The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-04

bill. The Law that We have administered
| In this country has been the common Law.
We inherited IL from our Angio-Sa Hoa
ancestors. and II was q pretty rough law in
many regards. IL was not 20 civilized
as what We call the civil Law that obtAinsi
In other countries with reference TO the
dsalng~ between individuals. ~ pro-
cssded on the theory that every man should
look after himself and the devil take the
hindermOst. and Ia the d'.a lngs between
Tho employer and the employee that VAS the
rule.
II was assumed that the employees stood
on an equality with his employer. that q
man who was looking Tor work and Who
WAS under the necessity Of getting work
In order to support himself aud family
stood ON an equality With ths man Sho
bad capital and employed him.
We have gotten beyond that now. We
know that " not right
There was invented Ia Massa chusetss
| about eighty or ninety wears ago by one
OF the most distinguished Judges on the
| bench. Chief Justice shaw. what Was allied
the fellow servant rule. and NO have come
| to the conclusion now that tho men who
employs With capital AZ his back IL better
Able to look after himself and save losses
from injuries Of that sort than the man who
actually suffers tho injury. and therefore
that Ss ought 90 abolish tho fellow servant
rule. and Ne ought not 10 insist upon the
stringency Of another rule. witch Nas a
common Law rule. that IL q man was Injured
by his own negligence. partly OF wholly.
he could not recover AZ all from his employer
This employers liability act for inter-
state commerce employees has now bcsu
amended In such Away a. 10 leavetO the Jury
the question a. to how far the mans fault
entered INTO the accident. and lssave To II
the amount that ought 20 be deducted and
the fellow servant rule - abolished sltO-
gether
That - hard on the railroads n l. ha rider
on railroads than the old rule Of Law was,
bat At means that that Is To 20 IN the = xpsnss
of the railroad and ultimately II the rates
are properly nxed II has TO come from tho
pablo. In other words. that those " hose lives
sire exposed IN perilOus employment like this
for he heneht Of the public .that 'hs people
may we'll divide the loss among them.
Iagree that INV friends the railroad presi-
dents u dare call them friends and da 70
feel thar 1t ma be a long time before they
figure out ~ their rates the traction uf in-
crease HeCessarv to meet THIS additional
lta biiitv. bat " will com. ultimately. md II
In better that " should come.
In conclusion President Taft referred
to the efforts Of the Federal Cove rnment
to prevent death and injury 90 railroad
employee He hoped that system Of
arbitration shall bs adopted under which
accidents TO railroad employees will bs
settled under specified rules. This Sys-
TEN. he added. was m SUCCESSFUL opera
ton IN Europe. IL had the ad vantage Of
eliminating the lawyer or mlddlemAn
and providing a prompter settlement Of
claim cases.
Upon the conclusion az his speech Mr.
Taft left the hall and entering his auto
mobile vas driven back to Millbury TO
spend the few remaining hours Of his
visit with his aunt
The Presidents special car Colonial
was attached at Millbury u a regular
train leaving Worcester shortly affer
O'Clock for New London HI- car was
transferred TO the Federal Express al
New London at IO:sS y VI The party
u due TO arrive IA Washington AT Is
Monday morning