The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-14
State Federation of Labor Is Lay
ing Foundation for New Law
To Be Passed This Year
labor UNIONS MUST ACT
Organizations of Employed Men Will be
Asked to Demand the Passage of
Laws for Protection of Wage
sss's Farmers of the State

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President Roosevelt pet policy of
publicity will be invoked to aid in the
passage of the compensation law pre-
pared by the state Federation of
Labor
The bill, which was drawn by Attor-
ney Daniel W. Hogan for the federation
has .peen completed and 5000 copies of
| it have been printed for circulation
where they will do the most good.
Officials of the federation believe that
foundation of public sentiment should
be behind any legislation of that
character and it is for the purpose of
laying such a foundation that the
publicity program was decided upon
The federation will not aim to create
the sentiment solely among the general
public, but will prepare a careful pro
gram for bringing the subject before
the organizations of employers of labor
meeting objections which may be ad-
vanced against such legislation, point
ing out the advantages to employers.
of such a law and in general seeking
to enlist employers in the plan, as we'll
as excite among the working masses a
sentiment which first will justify the
passage of the law by the legislature
and second will impress the courts
which may be called upon later to pass
upon the, law.
The measure itself follows quite
closely upon the lines of the English
compensation act except that arbitra-
tion is not made compulsory. Provi-
sions are incorporated, however, to
make arbitration easy.
~ do not believe that the courts
would uphold compulsory arbitration
provision Said Attorney Hogan in
speaking of the bill, "therefore that
feature Of the English law was modi-
fed"
8. The amounts of compensation payable
under. TINS act shall be as provided in
this section: \
First-In case death results from in
jury:
# the eifihiIP5loye leaves any dependents
Wholly dependent upon his earnings at
the time of his death, q sum shall be
payable equal to his earnings in the
employment of the same employer dur
ing the three years next preceding the
injury, or the sum Of $1,000, whichever
of those same, is the larger, but not
exceeding in, any case $4,000; provided,
that the amount Of any weekly pay
ments made under this act shall be de-
Quoted from such sum; and if the
period of the employees employment by
the said employer has been less than
the said three, years, then the amount of
his earnings during the said three years
shall be deemed to be 936 times his.
average daily earnings during the
period Of his actual employment under
the said employer.
If the employee leaves only dependents,
partly dependent upon his earnings at
the time Of his death a sum shall be
payable not exceeding in any case the
amount payable under theforegoing pro
visions of this section, as may be agreed
upon, or, IN default OF agreement, may
be determined by arbitration as here
matter provided
If the employee leaves no dependents
the reasonable: expenses of his burial
and last sickness shall be payable
which shall not exceed $3.50.
Second-In case total or partial in
capacity for work results from the
injury:
In such case a weekly payment dur
ing the incapacity after the first week
shall be payable, which shall not be
less in amount than SO per cent of his
average weekly earnings during the
previous twelve months, if he has been
so long employed; but if not, then a
weekly payment shall be payable equal
to the percentage allowed Of six times
his average daily earnings for any less
period during which he has been in the
employment of the same employer