THE NA8AU POST : FREEPO«T, N.Y., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914.
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ADVICE FOR SCHOOLS PUBLIC ANO PRIVATE
Stop Forced Vaccination and Save Child Life
Fads for School Officers and Parents of School Children Showing That the Present Vaccination Law AppGes to Pnbhc Schools Only and Can Be Legally Suspended in Any PubUc School District by Local School Officers
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OUR COMING FAIR Let none of our readers forget the dates of our fair at Mineola on Sep¬ tember 22nd and 2Gth Inclusive. Tbl» fair has a state-wide reputation, and everyone regrets if he falls to attend. Even greater preparations , are made thlB year than ever before, and along the right lines, "This is a man's world," a woman sighed, "It never was Intended for women," and how many a woman has echoed the senti¬ ment. And most fairs have been men's fairs. But this is not the case with our fair. Ample provisions have been made for the exhibition of every¬ thing pertaining to women's work and ¦ interests, labor saving devices and the art of making home attractive.
The children have also been looked after. They have all sorts of exhibits and competitions, and especially along the line of flower and plant growing, fruit production and all tbat tends to interest the child at home and rendci that spot dear and tender to all of the coming generation.
OUR FOOD SUPPLY
With nearly all the countrien of Eu¬ rope engaged In war, it became quite natural to turn attention to the world's food supply. It Is the opinion of the average resident of tho United States that we have the capacity to feed the entire world, but the facts are that we are rapidly approaching that poini when It requires a large percentage ol ovli supply to feed our own popula tlon.
As to the wheat supply, over half of the world's wheat fields are affected by the war. If one travels among th* Immense wheat fields of our own North¬ west and thoes of Canada, it would seem that we are world's feeders, bui the United States only raises about one-fifth of the world's supply, and last year exported less than twenty per cent, of the wheat raised. The Russian crop, if it can be properly harvested, will exceed the crop of the United States by 60 to 100 million bUBbels.
Nearly one-half of the sugar supply comes from the war stricken coun tries. The United States Is an enor¬ mous consumer of sugar, amounting annually to nearly 4,000,000 tons. A large and Increasing proportion of the world's supply is now the product of the sugar beet.
When It comes to the corn crop we have things pretty much our own way. Of the entire annual crop of 2,776,000 000 bushels, the product of nine corn- raising countries, the United States produces 2, 373,000,000.
These flgures place us In mucb the same position as a prosperous farmer who gathers bountiful crops with pleasing visions of great Income from their sale, but who finds that he must save a large portion of such return from the bountiful land In order to feed his ever Increasing family
IRREGATION PROJECTS In the Eastern portion of tbe United States water is so generally prevalent that Its presence Is considered as a matter of course In the West It Is bought, fought for. stolen and all crimes In the calandar commltteed to obtain this prime human necessity.
Near the wonderful Homesteak Mine* at Lend. South Dakota a com-
In cities and towns all over tni^ .State the greatest opposition is now being made by parents of school children to tbe enforcement of that dangerous and barbarous law requiring the infection of healthy children with a vile blood disease as a condition of attending tbe public schools.
Tbls evil law was originated solely by medical societies in this State and was passed orglnally without any general public hearing or approval, and ita evil burden has been kept for years on our free schools, notwithstand¬ ing all tliorta made to remove or amend it by citizens and our educational ollicials, mal.ily through the influence of these aame medical societies, which are taid to have the greatest lobbying pow^r of any interest in the State. Thc.^e medical societies are organized all over tbis State with tens of thou¬ sands of members" and are now such a powerful aud dangerous force in the body politic as to control our medical legislation, our health departments, our \ital statistics, and a large part of our Press, and are now intent on forc¬ ing coiiipulsory medicine upon the people in various forms, which is one of (he most dtiUfeerous desrotisms or usurpations that could be Inflicted upon a tree people and much more dangerous than the old prohibited barbarism of compulsory religion ever was.
How lar the present effort to enforce this evil law on all our school choldiun through the State may be for the beneflt of the vaccinators and the vaccine makers rather than for the vaccinated children I will now let tbe v^ordo of a lormer Commissioner of Education (the beloved, Just and eminent Aiidrev,- S. Diaper) tell us. In his Annual Report for 1909 at page 11 the late CoiumisBiouer Draper states:
"In many cases physicians become interested in the strict enfoice- nieut of the law because of the fees resulting therefrom. * in the more populous districts the medical fees resutling from vac- ciuation are an Important item. It Is not claimed that physicians a.s a rule ore governed in this matter by a mercenary motive. * * lloweer. this mercenary motive has been the controlling factor in a suUicient number of cases which have come to the attention of the d'jpartment to justify the above assertions."
To further Illustrate this point, I have Just received a letter Irom a moth¬ er of school children in a town up the State, where the doctors are trying to strictly enforce this evil doctor-made law, and in which she signiflcantly points out that the health board doctor of the town is also on the school board and Is the doctor who will aslo get the fees paid by the school or LOwn for the vaccination of the school children! This women is only one of many parents who send touching letter from all over the State, giving in- otunces of death and disaster from vaccination, and asking for help to save their children from the horrible barbarism which would inflict upon their aealthy oodles a dangerous festering disease which, as 1 have already clearly proved, now kills more children than .smallpox and Is actually more dangerous lo them on the average tban natural smallpox—and all tbis au an alleged mode of producing public health and as a condition for the exercise of that most fundamental public right of the child, education.
Imow wo have received so many letters of this kind asking for lielp in the preuent crisis, not only from parents of school children but also from teachers and principals and trustees of public schoola, all over the State, asking for advice as lo their legal rights and j)owers In this matter and as to the dis¬ cretionary powers of the local or district school officers in enforcing or buh- i>ending the present vaccination law, that we have found it impossible to answer all of these letters fully by mail and hence now take the better way of answering these Inquiries through the public press, before the reopening of the schools, so that not only our numerous correspondents but the general public can get the beneflt of the facts and advice now given, which we will aere state in a series of distinct propositions; —
I. Tho present school vaccination law applies to public schools ouly, uot .o private or parochial schools, and it only authorizes the local trustees or ooards to exclude children from the schools who are not vaccinated. The lOllowing is a copy of the two first paragr^hs of tbe law, which form Its .uost'esseutlal parts: —
(Law of 1893, now In force). "No dhlld or person not vaccin¬
ated shall be aduiiiu-d ui itceived iulo any of the public school.-! of the ytate, and the trustees or other oflieers having the charge, maii- agemeni or control of the schools shall cause this provision of law to be (-nforced. Tliey may adopt a resolution excluding such children and perbons not vaccinated from such school until vaccinated and when i;uch resolution has been adopted they shall give at least ten days' notice thereof by posting copies of the same iu at least two public and consplcuouH places within the liinits of the school govern- ment/---"\
II. f'herejB no power given iu this law or in any other law in the State lo compel any person, whether in public or private school or anywhere else. to hf \acciiiated a;;alnst his free will and consent. To compel or attempt such vaccination by intimidation or force, by any doctor oi- health otficer or other persons, ib illegal aud criminal under the I'enal Code and deci.sion.s of our courts.
III. One vauciuauou. wLcthei "bucctssfur' or not, is MUltleleut tu sat Isfy the law and to authorize admission to school. See opinion of Attorney General John Cunneen In 1904. This point was also decided by a court and Jury at Rochester in 1912. The two practices, therefore, of requiring re¬ peated vaccination until ii "takes" and of re-vaccinatlon repeated after a certain uumber of years, as now practiced in the schools, are illegal and un¬ tenable and must be abandoned One vaccination only is enough undei the law.
1\ . This vaccination law. t^.* us own distinct terms, it t-niorceable only by the board of education, the local school board or trustees iu any town or district, and by no other otliceiri. Ncf power, therefore, is given in this law to the Comm'ssloner of Edui aiiou or the Commissioner of Health to enforce this law or overrule ilie action of the local school offlcers thereon.
V. 'I'he law is di.«cielionary with the local officers and the discretion lies in the second ijara^iaph, viz.: "They (the trustees, etc.) may adopt a resolution excluding such children," etc. It will therefore be obvious that the law Is not In force at all except when the local school offlcers choose to pass the enforcing resolution and put up the ten day's notice, etc., which they "may" do when they think it necessary aud proper but not otherwise, and no one can force them to do this against their discretion u» the law itself places Its enforcement in their hands only.
VI. It Is evident that the first clau.se only appears iiiandatoiy, but tills Is modified I'y the second clause and please note this fact, the history of this law shows that this tirat clause is an unauthorized interpolation in the law, made by a codifying committee in 189:i, which had no power to alter the law, but who unlawfully or inadvertently Introduced the present flrst clause in place of llie original as found in the law first iiassed In I860, which was clearly ill^rrelionary, as i?- the present second clause, which ha.s been left almost unaltered, 'ihis history will, therefore, affect the Interpretation of the law in the eyes of'a couit, and will make a second clause govern iu making the law discretionary, as it obviously is wheu taken as a whole.
VU. I am aware that the Commissioner of Education, under an opinion of an Attorney Oeneral, regards the law as mandatory, but I think this opinion ih not le,^;ally correct, for the rea.sons given, which weie not known or con¬ sidered when thai opinion was rendered. In any case, such opinion is not infallible or roiulusive, and only the decision of a coui I can determine thi.s quostion. And as Ihis law is enforcable only by the local school offlcers, tbey eannot be overruled iu this matter by other offlcers or departments, and I therefore advise all local school ofiiceis to lioUl firmly lo the view that Ihe law is discretionary iu essence, both verbally and historically, and thai Ihey mny enlorce or suspend It at their best judgment of local conditions or nece--iiies i .'.ill a court shall decide this question one way or the other.
\ III. ,..- this law is enforcable only by the local s-.hool offlcers, and on their judgment or discretion, not by the Commissioner of Education or Ihe Commissioner of Health, it is obvious that such local oflieers cannot be legally penali/ed In any way, nor can the State funds be lef^ally withlield from their local schools as a punishment for not enforcing this law, when the law itself places the |)ower and discretion for enforcing it in these local ofllcers Ihomselves,
pany bought hundreds of acres that •ay along the Spearflsh River. Farm¬ ers or ranchers, as they call themsel¬ ves, owned water rights to a portion jf this river. These lands are pro¬ ductive and valuable. It was found after the purchase of tbese ranches that; the Homesteak Company cared nothing for the land. It intended to raise no cattle, horses or hogs. It had not the faintest Idea of adding to the country's wealth by producing grain or fruit from these fertile acres. It wanted only the water that the land title carfled with It, and the land might grow up to mlbees and weeds. The mountain valleys abounding along the base of the Rocky Moun- tailns are very fertile, having received the wash of the upper hills for ages, During the coming summer another great Irrigation project will be car¬ ried forward upon which the govern¬ ment will expend about 12,000,000. It will be known as the Little Missouri Project, near the South Dakato line, and will lurnish water for 6,000 acres. In other words this will add the num¬ ber of acres stated to the wealth of tho country, but is now uttrely use¬ less. And this so-called desert land is wonderfull productive with the addi¬ tion of water only.
tage, we assuredly will. To the im¬ patient the time seems long. But It takes time to open the door to even the most welcome guest.
A brief summary of the loss pres¬ ent and probable from the European war, seems to be to the drainage of our gold reserve; losing of European markets to our securities, and as a consequent, decline in prices in this country; loss of European capital, cut¬ ting off of many necessary manufac¬ tured products that have not been made In this country, and last but not least, a decided increase in the al¬ ready high cost of living.
Among the things to be gained are
deserved mucli of her trade prestige by her careful and scientific methods, did not help our deficieiicu-s in these directions. "In the last seven months," says a trade expert, "tlie Imixutation of all f-oi'ls of hardwa'c and lii?.;li class metal machinery into Great liii tian has exceeded 2O,0U(I,(mmi tuns, nearly all of this coming fioin tier- many." If the Inited States will man- ufactiire, pack, and ship 80od.s as the buyer wants them, much of this trade can be secured by onr manufaclurer.s. Plans for securing il(e Soutii Anier-
meiit from the new conditions that will eff(H't every nation in the world for years to come.
lean trade have been started
opportunity to greatly increase thej called the Foreign Trade .spe flnancial power and prestage of the started on a trip over the Leigii. It car- United States. New York Is today i''*^y lecturers thai are loiiipeteni lo talk
the linancial capital of Ihe world. Can on the Soulli .\nieri we iiiainlain thi.s pu.siiiun? It has and demaiid.s. Th been held by London for long years and the London bill of exchange has
OPPORTUNITY 18 KNOCKING "1 knock, unbidden, once at every gate, if sleeping wake; If feasting rise before I turn away. It Is the hour of fate." And this is just the condition that confronts the United States today. It Is the hour ot fate, Sbe is hearing the knock of Opportunity. Shall we
been the accepted standard of pay¬ ment the world over. This financial power was shifted to New York with the declaration of war by Kngland.
Second ill the test coiiiea the oppor¬ tunity to enter South America and Orenlial Mailieis with our products.
Third, sale of foodstuffs anfl mtli- tary supplies. With nearly all the productive force of Eurot>e engaged in war it becomes self-evident that they must look to America for a vast nm ount of supplies and manuracturec ar¬ ticles.
Rapid re-adjustment of machinery and methods of packing, handling and placing these commodities must be made in order to secure and bold this trade, and such efforts are already uu der way and progressing. Oermany
take advantage of It? Unleaa we have has been tbe great tracfe obstacle In lost all tbe traits of our rightful beri- our way tor years. To say that she
111 Hiidi'. its 111 Dipaii iiieiil
Vouiik Ileiirich had quite enough of living', in the .South. The iand is rouyli and iiioui.iaiiioiis wheie lie was expected to make flights. The i)eo- pie Were as rough as the land if not as niounlainoiis. They openly ex¬ pressed the hope that he v.iiiild be killed, not from any particular ill will, only that such an event would add to their pleasure and excitement, and en¬ able them to get their money's worth. And in this particular iiorln. . n. A train crowds have been founS wno have ial has I gaiheicd to witness flighlf, who were quite as blood thirsty, even thoiinh they iiii,i;lil li:n e been liiofe politic in thecvicssioii ur suppression of tlieli
of ! desires.
Commerce has ordertd four of itis best men to South .\inerica tu icport wliai each couiiiiy wants that wc can sup¬ ply and knows it wants it. \>.ith man knows the country where he is to travel. Us needs and deiiiaiidH and the language he must speak. Electrical supplies and machinery are in de¬ mand, and an expert has gone to in¬ vestigate this branck. His claim that the United States can secure a trade their lives at our fair, Friday, the in this hne alone of about |a*i.O0O,0uu ; 25ih Inst. This is Children's Day.
^ uuiiM llenii(h has >?oiie to Wash iimtoii. belie; lii^; that the European war will sliow our (lovernmenl the necessity of i)iovidin,c Hying niacliineK as a necessaiy aid to military equip
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OUR CHILDREN AT THE FAIR'
Let every parent in Freepoit see that tlieir children have the time of
per annum.
There reaily seems no cause for pessimism over the war in this coun try when viewed from a purely trade view-point. As intimated, readjust ment must be made. It behooves ev¬ ery buslnesa man to look the facts squarely in the face and make such changes as he may see necessary, eith¬ er to gain by the new conditions, or adjust himself and affairs so that he may suffer the least possible detrl-
! Their prosence is desired. They will be the honored guests of the nianaj;';- inent. In fact, they will praciii:ally own the fair and all things partaininx thereunto on that day. And any adult attending that way, will do so largely at his own peril and on suffrage of the children. And If any adult do aught that day within the limits of said fair grounds to make it unpleas¬ ant for a child, he or they is liable to State prison indictment for the rest of their natural Uvea.
IK. It, therefore follows that tbe threat made in circulars issued by tbe present "ommissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Health to the | local schools officers to penalize these locai dmcers, or their schools, for not | enforcing thi) law 1» an untenable and illegal threat which th»>y may properly and safely disregard.
X. Tbe local school officers havo good ground and an actual precedent^ furnished by the former Commissioner of Education himself for suspending th's law, as was actually done in the town of Olean, N. Y., in 1912, where 2,000 children left the schools and refused to be vaccinated. The school ofll' | cers finally decided to suspend the law—First, because a majority of parents i and school children refined to submit to ^accination as being a violation of their rights and a menace to health, and because the virus then iu use waa ] Infected and dangerous to health and life aud caused many injuries; Second,
• because, as a matter of fact aud law, there was a conflict between two laws, viz., the law of compulsory education and the law of compulsory vaccinatJou, J and both could not be strictly enforced. ,
The Commissioner of Education, ilie late Dr. Andrew S. Draper, then decided that the school offlcers were justified in thus suspending vaccination and approved this action, in these words, in an official order or letter issued | .laiiuary LL 1U1-, <o the Hoard of Education al Olean:- -
"Tliere is an inconsi-stency between tho provisions of the health law and those of the education law. * '» » libth of these stufutes cannot be strictly enforced. ' * The education authorities are
chargi d wllh the duty of keeping the children in tlie schools rather iban of keepiiij' them out. » » * Therefore. * * » j mi, of the opirioii thai some disc letiuii i w as intended to be reposed both in the boaid of education and In thc lioard of health by the educa¬ tion and health laws, and that, peiidin.i; the iDiisideratioii o* the con¬ flict between these laws which It Its proposed to ask of the Legis¬ lature \oiir board will be justified in rescindln.u iis action excluding unvaccinated children from the schools."
Here is clearly a dislind recognition by tlie head of the Deparliiieiit ofi Education of discretion in the local oflicfrs in the enforcement of the vaccina¬ tion law aiiC a fiood giound is also oflKially stated by the Commissioner for] su.-pendinK this law b> t-udi local officials dntil tbt Leeislature can correct the serious lonfllct In tin- two laws. As I understand the Education Law. an order or dtclalon uf the Commissioner ts binding or flnal on the Depart¬ ment, and this 1 think esiops the present Commi^;Bione^ from overruling | his predec, .sior on this poiui. and htiue he caunot penalize looal school offl- rei.- from ijjw actiug on Has pieitdeni even thoiuh tlie law did not give full] power ill intuicing ui siispeiidin- \ ;>• iinai tun (u ih.- imul ufih ers themselves, as I liine iuieatly shown.
XI. It is-, theiefule. culeljt ll.al llie lui al schoid oflieers 111 each town I or district have the enforcenieiii ol iliis \acciiKiiion law entirely in their uw'n hands and can susiiend ui iiiniiic \ ai ciiiaiiuii according to necessities or conditions as they exisi and iu ubctin lu r lo public opinion or iietds in any| distiict, and they cannol he u\iMiiled b.\ aii> other officers in this duty,
S.II. In case the local ulluii> in a!i> di.-iiici are so dominated hy medi¬ cal intliuiii.e as not tu ptiriii :ii,\ su.-peii.-siuii uf vaccinaiion. I, would tlieni ad\is<- paleIlt^ to send llnli childiiii III piiMile Ul panxhial si liuids. lo w lilcli | this vacciiiatiuii l.iw does nui :i|ijl.». iiiiiil ibr d:i> anixes when this e\ il law w ill l,e elitii fly lepenh d
.\ liiiai I Ifoi I ha.- lici 11 made ieiiiill> li> \aiciiialois lu tune vaccina- liuii als-o un tiles.- piiMile and parochial s(iioois and to try lu show that Ihel law applies or can be stretched to apply lo tlieni, or tluil ibe health board | dociui- have [lowei tu force vacclnatiuii ou tlii'se schools, and Attorney tlen- eral Caiiiio'i.v has just given a vague opinion un ihis subject; bul tbls is all I a falli.K ions and ilicLiai i unteniiun. I's .I.ijwh hx the latest decision of ihe| liinliesl cuuii ill III.- stall. Ihf- t'uin' ul .\M.i ils. in iln- case uf llu- I'eop Kkeiuld daiid .lam L', liill. wlieie till.-- |i.'ii\e slalemelil is made whichi cuiiiiili li-l> dl,>-pusi's ul this liilesi nil (Ileal and let;al fallacy.
I lie vaiiiiialiuu slalLil'- \\ hiiii w i- l,.!.i- been considei ini' aiiplu ulily tu Ibe public schocds."
il. .iddiiiuii lo Ibis I want lu ii|.eal I'liipl .^ i ii all> thai iiu duclui ur beallhl uIIk 1 1 in '.ills .Stale lia.s any letal power wbalcxei lu rumpel any one lo .siih-l mil lu vaccination avaiiist will and conseiii. uj by luiie of inliiiildaiion. orl hy ibnai of forced i|iiaraiitine hr dis(hai,-i iium eiiijdu.Min iii: and this i.s| setilid hy (leiisions ul our highest Slate ('ui,iis in Smilli ;. JJiimiv in 1S94, and uii;ii (iiM-s. .Sei- alsu Tenal Code, seiiinii .'):',o and fiMi.
Mil. In ^;eiiiial. I would, I beftioie, ad\ im' local school ollicers Ihat Iheyl .slioulii sii.spi nd \ai I ii;aiiuii in every school disirht where public- opinion is dec idi dly opposed lo il ur where It is more datiKeroiis to henltli or lifo than si.iallpux itsell. wliiih is the lac I in many iiisiances. lui ifxanipie, wheu therel are ulhei i'llii tioiis ui epidemii disi ases pie\ailing or when there is some| dangerous inlecUun in the virus siu b as ibe epidemic ol loot and uiouth dis¬ ease ill I 'I'l' and fllUJS; ur in llie ca i uf lui alities wheie Wimnd lufectionsl [irevail v hie h are :peciall.\ dani;i roils lu \aii ination sores. The latter cou- diiioii IS pai til ularly tin case in .New \ ui K State and on Long Island, wherel om- ol ihe |. (jst c ciiiiMion and laial vuund infectious, known as lockjaw or "tetanus," e.visis f;enerally and fium wbiiii many more deaths are causedj eveiy yeai Ihan fnuii .•?mall];ox, so Ihat to be vaccinated in these lockjawl disliicts is >.imply tu i un ten or one hundred limes more risk of death froiiil vaccinal ion and lockjaw than fiom smallpox alone if left enlirely unvacc-inaled. XIV. 1 will fianlly j)oint oiil to both s'IkjuI oflieers and parents ot scliool| children a iiiiidaiiienial, vital ;md liral reason of the greatest force for k^ib- pendln;,' ibe \aci iualiuii law in aii> .m huul. at any lime, wliicii is this: - It Isl i-iiiiply a I I ime ai cumnicjii law lu deliberately inflict a dangerous or falall disoa.se on the body of any iierson, particularly on a child, and vaccinatloni is .sych a d lease which actually and demonstrably now kills more chlldrenl than .'Jiiiallpox, and tlic-refore. ils enforc-emenl in our schools al any lime or[ place Is essrntially illegal, notw-itlistandiiiK the existing law on the subject. This law wa.s passed by Ihe legislature under a medical dec cjdloii and Is nowl maintained on the jjeople by a gross medical deceiitlon that this operation I is entirely beneficial and perfectly safe and harmless, never causing Injuryl or death, whereas, it In fact, now, by government record, kills more chlld*enl than ;-niallpux, us ghown hy the lepoiis of the !ii.i;hest statistical aiilhorltyl in the worid, the Kenistiar Ceiieral of England. 'I'liis positive fact, therefore,! entlieiy aliers tie aspect ol this midical operalion before; the public, tliftl courts, and the law-, so that Ibeie i.'^ Milfifieiil scdici (ground in Ihis IcKul,] hygienic and .-taiislical lac i alei.e lu ju.-'iify any IochI school board to at| once su^pei.c! vaccination in any .-clioul dlstiiii where ibis fact becomes ap¬ parent lo liieli- official minds
X\". 1 Uieiefore finally advi.'i ;ill c iii/.ens. voters and taxpayers, and hIII parents of .'chool c-hildnii, lo leslsl f-rmly and c-oni-lanlly the enfoicein«nt| evei-yvvhere of ihis e\il law fui ilje < un.piilHory inllliti'ciin ut a dangerous din- eare in oUl public sdiools. ur ull.er ),laces, us esselilially a legal If not a| criminal violation ol vital and fiindaiiii nial rltiits. otCii l/eiis and theii c-lilldieQl and to demand a suspenwiou of il.s cunipulsory enforc-emenl In every Hchootl dlsiricl in the State and lo firmly insist un the; rlnht of nee education fori Iheir healih c-lii,drt n in um public- schools. Under the c-ompulsoiy educallonl law. whether vaccinated ur noi; and in addition ii> (bis, tliey should urge at) once upon their local lej-^islaiors the early repeal and pc-iial prolilhillon of allf <onipiil>-oiy \ac-c-inallc)ii in everv shape- and form.
lil.Md.LS .\I. IlKililN.S. Treasiiici .Villi Vaccination League of America I'Ti Nintii Siicel, Liooklyn, N. Y,, September 11, 1914. Main Office of The League; 1420 Clieslniit Street, Philadelphia, i'u. John litcairn, Pirtldent Porter F. Cope, Secretary.
NOTE 1 persuiije you have read the pievioiiH press article entltledl '¦Shockln;i; Falhehooihs Supporting Vac-c-inalioii," which was published In tb«| Brooklyn Eagle and Drooklyn Times of Septeinbei 4lh, in the (ilobe aodl Evening I'osl of Hepiiniber .'dh. and In the Herald and Tribune of September! Tth. If not, you should look uii and read that article at once, as this artloU is supplemental to it. The previous article exposes and refutes some shock-l Ing fal.sehcjodh ou which our State departmeiils of health and education U<»w| erioneoiisly try to fciic e a dangerou.s crusade of compulsory disease ou sctliool c-hildien in the .Stale, which would be in fac I un artlflclal epldeui^ deliherately infiiclc-d ii|joii them and more dauKeioiu; lo their health and I'] than an epidciaic of naturvjl smallpox would be. which Is a disease to whl school cliildren are lea.-.i susc eptible, and naturally inost Immune of any a) cla>>B In the population
In a few daya a tliiid ijiiicic- will appear Riving some letltrrii from pa*' of .'•chool children in dlfteieut paiLs uf ihe .State, protesting agalnati t evil vaccination law and demanding Its suspension und repeal, aud glvjik' recent Instances of disabier mid death caused by this evil doctor made Mew to force which upon any perton, child or adult in thia State is a tnedl ""»«• C. M. H.
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