Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-21
PENSIONS ron woRx,NoMsr.


VeN0SONO VOV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Details Of ~ Riss Now IN Operation
Throughout Germany.
Following the example Of Germany
the French have begun to adopt Q
system Of pensions for workingmen,
says the Omaha World. Herald.
The Able GARNER, proprietor Of a
newly started journal at Paris, is the
protector Of the system and, 90 far
AZ - world at large has been In
formed, the process consists In the
depositing Of a sou day for three
months, with a subscription for the
paper, Of course, the price OF which
Is also q sou. At the end OF that
time the deposit0r receives "bon"
for Is francs and so confines The
distribution Of these savings Is to be
Of four klnds--viz, one.fOurth for
unemployed workers, another fourth
in gratuitous loans to the tempOrari.
~ unemployed, q like amount for
cases Of sickness IN families and the
remainder for payment Of rent. The
whole thing Is evidently q private en-
tefprise very narrow 10 Its influence,
with neither the relief benefits nor
the far.reachlog effect Of the Ger.
man system.
In Germany workingmen's insur.
ance 10 compulsory, but II imposes
obligations upon the employer %
we'll, and Is governed by an intricate
set OF rules devised after great DELHI.
GRAFTON by the lawmakers Of the EN-.
pife. Tho sick Insurance, which Is
quite separate from the accident In.
surance, comprises membership Ia at
least one Of ave different kinds Of
sick cluba The purpose Of this 10.
surance 10 to secure 70 the insured
40 even, certain, and sufficient re.
lief In case Of illness during at least
thirteen weeks The minimum re.
lief to which all insured have Q legal
claim includes free medical attend.
ance and medicines from the begin.
ming OF the illness, likewise spccta-
cles, trusseS bandages, etc.; In case
Of incapacIty for work, from the third
day OF Illness, for every working day
Q sick nay, amounting to one.half the
daily wages on which the contribu.
lions are based; free admittance to
hospitals, with half sick pay for FAINT.
~; burial money amounting to TWEEN.
" times the average daily wages;
sick relief TO women during four
weeks after confinement The money
value OF this assistance Ii considered
equal to three fourths OF the average
wages upon which the calculation Is
based. There are about 5000, 900
persons insured In the sick depart.
ment and 100, 900, 900 marks are On.
rually expended In Germany for sick
relief alone.
The accident insurance 10 compul.
sorry upon all workmen and officials
with salaries Of 1000 marks and up.
ward. II 10 worked upon the mutual
system by EMPLOYERS united In trades
associations the object being to SO.
cure compensation for bodily injury
or death In consequence Of an acci.
dent to workinRmcn while Ia employ.
menk The compensation includes
the cost OF cure and fixed allowance
during the period Of incapacity for
work, or, 10 fatal cases. burial money
and an allowance to the survivors Of
the Injured man. When the injury
amounts u total disability the com.
pensati0n amounts tn two.thirds Of
his average years earnings The
sick associations care for IN injured
man for the hrst thirteen weeks. or
In their absence tho employers must
step In. and from the fifth week the
sick pay 10 raised at the employers
= expense TO 1t least two. thirds OF the
standard wages. There IL ais0 an 10.
validity ana an old age department.
IN the case Of old age U waiting Do.
Rod Of thirty years entities Q work.
man to become ell gible. The money
TO pay him IL furnished Jointly by the
Empire, tho employers, and the
workmen.