Show FOR SELFISH ENDS the efforts being made by the ameri amerl can med cal assoc atlon the political activity of the ameri amerl can medical association has become so pronounced as to causa cause comment in fit political circles especially as the the avowed purpose ot of the doctors ot of the regular or allopathic le school ot of which the association is chiefly corn com posed is to secure the passage of such laws as will not only prevent the sale of so called patent medicines but will restrict the practice of 0 cine and healing to the schools now recognized this in many states would prevent the growing practice of Os teo pathy and in nearly every state would prevent the healers of the christian science and mental science belief from practicing those sciences in which the faith of so many intelli gent people is so firmly rooted the american medical association has a committee on legislation and the committee has correspond eor ants in practically every township some 16 correspondents in all this committee at the lat session ol 01 the american medical association held in june of this year expressed a hope that a larger number of clans than heretofore will offer them selves as candidates for congress at the first opportunity in its annual report this committee said to meet the growing demands of the moie mone ment however particularly it if the work of active participation in state legislation Is undertaken a larger clerical force must be employed this is almost the time in the history of the united states that any organized class has frankly avowed the purpose of capturing legislatures and dominating legislation in their own selfish interests the american medical association has about 65 members of whom 27 are fully constituted mem bers and the rest are members because of their affiliation illation aff with state or local societies the association owns real estate in chicago valued at 91 and its total assets are its liabilities at the time of the annual report which was made at the june meeting amounted to only the excess of assets over liabilities is increasing at the rate of about 30 a year and the purpose of the organization is to dominate the field of medicine and by crushing all competitions by securing the pas sage of prohibitive legislation compel all of the people of the united states to pay a doctor doctors s fee every time the to most ost simple remedy is needed |