No greater change has taken place
In any field of legislation than that
which has come about during the last
few years relative to the compensation
of Injured, and the dependents of killed
workmen.
The old common-law principles gov
erning the relations of master anil ser
vant have been virtually abandoned.
Formerly, the injured workman could
recover for loss through injury in the
course of his employment only when
the Injury was found to he due to the
negligence of his employer. Since that
time, laws have been enacted which
provide for the compensating of in
jured workmen and of the dependents
of those that have been killed. Ac
cording to these laws, the fact ttint a
workman is injured in the course of
employment of itself gives the right to
compensation.
Twenty-three states have enacted
workmen’s compensation laws abolish
ing the old common-law remedy—ac
tion for damages in the courts. These
suits made it well-nigh impossible in
most Jurisdictions for an injured em
ployee to be reimbursed in the event
of his injury, or for his dependants to
be compensated in the event of his
death. Most of the stntes have simply
established the compensation principle
to take the place of the old employers
liability laws.
Ohio has gone a step further than
tile other states—excepting Oregon and
Washington. In addition to enacting
what Is probably the most liberal of
compensation laws. It has established
a state insurance fund, maintained by
contributions from employers and ad
ministered by officials of the stale. To ■
expense of administering the fund Is
borne by tile state itself.
Let us see briefly Just what this lave
is and what it accomplishes. There
are more than a million workmen in
Ohio's lndustr!es-—in the mines, shops,
factories and stores. These operatives
are employed liy no fewer than 20,000
employers. More than seven hundred
kinds of employment are carried on in
this compact industrial state. They
range through all the degrees of haz
ard or danger, from offices to blast fur
nuoes, from stores to rolling mills
Kaeh year one out of every eight work
men Is injured, making the enormous
total of over 125,000 accidents annually
a stupendous number, representing a
loss of life greater than thnt which
takes place on many n field of battle
It Is to make up for the losses thus
arising that tlie compensation law was
drafted. The Industrial Commission
which now administers the law is pay
ing over 2.000 claims each week.
The system may well be described
a9 simply accident and life Insurance
for every workman while on duty- an
insurance of which the workman pays
not a cent of money either by direct
outlay or by having it taken out of his
wages. Under this new system, the
employer pays in the long run fewer
dollars and cents than under the old;
and both employer and employee are
spared the costs of lawsuits.
The accident insurance provisions
make it possible for the wage earner
to receive two-thirds of his wages for
each week of disability—except the
first—for n period not exceeding six
. years. If the ease is one of total dis
ability, such as the toss of both hands
or both feet, or both eyes, or any twl
bodily members, the award continues
through life. This Insurance covers nil
physicians’, nurses’, and Jmspitl ser
vices and medicines up to 200; and II
Is paid from the very moment of injurs
and to the doctor or hospital the injur
ed person chooses.
There is a steady stream of checks
flowing from the state Insurance fund
to compensate those who have been
disabled In the great industrial battle
of pence. This is as it should be: for
the workman Is worthy not only of
Ids hire, but also of the recompense
due him ns the price of his blood. Herf
is a boy in college, living on the money
received for the loss of a hand In tlir
course of his vacation employment;
there a widow, with several smal
children, receiving her $24 every fort
night; pay-day for six years. A mar
with back broken from a fall of slab
In the mines, crippled for life, hut
neither abandoned nor starving, Is sus
tained by the state insurance award
A hllnd man Is saved from the poor
house and enabled to live at home
certain of his food and shelter through
tho remainder of his life. A white
haired old couple are receiving, aftei
an honest life of toll In the factory
their due Indemnity for a horrible in
jury which one of them has sustained
The Insurance fund provides cots In
hospitals and the services of efficient
nurses and skilled physlclnns for thou
sands of boys and men who would
otherwise have lacked the means ol
recovery.
The life Insurance provisions art
equally satisfactory. The amount of
the insurance depends upon the
amount of the wage the employee r1
cehed dliring his life; ?3 *.i0 is the
ini:.', mum. Hundreds of wage -earners
go dov.n to dent i each vet. often
without a moment’s warning. Some
are caught in the fly-wheels an' pelts:
others are crushed under huge •.•eights
or stiuck by flying missels; still others
are stricken bv infection.
The man who works at a dangerous
occupation has the satisfaction of
knowing that In the event of his death!
tin' state will provide swiftly .and
silently and without a cent of charges,
to pay the amount of his wages to
those that have been dependent upon
him. Tlte white-haired old mother Is
given a continuance of her son’s sup
port. The aged widow is assured of
the fruits of her lost companion’s
years of toll. The young mother is
supported for six years six peaceful
years in which her baby will grow
out of a helpless infancy needing her
constant care. A kind old aunt, who
kept house for a generous nephew, is
provided for. A little mother in a for
eign land, whose husband came to this
country to try his fortune, is taken caret
of. All these are actual examples
among the 30,000 eases alreads passed j
upon by the Industrial Commission.
Ragle Magazine.
ARTIFICIAL WOOL.
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Wool which never saw the hack of
a sheep is being largely used in Ru
rope for making men's clothes. It is j
known by Die name of limestone wool,
and Is made in an electric furnace. I
Powdered limestone mixed with a c - -
tain chemical is thrown Into the for
nacc, and after passing tinder a fttrl
iotts blast of air is tossed out as Hu IT
wool. After coming from the furnac*
the wool is dyed and finally made Into
lengths of cloth.
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TONIGHT.
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"THE COL. ADOPTED DAUGH
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“THE HEAD WAITER.”
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Bison Company.
UNIVERSAL ANIMATED.
WEEKLY.
Concluding with
HY MAYER’S FAMOUS
CARTOONS.
A Laugh every minute.
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IRVING M. REED,
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR.
Residence Seiffert Flats.
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SAILINGS FOR SEASON 1915.
LEAVES SEATTLE: LEAVES NOME:
JUNE 26TH. JULY 8TH.
JULY 24TH. AUGUST 5TH.
AUGUST 23RD. SEPTEMBER 4TH.
SEPTEMBER 20TH. OCTOBER 1ST.
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Victoria sailing from Nome July 8th, and August 5th. will call at
Unalaska, weather permitting such a call, thence along the southern
shores of the Alaska Peninsula to Seward, Valdez, stopping at the
Columbia Glacier, then to Cordova, remaining long enough for the
passengers to make the trip over the Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad to the Miles and Childs Glaciers leaving Cordova she will
cross the Gulf of Alaska, through the Icy Straits, and Lynn Canal i
to Skagway, thence to Seattle through the world famous “Inside
passage'' visiting en route Juneau, Treadwell, Taku Glacier and I
Ketchikan.
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CORDOVA, JUNE 15TH. LA TOUCHE JULY 6TH.
CORDOVA. AUGUST 15TH. LA TOUCHE. AUGUST 15TH
Alaska S. S. Co.
R. A, CARROLL, Agent.
S.S. Senator
Sails July 6
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FROM NOME: FROM SEATTLE
JULY 6. JUNE 24.
AUGUST 3. JULY 20.
AUGUST 30. AUGUST 15.
SEPT. 24. SEPT. 10.
OCTOBER 25. OCTOBER 6.
THROUGH TICKETS SOLD TO ALL POINTS IN CALIFORNIA
AND EAST.
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Com’l Agent, MERCIAL CO., |j
Cor. Front it. Steadman ave. At Dock.
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