The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14


@orkmen against sickness, old age, and
accident, and the sexample which She set
was soon Dollo wed ny France, llstrla.8
Belgium and Holland, Italy and most Of
the continental countries. The principle
of the new legislation was new and en-
3tirely& d fcrent3 from tha { which the; Eng
,lish law had been following q. The Engli sh5
law. as our rican law to-day, had
}sought to discover Who was respolsib BID
for each accid dent to. I've I'll ca refull " the
sliability the emp and OF his sngen tss
upon the one hand and stt he Coz tflbutory
negligence Of the injured rkman on the
other. and to make an exact balance be-
tween the, two. VI This system worked IN
Justice ana hardship, because the smallest
amount of contrlbutory Negligence. how
ever. slight, was su III cient to debnr8 the
injured man from securing rel T.. More
over, 81 In the great ma FORTY OF cases = +
wa1 pabsolutely and enti1ely impossible
to- determine who was responsible, and
in more than half Of the cases there was
no dLfect responsib ilIty$ or carelea sness on
tho part OF either. the elnplo yerS orr the
3employe. The German a 81, lilo viewer, 4 took
the stand that just as the soldier Should
receive a pension & for death OF maImIng
due to the ma ture5 & his work, 30 the I'm
ijured workman \ or the heirs h OF. q killed
workman should receive ii a pension N or
Remuneration for INJURIES which were sjust
as inevitable s sg e. ISL
English Law "a olloWed.
ssrhes English 70 iii, wed ii this pre-
Scedent and adopted this philosophy. Ac-
Icording to- the most learned British Yju-
sIists the JVorknnan,S Comp nsation Act
of 1897 Int reduces for the first time In the
history, OF sEnsl isll iurisprud ence d LA bill,
,ity upon an diYidua to ia y 4 comp rs,t-
ton for personal injuries which, are not
tho result Of any nagl gence or ther uIi-s
lawful act. cit her Is f himself or of hts
servants. The bill provides certain def
mite compensation for he death or wound-s
Ing of Workmen enga ged In certain occu-I
5pattons. irrespective of whether the en-
iployer has or has not been gull tyl Of neg
lligence; provided, however, that the In
jury to tho workman has not been the
result Sof fissoWn wi lfulsnnd serious mis-
conduct. S,s5.S s. Il 1874 4,
,iisg The NYorknle is Comp ensatiog Act of
ihS07 does not apply to a II sxofkmenssin
England. but II s}fllmlted to certain In
,dustries which INCLUDE the most danger
Gus, It includes factories as well as laln-
dries (but not workshops), mines, quar-
ries and eng cheering works. and embraced
at, the time of ! is adoAt lion about one
half of all British workelf 1900 1t was
extended to include agricultural workers.
TO that It's .ncopr Is still larger than
formerly. It insures a ga inst AL accidents
but mot " Inst In RES i the heal tll,F
arising from the ga tnNen of the work Tho
injury must a rise out ttof and In he course
OF the emp oyment and must not he the
iCesnl t OF some IA ctior ia ken gu side of
working hours, or out sid of lie regular
emp oy1lellt. The ca use OF accident n Isl
immat erial, and the ordinary ne s igenoei
OF the sNTor ma nj X pes not prevent him
from securing comp lion. SO long asf
II does n ct mount to Nv lflll and serious
mlscondu ct .sss.s $St K: ~ II, IN
The ,employe ~ not liable for any
jury EhiGll does mot, disable the workman
for q period sof sat t, least two weeks from
earning full wal es at il he work "a Which
she WAS anlplo ed g a he object of this pro-
Vision Is to prevent demands being ,nade
for slight injuries, and, freqiently the
iworkna n oalrs sec re- 4 con, pensa ton from
his nion for injurle a ring II q first two
Weeks. t4st a sss I, fs5Ss
Has the Right to Sue.
THE. IYorkmen's Compensation asAug
does not take away from i he workman
the right to sue under tn o. common la "
or under the act OF 1850, but merely gives
him al new and d teInat I've method ofYpro-
leceding, He may az empt TO secure COM
.pensat lion III, any one of the, three IHethYS
dds but not by more han one az thenii
III action is To be ia ken und er the Work.