The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-09

sp0nsible authorities to show that at
least 5.100 men are annually killed Or
injured ln anthracite mining alone,
ard 425. 900 in factory and building op-
erations. making the grand total ap-
proximately 525091
Total Death Roll Greater
These estimates are conservative.
IT the exact number Of accidents was
known this total would Be greatly in-
creased
In converting facts into figures Mr.
Clarence Marx. who, with other re-
sp0nsible Investigators. has given sev-
eral years of study To the relation Of
crippled and unemployed persons TO
Industry presents a startling array.
OF the 525. 900 workers mentioned 15
per cent. OF $4,000 to struggle
per cent only are killed. leaving s.
against their handicaps. Estimating
that at least 50 per cent. or 22z. 900 Of
these are able to earn 1926 each an
nually, which ia 80 per cent. Of the
annual average earnings Of able
bodied artisans. we have a total Of
$40 $4,000. This IS the loss In earn
ing power
Safely assuming that these persons
would cre2te twice as much wealth as
they earn we would have loss In
production OF approximately $780,
900 annually
But this Is only half the truth. II
these z2.000 wage earners are not re-
established they must sooner Or later
Be supported By the state. 1t IS also
evident that the other 222. 900 who are
totally disabled viii also become a
burden On the taxpayers
Poor relief statistics show that It
costs $4,000 to support pauper dur
ing his natural life time. To be con
servative again. let US estimate this
cost at $4,000, to make allowance for
those who may be supported by rela-
tlyes and friends. OF who may become
partially selfsupporting. Since under
our present system the partially dis
abled are not reestabllshed, the total
number, minus a small percentage,
must be supported at public expense
To do this costs approximately two
and one-half billion dollars. In other
words. we contract each year to meet
debt 81 two and a half billion dol
lars within the lifetime Of the persons
thus injured
Figures That staeger.
These are staggering figures, but
they are only a forecast Of what W.
/ may expect II THIS Wasteful destfuc
ton Of life and limb continues
IN New York state. according to th'
estimate Of the state labor commits
sioner in 1906. A workers in everl
900 are incapaeitated In the course
Of the years work. That means fo
instance. that at least 10000 purely in
dustral accidents occur in New Yorl
city alone every year The ratio 0
injured and uninjured is not as higl
In some other parts Of the country, 0
the total number Of accidents In tn
United States would be over 10000
annually
in one section Of New York city
the Borough OF Manhattan, there wer
( last year 2,16O deaths By violence; az
tonishing as It may seem nearly ont
! third Of these deaths. or 684, wer
b caused BY falls, explosions, eaving
/ Of earth, premature blasts and fallin
rock. The river tunnels were col
e structed at the cost OF 68 lives, 40
]. the Pennsylvania terminal works,
s in the Belmont tunnel, twoin the sui
e way borings and three IN the Hudso
companies terminal
). In the huge smoky workshop Gale
a Pittsburg, one human life Is sacrifice
4 for every $1,000 tons Of coal that al
a shipped out Of the city. For eaC
% 1900 tons Of steel products one Of Il
manipulators, somewhere in the pr
d cess OF manufacture. lays down h
,e nfo: and for each 10000 tons Of ste
Is rails another laborer makes the Ia
sacrifice.
al OF the 1850 deaths reported
d. Pittsburg IN 1906. 9f9 were due to a
le cidents in mills, mines and on ra
roads. The number of accidents "
ID not computed, but Il was undoubted
r. In the thousands
If. Causes Of Fatalities.
How does It all happen, you ask2
B. huge ladle Of white hot steel is I
n set. the molten stream burns alive
lr. wrthing victim It may be that
1t man OF woman IS whlrled TO horril
death IN mili machinery; or a min
m. Is blown to eternity In an explosl
15 Of damp IN a mine
ed Publicity Is given to accidents
ID. railroads. but little is heard Of
as thousands annually killed and MAIN
ed 10 manufacturing and building and