Arizona republican., 1910-05-01
Makino for Industrial Peace.

Two of the greatest industrial cor porations in the country-the United | States Steel corporation and the h. ternational Harvester company-have lately exhibited such marked care for the comfort and welfare of their efn- 1 ployes, that the public is bound to I admit that some corporations. at least.
 do have souls. These two corpora ' tions have put into effect policies
 which will pretty effectually dispose ! of the vexatieus questions of the ''fel- i low servant" assumed risk" and ! "contributory negligence" which con- tinually arise in. connection with the
 injury of men employed in industrial enterprises The scheme of the steel company, which employs from 100000
 to 25O.000 men. is thus referred to by
 the chairman of the company. Judge Gary:
 "The relief is greater for married
 men than for single men and increases
 
 and length of service. During tenn
 porary disablement single men receive 8 per cent of their wages and mar ried men 90 per cent, with an addi- tional , per cent for each child under | 1e and 7 per cent for each year of rservice above five years -, For hpermanent injuries lump-sum pay lfneDts are provided These are based lhupon~ the extent to (which each injury fntefferes with employment and upon he annual earnings of the men in !sured. In case men arc killed in work Accidents, their widows and children twill receive one and. one:haff years wages. with an additional 10 per cent for each child under 16 and . per cent for each year of service of the de- ceased above five years
 This plan in no way affects the conipany's legal liability for damages, nor are the men required to make any cbntribstion -to~tbc fund.
 The Harvester company's voluntary insurance of it's employees against ac- cidents comprises these features:
 
 three years average wages. but not less than s1,500 nor more than s4.00o
 "ID case of the loss of a hand ~ foot, one and cnc-half years wages, but in no event less than $500 nor more than s2,0oo i-7-.r |.
 For the loss of both hands, or both feet, or one hand and one foot. four years wages, but in no event less than s2,000.
 Tn case of other injuries. one fourth wages during the first thirty days of disability; if disability con- tinues beyond thirty days. one-balf wages during the continuance thereof, but not for more than two years from the date of the accident. Thereafter. if total disability continues, pension will be paid
 It was to be expected, If course, that the action of these corporations would be the subject of diverse com ment by labor leaders. some of whom are never willing toi concede that the employer and the empIoye can have any common meeting ground or that there can be- any bond of sympathy between them. But the more rational view of the labor organizations is ex- pressed by the National Labor Trib- 1 une of Cllcago:
 "Hostil# critics will insist that the plan is nd inspired by any altruistic I or benevolent motives; but to the | average mind it will seem unimpor- tant whether altruism of motive isl 'f7fSoAged 'or not 4sieseffect swilI.sber all i the same, not only upon the 25O,OOO | employees of the company itself, but l upon the millions of employees of the many other corporations which will