one which the president
discusses he says in so many words,
"There can be no objection to ex
plaining again what our constitution
al methods are and that congress
alone can declare war or determine
the cause or occasions for war and
that it alone can authorize the use
of the armed forces of the United
States on land or on the sea. But to
make such a declaration would cer
tainly be a work of supererogation.
The president makes as plain as
language can make it, that the thing
which he objects to is found in this:
"Any reservations which seek to de
prive the league of nations of the
force of article 10 cut at the very
life of the covenant itself." The pres
ident believes that the Lodge reserva
tion on article 10 will have just that
effect. We understood that The Ore
gonian in its early advocacy of the
league held that article 10 should not
be deprived of its force. It may be
a matter of judgment whether or not
any given reservations do thus kill
that article. But if one believes
as the president sincerely does that
the very life of the league will be
destroyed by any real weakening of
article 10, so that without it the
league would be inoperative why
should he be made responsible for
tiie failure of the treaty?
Many Americans not blinded by
party prejudice will find in the presi
dent s letter a mastery ven an un- I
answerable argument in favor of
preserving the essenial principles of
article 10. He holds up once more
the grandeur of the opportunity to
inaugurate a new era in human his
tory. To throw away so vast an op
portunity merely in order to punish
President Wilson for his errors in de
tail and lack of tact, or to sacrifice
this chance to confer an inestimable
blessing upon the world In order to
make political capital, would be a
crime second only to the attempt by
me nuns to enslave tne world. "The
great wheel will come full circle"
some of these days, and the world
11 then distinguish between the bic
and the little, and will recognize that
the general sum and aim of the presi
dent's plans belonged to the big and
their defects to the little.
W. D. LYMAN.
years. He Immediately secured a
contract with the New York Central
Railway company, and employing a
large number of people from his own
country, did much important work
in railroad construction until the
business panic of 1873 when, at the
advice of the famous Jay Cooke, who
told him that a railroad was to be
built from the Columbia river north
to Puget sound, he selected about 20
of the men who were working for
him, and came to Astoria, paying all
expenses, and where was established
the first colony of Finnish people,
which now numbers at Astoria and
other places along the Columbia
river, about 20.000, most of whom are
engaged in the fishing- business
Mr. Scaborg's father was a famous
fisherman and one of the most widely
known men in Finland, so it was
natural for him to go into the fish
ing business, especially when he j
recognized the great industry of sal- I
mon packing that could be built up I
in this vicinity. With his men he
engaged In fishing at the mouth of
the Columbia river, ana! 'in 1879 lo
cated at Ilwaco, Wash, (there were
only three houses there then, and a
postoffice known as Unity), where
he organized the Aberdeen Packing
company, built a large salmon can
nery and later directed the brick
building and operated a large gen
eral store, all at which made Ilwaco
an Important place at the mouth of
the Columbia river, and all through
his great industry and financial
assistance. Mr. Seaborg made the
acquaintance of Captain A. A. Simp
son of Coos Bay, who was establish
ing a eawmili at Hoquiam on Grays
harbor, and decided to build a can
nery in the same locality. Samuel
Benn, who owned the land where
Aberdeen now stands, and which was
known by the Chinook name of Wis
quah (meaning dirty water) induced
Mr, Seaborg to locate there, and he
helped create the town and named it
Aberdeen after the. Aberdeen Pack
ing company. During the years that
followed he had salmon canneries at
Bay Center on Willapa harbor, at
Astoria, Eagle Cliff and Bay View
on the Columbia river, at Fairhaven
(now a part of Bellingham) and Stan
wood on Puget sound, on the Stekcen
river at Wrangle, Alaska, and an
interest in one at Port Angeles. As
slated before, he is now operating
a cannery on the Rogue river, hav
ing retired from all business con
nections with the other canneries he
has been interested in.
Mr. Seaborg has always been inter
ested in matters political, believing
that everyone should keep well i
formed in matters portaining to the
matters of the welfare of his state
ana nation, lie is a republican
politics and was a, member of the
first senate, after Washington was
admitted to statehood, serving as a
joint senator from Pacific, Waukla-
kum and Cowlitz counties. He was
influential and industrious as a sen
ator and did much to see that laws
were enacted to protect and upbuild
the fishing industry of Washington.
Being one of the most euccessful men
who had large interests at Astoria.
he could not prevent himself very
well from taking an interest also in
Oregon politics. When a very young
man the late Senator Charles W. Ful
ton, who was located at Astoria, made
a Fourth of July speech in 1876, tho
100th anniversary of American inde
pendence, In the postoffice yard. It
is said that Mr. Seaborg was1 .im
pressed with the young man's ability
as a speaker and gave him a great
deal of legal work, and afterwards
urged him to run for the state sen
ate, where he began his career as
public man in Oregon. It is said
also, that Mr. Seaborg gave Senator
Fulton a great, deal of assistance
when he ran for United States sen
ator and was elected.
GEORGE IT. PIPER.
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B.
A. SEAKORG IS LAUDED
History of Early Packer of Salmon
Is Recounted.
PORTLAND. March 19. (To the
Editor.) In a , recent issue of the
Raymond (Wash.) Herald was an
article entitled "B, A. Seaborg. Pio
neer, which gave a very interesting
account of the long life of one of the
most successful constructors of the
business affairs of the northwest
country. Mr. Seaborg was one of the
first men. to pack salmon and the
Herald gives a fine description of hla
energy and business sagacity, con
fining Itself largely to his operation
in southwestern Washington. Begin
ning bis salmon packing operation in
157 at Ilwaco after 41 years' ex
perience in this business at various
localities, he Is now operating a can
nery on the Rogue river. Having
had an extended acquaintance with
this gentleman, who is now In the
79th year and appears to be as hale
and hearty as ever, I would like to
add something to the story In the
Herald which I believe will be Interesting-
to the readers of The Orego
nian. He is pow visiting friends in
Portland.
B. A. Seaborg (Sjoberg, as it is
spelled in Swedish), was born in
Kristinestad, Finland. July 29, 1841.
He accepted the position as clerk
in a general merchandise store in
Vasa in 1S5. Being under age he
conducted a general merchandise
store of his own until 1866 under
borrowed rights, according to the
commercial laws of the country. He
was also prominent as a contractor
and 'hip owner and acted as state
marshal during a portion of the time.
Mr. Seaborg made many trips to Rus
sia on business missions and during
the time Crimean war in the early
sixties the czar's officials became
suspicious of him because of his very
independent views he made up his
mind be would be sent to Siberia if
he remained in the emperor's domin
ions, which Included Finland, and
as a result disposed of hla business
interest and sailed for the United
States, landing in New York In the
latter part of 1867 at the age of 26
Tendency of Men Toward Effem
inacy Is Denied.
PORTLAND, March 19. (To the
Editor.) The Oregonlan reports a
Chicago psychologist as stating that
the United States is headed straight
toward a matriarchate with a cor
responding effeminacy of the males,
and notes as eigns the growth of
prohibition and female suffrage.
Most astonishing conclusions are
drawn by these psyhcologists, and
some of their teats are as unconvinc
ing as their conclusions.
This eminent psychologist seems to
be for the caveman Idea, and the
slrong-arm rule for women, with
stern repression of all efforts of wom
an to develop strength of character.
leadership, and to exercise ber benefi
cent influence on the male of the
human species. At the same time he
is strong (by Inference) for the right
of the male to exercise his lordly
over-rule, to debauch his mind and
body with drugs, liquor and vice, and
pass disease, degeneracy and insanity
to his offspring as a result of his
unlicensed individual freedom of ac
tion. Without going Into the discus
sion of prohibition, the merest tyro
of a medical man or woman knows
that liquor drinking promotes crime
increases social diseases, wrecks the
individual drinker, weakens his phys
leal and moral resistance and trans
mits his weakness to his offspring.
in addition to making physical wrecks
of the women linked to such weak
lings and degenerates. Eliminating
the social disease factor, the child of
a drunkard or a steady drinker has
poor physical resistance and bad
health, and Insanity is liable to de
velop in the second generation. Na
ture demands her toll.
It will require three generations to
free the blood.of Americans from the
taint of liquor, and ten generations to
remove the constitutional weakness.
but the taint of blood from social dis
eases, the bastard child of liquor, will
never be eradicated as long as Its
victims, both guilty and Innocent,
continue to marry.
Modern high-pressure life, with Its
nerve-racking strain, is wrecking
nervous systems and filling the In
sane hospitals. Men and women are
working on the run and taking their
recreation on the jump, the so-called
efficiency has become an obsession
and a erase, and the eternal cry is
"'speed up." It is bad enough under
prohibition and a moderate amount
of wood alcohol and squirrel whisky,
but. under free sale of liquors and
the attendant vice which it would
bring in its train the lunatics would
be in the majority In this country in
course of time. This is not an idle
statement, but the settled belief of
many calm and observant physicians.
Our entire political system of elec
tions is due for a change. The electo
rate has been exploited by unscrupu
lous politicians, who stand only for
self, and parties make platforms only
to break them at pleasure. But a day
of awakening ia at hand, and as
women take a hand the era of bunk,
spoils and broken promises will be
succeeded bj genuine representatives
of the people, who will be real repre
sentatives and do the people's will.
The old order changeth, and the new
day of decent and honest representa
tion will be helped mightly by women.
Our psychologist must make no mis
take. There are plenty of red-blooded
men of action in this bis country,.
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fighters make good men, good hus
bands or good citizens. These same
men alBo know the quality of good,
upstanding, righteous women of good
sense, and are ready and willing to
back them to the limit. The man who
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power and influence of worthy and
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Fl'LIi AMERICANISM URGED
"100 Per Cent" Patriotism Atlvo-
, cated for Election Campaign.
PORTLAND, March 19. (To the Ed
itor.) There was a time when the
soul of America was Its pilgrims, and
: who have lived in this beautiful
land since its unquestioned freedom
became a fact, who have lived in It
as if Uod had said: "Take It and do
with it as you please," have not suf
ficiently realized how deeply sincere
was the soul of those pilgrims. Our
state of unpreparedness against the
beast in humanity proves that we did
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sible for the perpetuation of the orig
inal soul of America.
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the world war it looks as If Provi
dence had again been Indulgent with
us by giving us a chance to hark
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known by the name of "100 per cent
Americanism." But in passing let us
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treat this awakening carelessly a sec
ond time? I think not.
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that guidance was not for our sake
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parts of the worJd. Thus the welfare
of the world was sought if good was
sought at all, and who shall say that
goodness is not sought In a universe
whose workings defy mortal com
prehension, and whose provisions ex
tend to the smallest life?
None who reverences the history of
our pilffrms or the Inception of a na
tion so free that the whole world
looked beautiful to any but the enemy
of his own happiness, the bolshevlst.
can fail to see that the national re
awakening which was brought about
by the world war Is nothing less than
our second chance to perpetuate a
work that was once well begun.
Ai we owe the Inception of this
great nation to the pilgrims, so In
1920 will we owe our national safe
conduct, as well as the welfare of the
world at large, to the concerted and
undivided action of men and women
who are 100 per cent Americans.
Let us ask, what are the require
ments of a 100 per cent Americanism?
It is easier to say who are not such.
First of all, the (candidate for office
who seeks to please or who is afraid
of offending those who are not such
U not a 100 per cent American. The
man or woman who is afraid to be a
100 per cent American In the conduct
of his or her business because their
profits might be a little less as a
consequences of showing their colors
is not a 100 per cent American. The
troe American who in this crucial
day fails to go to the polls for the
election of national officers simply
because ha or ah thinks thara will
be enough true ones without It is not
a 100 per cent American. Tne true
American who seeks the social inter
change or willingly tolerates such In
terchange with a person who is not
a true American is not a 100 per cent
American, and Is little less than a
parlor bolshevlst.
If the conduct of your business
shall not be made safe by standing
with the majority, how shall it be
made safe by standing with the mi
nority? Let the campaign of 1920 be con
ducted on 100 per cent Americanism.
J. A. CLEMENSON.
DAIRY RELATED TO PAYROLL
Industry Promises Much for Fu
ture It Supported.
PORTLAND, March (To the
Editor.) On all sides we hear talk of
payrolls. Chambers of commerce and
other similar bodies quote figures to
show the enormous monthly or
weekly payrolls of different cities.
Statistics are given which indicate
the growth of communities through
increased payrolls, and It is true that
these payrolls are of vast importance
to industrial centers, great and small.
A payroll, however, which Is of great
importance and Is often unrecognized
Is the payroll of the farming In
dustry. No - matter how prosperous
tha city payroll is. it oansot. prosper coma for tha state-are those which,
long, unless the payroll of the farm
is prosperous.
No small factor In Oregon Is the
payroll of the dairy industry. More
than 40,000 men and women are on
this payroll. Fully 23,000 of these
are the employers of labor, or the
owners of the small farms that pro
duce the raw product. Every farm
which maintains dairy cows in Ore
gon is a factory . which maintains
payroll of importance. There is
more than 1200,000,000 invested in the
physical plants of the dairy farms
of Oregon. It la carefully estimated
that each proprietor of a herd of
cattle has invested approximately
$10,000 In cattle, land and equipment
which goes to support those cattle.
This does not include the land which
is not directly used in supporting the
dairy cows. Barns, expensive equlP'
ment and labor are aU employed by
the man who maintains a herd of
cows. No small part of the money
spent by the dairy farmers of Oregon
goes to maintain the efficiency of thia
investment. This Investment of more
than 1200,000,000 constitutes the
initial investment of the dairy in
dustry. It does not include the
numerous butter, cheese and Ice
cream factories, the expensively
equipped market milk plants through,
out the state, particularly in Port
land, and the capital and labor in
volved In the distribution of market
milk, nor does it include the money
Invested in the expensive milk con-
deneeries of the state.
Various manufacturing plants con
nected with the dairy industry main
tain a payroll of their own. They
maintain advertising agencies which
carry the name of Oregon products,
and advertise the Oregon dairy in
dustry, outside of its own state. Their
payroll Is a different one. Intimately
connected, however, with ths Initial
payroll of the great dairy Industry
and It should not be overlooked. The
income derived from dairy products
in the last year Is estimated at over
$25,000,000 for this-state. There is
a tendency for people to look far
away from home for things that are
good. Business men will talk about
great factories coming to communi
ties; great milling Industries being
established, when after all they are
not half so Important aa many of
the industries already established.
Some day lumber will be gone, and
the business men of Oregon will look
to some other source for their In
come. Backing all ether Industries
must be that of agriculture, and the
various parts of the agricultural in
dustry that can make ths most in
should ba encouraged sod developed.
Looking ahead 25 years, one of tbe
greatest and most constructive things
that can be dona at present la to
foster those great agricultural In
dustries of the state. The dairy In
dustry is one of these, and it has
so far practically developed Itself.
Were half the attention paid to the
building up of thia phase of Oregon's
industrial resources in the various
communities as is paid to th estab
lishing of some factory with a pay
roll of 23 or 30 people, or ths loss
of a factory of similar size, the reault
to the state would be Immeasurable.
This la a plea for recognition of
the real payroll, one of tbe greatest
In the state and one that Is commonly
overlooked by the average business
man. Let us have more encourage
ment and recognition for the dairy
Industry. It needs the help and sym
pathy of th mon of affairs .In tbe
"tat. P. M. P.RANDT.
Professor of Dairy Husbandry, Ore
gon Agricultural college.
J. D. MICKLE,
Dairy and Food Commissioner.
VACCIXATIOX IS ADVOCATED
Danger of Spread of Smallpox Km
phaslzed by Writer.
PORTLAND, March 19. (To the
Editor.) If you would repeat once a
month that editorial of yours, weeks
ago, on smallpox It might save some
Uvea It has to be line upon line and
precept upon precept to save people
from this terrible disease, and the
nuts" never let up on their props
ganda.
I saw on the streetcar th other
day a beautiful young woman with a
smallpox pit right in the center of
her cheek as large as a silver dime.
Anothsr on the inner side of her
nose near the ey th ssm sit, both
most disfiguring and imposaibla to
conoaaX Sha had had a mild case of
smallpox evidently, but suppose
either of these scars had happened
to com In her eye ah would have
bean totally blinded, and they are
very liable to com In th aye.
Th anti-vaccination artlclas sound
so absurd to a person who knows
anything of the care th government
takes to get absolutely pur serum
from clean, healthy young heifera.
and they talk about getting syphilis
from a cow and of vaccination from
person to person, as if that la ever
dons st the preaent time!
Senslblo people are glad when tbcf
Is a good deal ef swelling and dl
comfort In a vaccinated arm for a
few days. It shows th vacctn has
taken well .and on is better prot
tected.
However, I bellev fa being ae
cinated In th arm, not th leg, as
working an muicl when It Is In-,
flamed snd aor causes trouhl.
A woman working for m one hi
slated on being vaccinated la th
leg when th smallpox was la town,
and th doctor advlsad os all to b
rtvaccinated. fcThe had never tinea,
vaccinated bafor and It "look" fine,
but ah would not keep quirt and
walked so much that aha finally had
to be in bed thre days to slv th
leg rest. She aald "Xavcr again,"
but I told her sha would never need
It again; but henceforth she la a
rabid antl-vacctnatloniat and has a
most terrible tal to tclL
I bav noticed that almost every
"antl" has bn vaccinated himself
soma Urn. They are protected, but
are not willing for others to ba.
I was holding a llttl baby jclrl
while its mother was shopping In on
of th big department alorea of tha
city two mon tha ago. Wa wer In
tha Utile room set apart for mothers,
when three big fat foreign women
cama In there and cat down with a
baby and a 10-year-old girl with
many smallpox acabs on her hands
and face. I fled, but It puzzled ma
why no one stopped sueb a looking
child and compelled her folks to keep
her at home.
A few daya later In tha crowd near
me pushing to gat In a auburbaa car
I aaw a woman with acabs all over
her face. Why do not th police ar.
rest such people? I am glad to ses
th city cannot be coerced Into lot.
ting all children be exposed In th
schools, although soma suburban
schools wer full of It before th
edict went forth. If the peopl
want to have their children dlaflg.
ured for life, perhapa blinded, lei
them have It, but let tbam not rlbk
others.
One thing: no antl-vaeclnatlonlat
teacher should ba allowed In th
publlo schools. Tbe textbooks ar
good on thia subject, and If w edu
cate tha children thojr will know mor
than their parent. Sea prohibition.
And in a faw years perhapa w ran
gat proper vaccination laws passed
lik civilised countries, except our
own, now pnaatsa.
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