New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
RELIEF FOR JUDICIARY
CIVIC FEDERATION TALK.
Latcyer Pleads for Reform IN Negti-
gence Litigation.


ployers and representatives of insurance companies
One of the speakers represented the Kr1lpp gun
works. in Germany and another spoke TOT ule
Labor Department of Canada
Mrs Taft. wife of the Presdent-elect was CHOSEN
honorary president Of the Wonnan's Department OF
the Federation
William ]. Moran. a lawyer Of this city VINO
said that In the practice of his profession in the last
five years he had obtained Intimate knowledge of
1000 negligence cases, made strong argument Tor
q change in the laws. He showed by figures and IL
lustrations how much of burden negligence itga-
tion on the community and how futile It was 10
obtain the object sought. namely, just compensa-
ton for injuries Mr.. Moran said the object Of his
paper describe and not offer remedies for the
evil, in closing he said:
less system must have for its main object the re
lief Of our judicial system Of the lnsuneTaple t e,
den of this enormous litigation new So, ~
must make the question of negligence or GoniI.ou-
inma aterial and irrelevant II nust utai - de-
the fact of injury alone secondly. WIN tIe 80
thirdly, with the idea of securing such compensa,
ton bv Industrial insurance some other method
of proper guarantee.
Estimating that it cost New York City about
s6W0oO0 a year TO maintain its courts. he said
that 40 per of the time Of all the jury trial
and first appeal courts was taken up with consd-
, GRAFTON of negligence cases The public had
reverence for the courts he said. but how long
would this attitude last when so much Of the
courts time taken up with suits IN "flch
on the one hand technical and obsolete rules are
ton for the afflicted. and the other hand arh-
trary and I'll considered liability laws drive the
sense of Justice from the hearts of the employers
The speaker related many cases of what seemed
to him miscarriage of Justice but covered fully oy
the law. He added:
I am not such an optinist to be nnisled into
the foolish belief that the millennium viii arrive the
ed But is respectfuy Insisted that if 30 per
cent Of the len present rsadT e may ya6@ped Rs b oT enc
lightened governments they should be adopted here
THE AMBULANCE CHASER"
Mr. Moran then touched on the subject Of the
contingent fee. the ambulance chaser and per
jured testimony. all of which, he said blunts the
moral sense of the community and breeds in it
contempt the In speaking of the second
subject Mr. Moran said
There is combination of daring gambling and
timely hlnlani In teW a Gasfs Se a ba1t
ity aid organizations filling their elaborate
card indces with the data concerning the IhtsfTg
ambulance chaser is on the job with bread Tor the
must not charge these ambulance chasers with any
serious crime. because they are the finest flower
of your present system
Nj Moran also spoke of another loss in the
system. that the employers, who last year, he
said, voluntarily contributed in premiums S20G0Oo0
10 so-called liability companies
John Mitchell. formerly head of the coal miners
union advanced the theory that every industry
should bear the cost of industrial insurance for
its employees. He said:
II should say that cheaper to kill and
nam e gncUsed sed Of " inte speech but shah quote
who is more of an authority than / ne
Roosevet, in which the expression because it is
e TO Zines ne as anv men are Killed in this
country as were killed in ell the battles of the
that does not include the responsibility of the
poyer viii be inadeGuate & pehege eb eTP5o{eS nPeyf
be taxed to produce fund for the compensation
Of employees injured.
TAX ON COAL MINED.
Mr. Mitchell said that a tax of three-quarters Of
- cent On every ton of coal mined last year would
have permitted the payment of 1900 every death
and S5n0 for every person injured in coal mining
last year
Benedict J Greenhut, treasurer of the Siegel
C,ooner COMPANY explained the loan system Of that
concern in relation to its employees. He said the
company lent money TO its employees without IN
terest that thousands OF dollars had been lent and
that the company had never lost cent The reg
1,Iaons did not provide, said. for loans of more
than $50 at time to any one person. but some
times as large amount as $50 has been lent at
one time.
II Denrison Of the Dennison Manufacturing
COMPANY. of South Framingham. Mass; Augustus
P I.oring of the Plymouth Cordage Company. Of
Plymouth Mass, and Major A E. PforkowsH, or
the Frederick Krupp Company, Of Essen. Germany
explained the systems of their companies as to
loans annuities, insurance, etc
The Kr1Ipp concern has some sixty-three thousand
employees and its system Of caring for their welfare
i
cording to the time of mans service and the
amount of his wage. The company even goes SO
far as 70 instruct the daughters Of its employees
in cooking and other housewifey arts. 1T helps
them in marrying off their daughters, saio the
ma ior for every young in Germany knows
that no one will make him so good wife as the
daughter of Krupp workman
7 D Beck Labor Commissioner of Wisconsin.
said that the Legislature in his state would pass
scn7e sort Of accident insurance law this year.
10 meet the growing demand F A Acland- Of the
DEPARTMENT of Labor of Canada. related some of
the practices in that country III resdru 10 Cui"-
pensation for accident
Frank H Tucker of the Provtdent Loan Society,
of this city told of the evils Of the salary loan
business which he said, hourished most in Wash
fngron 4 law was being prepared to curb Il, he
said
MADISON SQUARE GARDENS FUTURE
In opening the discussion in the morning, Chair
man Wilcox Of the Public Service Commission.
7,ro presided as chairman of the welfare depart
r,en+ smoke Of the need in this city of g civic and
industrial centre. and suggested the possibility
mat some public spirited set of men might
hrv Madison Square Garden for that purpose Inc
National civic Federation needs Offices he said and
the principal labor organizations need lodge rooms
as we'll as places for holding entertainments on
large scale
IN think that the older countries in Europe had
advanced little further along the line of making
,yorBingrnen independent than this country He
advocated an educational propaganda to bring the
underlying principles of insurance effectively and
thoroughly to the notice of all classes.
Touis D Brandeis outlined the savings bank plan
for annuities adopted in Massachusetts He sa'h
n had received the Endorsement Of labor, and now
needed its cooperation. It was better than IN
dus+risl insurance he argued. because the ad-
rnipistrative cost of the latter was too large
Iahorfng men should be educated to the point of