The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-15
SEEK PROTECTION
FOR employees
Iyphothstae Will Urge Legislation
1hsuring Speedy RecOmpense To
Those Injured in Industrial Plants.

4
BY AN overwhelming vote. the
. United Typothetae OF America. In Its
Thafsdny morning session in the Hotel
Cadillac, approved resolution calling
IS upon the members TO advocate in
their respective states the enactment
Of legislation for the protection of EN-
pioyes injured in industrial plants. IL
vas stated In the debate that no other
national association OF employers has
+ laifen such action.
The aim OF the resolution is 10 get
laws that will enable the injured EN-
ploye 10 be recompensed without long
and expensive litigation.
1T Is plain, simple justice and also
good policy for us to take such action,
+ said II. II. Donnelly, Of Chicago, who
introduced the resolution. al the
+ present time, many men injured III
shops are the support of families. We
all carry accident insurance for our
employees, and, when the injured man
4 comes from the doctors hands, he Is
met by an agent OF the insurance
company, who offers him small sum
to settle the case.
az he Is wise. he settles; II he Is
persuaded To begin suit instead, the
chances are that the case will be
taken from the jury and he Will get
nothing. He is left crippled and his
family is dependent upon charity. lie
has shyster lawyer and the com
pany has the best legal talent money
will hire as against his ambulance
chaser Even II he wins, after the
case has been appealed and he has /
suffered for year or two, the lawyer
gets most of the verdict.
1T is not fair and 1t is not just. The
Injured man should not have to bear
the expense OF his injury. IL should
fall upon the industry. We can make
an allowance for II as we do for our
Insurance now.
There is another reason why we
should work for such laws. We have
open shops and we want TO teach our
men that we are their friends, not the |
unions. II we do not favor the right |
kind of legislation the unions VIII
and will use their efforts TO line our
men against us, their employers"
NJ. c. Brainard, of Philadelphia, OPP |
posed the resolution, saying that
there was more danger of laws being /
enacted unduly favoring the injured
man than the employer. He cited the
Z Actiou Vi leduiuB
tries OF his state In maintaining able !
men at the state capitol to combat |
legislation antagonistic to the employ |
ers. as an indication that the employe |
was not likely to be forgotten by the !
LEGISLATORS. Other speakers upheld |
Donnelly, however, and the vote was
almost unanimous.
The resolution provides that laws
- ha a
and just recompense."
There was q long argument In the t
earlier portion of the session in re-
gard to the establishment of an as
sistant secretarys office in Kansas
City, to extend the membership OF
the Typothetae and help in the open
shop movement there. Members from
the southwestern states declared that
their section had furnished many OK
the workmen to carry on the battle
with the unions In the north and east.
They were outvoted. however. the
resolution being lost.
The number OF vice-presidents was
increased to three TO aid in carrying
out the work of the organization. In
the Thursday afternoon session of the
executive committee, the hearing will
be had in regard to the books of John
MacIntyre, of New York, former Sec
rotary.
Election of officers will be held. Fri. !
day morning. and it Is expected that t
most OF the old officers will be re-
tanned. The convention closes with a
lake and river ride, ending with ban
quet ut Bots Blanc.
The Typothetae wants two things
from the national government. One
is al increase in the duty on picture
postal cards, and the other is an In
crease In the price OF stamped envel-
opes of the return kind with the name
of the Arm purchasing them printed
thereon. The printers say the gov
ernmcnt sells these envelopes at a
price so low that they cannot compete
on the printing end.