| Show IS IT PRESS censorship A BILL of a rather peculiar charac character is now pending in the house of representatives at washington it provides that the postmaster ge general n oral shall have power to exclude from the malls mails newspapers containing the ad verti semento of medical specialists the measure purports to aim at suppressing the indecency sometimes embodied in those advertisements advertisement and for tb this Is pu purpose t the he posthaste rgene general is to be made sole arbiter interpreter ter preter and administrator of the law the supposition is that the bill to is ino inspired tired by that wing of the medical profession which is opposed to advertising it must be admitted that there is a good deal which Js is reprehensible hen sible in much of the advertising matter pertaining to medical nostrums no strums and patent panaceas for all the ills that flesh is heir to but it is questionable whether it would be a wise proceeding to give the postmaster general absolute authority in determining what is and what is not indecent the bill aims at a vital element in the revenue of newspapers and if the from advertising medical specialties were taken away the prosperity of many a country organ would be shattered |
