Life — July 7, 1910 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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go Biel oad “WAS IT POR THIS 1 Loveo AND WatTED? Left on First N Lesiie’s Weekly Secretary Ballinger says: The muckrakers have devised a new. grade of patriotism —the cautious patriot—who betrays his official superior on considerations of personal emoluments, disguised by the pretense of having acted pro bono publico. If this doctrine could prevail under civil government joyalty to oftcial duty would he a mere matter of per: sonal convenience and monetary consideration How clear that little excerpt thakes Mr Ballinger’s inability to see himself as the great majority of his fellow-observers sec him! According to his lights he has done nothing wrong, and is a faithful man who has done his public duty, and has been more or less successfully calumniated by a lot of conscienceless, self-secking rogues. There he is, left on first, all the other players gone to the bench, and he stands protesting that he is not out! It is understood that the President owes to Mr. Postmaster- General Hitchcock the inclusion of Ballinger in his official family. Mr. Ballinger and Mr. Hitchcock seem to see things with a single eye and work together very harmoniously. ‘They ought to be hitched up together in some business, but why must it be our business? Why should their valuable business abilities be wasted on the management of our poor concerns, especially as it is such a suffering, reprobated employment for them ? Ready-Made Bail Bonds NSTEAD of carrying about the country a million dollars in his inside pocket, and furnishing temptation to adven turous minds, the automobilist now carries with him made bail bond, suitable to offer a magistrate in case of arrest for manslaughter, speeding, damages to competitive vehicles, or other incidents of rapid transit These bonds are issued by various surety companies, good in several States, ordinarily for $1,000, and are garnished with detachable coupons to be filled out as one goes along and left when necessary with magistrates. This seems a grand idea and worthy to be extended Burglars should have bonds like these—their business being liable to interruptions and delays with the police—also dames of the pavement, convivial undergraduates of colleges, mem- bers of President Taft's cabinet, and all other characters liable to he rated as suspicious ready- A Few Questions To Tue Enitor or Lire: I should like to ask a few questions regarding the center picture in your issue of May 26. In the first place is not this picture intended to imply that two practices are prevalent, or at least’ common, in medical laboratories, namely, the appro- priation of pet dogs for scientific purposes without the con- sent of their owners, and the performance upon them when obtained of painful operations without the use of anasthetics? Secondly, if this is implied, has any conscientious and careful investigation been made by the editor as to whether cither of these practices is really in vogue? Thirdly. If there is substantial evidence in support of this implication, how is it to be reconciled with the testimony of numberless honorable and humane medical men in positions of authority, that neither of these practices is carried on in the leading laboratories of the country, and with the abundant proof of this offered by these men? Finally, if the evidence supporting the truth of the accusa- tions is not sufficient to clearly outweigh the enormous mass of contradictory evidence, is there any moral justification for circulating the accusations and giving them the most con- spicuous place in your paper? If the accusation is false, is it any less dishonorable and libelous for being implied in an appealing drawing instead of being definitely stated -in words? Is it not all the more dishonorable for being expressed in a form designed to evade the charge of direct falsehood to which a written statement is open? A. F In reply to our correspondent’s questions : First—Yes; the picture implies that pet dogs, or any other dogs if cheaply procured, are used as “ material” by vivisectors. Secondly.—To this we plead guilty, as we have not seen with our own eyes a pet dog personally known to us in process of vivisection. Thirdly.—If the testimony of “honorable and humane” men was accepted as final decisions, how many difficult questions, political and medical, would long since have been settled! Our correspondent forces us to reply, reluctantly, that the statements of the men he mentions are not re- ceived by the general public as truthful utterances. Finally—As to Lire’s picture being in any sense “ dis- honorable” or “libelous” and the accusation false: the testimony that has been coming to this office for years points with unmistakable directness to the use not only of animals of any kind as subjects for experiment, but in many cases of human beings Oxty feeble-minded people can get along without worrying: Mrs. Squirrel: Trae We 1S AGAIN, THE DECEITFUL OLD FLIRT! comicbooks.com