_Mr. Yates_: I have a daughter who had four babies, and she is fatter and prettier now after having the four. _Dr. Litchfield_: She did not have one each year? _Mr. Yates_: No. Now, the question I have had in mind that has been troubling me—would it not happen, if we removed the prohibition of the use of the mail—in other words, if the mails were thrown open would it not happen that every cheap publication in the country could advertise to send 50 cents and they would get this information; would not that be an evil, to have these things upon the news stands, in depots, and places like that? _Dr. Litchfield_: I do not think so. _Mr. Yates_: I am referring to the masses. That is what I am talking about. _Dr. Litchfield_: I feel that legitimate sources of information will be the recognized source. I do not think that it will be a thing peddled on the news stands. _Mr. Hersey_: What will hinder it? _Dr. Litchfield_: If it is peddled on the news stand it will not do as much harm by reaching the immoral as good will be done by the worthy, well-meaning, industrious citizens. The people deserve health and protection, and the knowledge of science will give them that protection. I got a book in England that I wanted to send my daughter, and I was forbidden to bring it into the country because of the mails. They would not allow it. _Mr. Hersey_: Could not you instruct your daughter without the book? _Dr. Litchfield_: No sir; my daughter is a citizen of Holland. I would like to give this book to all young friends, patients of mine who are about to be married. _Mr. Hersey_: Why not give it to the members of the committee? _Dr. Litchfield:_ The custom-house will not let it come in. _Mr. Hersey_: I would like to submit it to my home physician whom I trust. _Dr. Litchfield_: Would you like me to smuggle a copy in? I know how. _Mr. Hersey_: You are asking us to pass something that we do not know anything about. _Dr. Litchfield_: We want the freedom to use the mails. _Mr. Hersey_: Using the mails would bring it in? _Dr. Litchfield_: But we are liable to get caught. (If the reason for the verbal fencing on the part of the writer under the heckling of Congressman Hersey is not readable between the lines, it is well to say that it was for two reasons, one the natural hesitancy of a layman to make specific claims as to just what the medical profession knows, as such statements should come from the physicians themselves; the other a desire to avoid being led into giving any information which would render the reports of the Hearing unmailable, under Section 211.)