The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-02-17

so far as the ambulance chaser is con
cerned. and that motive is his own per
sonal financial gain When an accident
occurs a7 ! understand the rule among
ambulance chascrs. they get right after
the victim, ana through lorgc-hcarted-
ness and their desire to do him some
good, and through the intention to help
his family. they secure a contract with
him to enable them to rip up the other
fellow.
am glad to know our good friend,
Mr.. Teats, is with rs on this bill. ] am
glad to know there are ambulance chas-
ers that have enough courage, manhood
and humanitarianism to stand and sup
port measure that viii give relief to
the widows, but the ambulance chaser
as rule will be put out Of business.
because, from information we have
gathered in the Industrial counties, !
understand there are something like Az
or so per cent of them. The workmen
and the employers of the state of Wash.
ington are at present competent to pro
tcct themselves When we get the pco-
Pile of the state of Washington to real
izc how our opponents mean to stop
this measure, which is for the protec-
tion of those who will live as the result
of those accidents; when we have pco-
pie in that frame of mind, we will
stamp the casualty company out and do
something no other state in the Union
has accomplished. Then we will 90
along with this thing, gentlemen. with
out any opposition. The employers OF
labor has been kicked as may have
been expected, because they have been
told that in the first place they must
carry the burden, and they have agreed
that the Industry should. y large EN-
ploycr of labor in the state said to me:
1T cost our company last year S29,-
900. This bill will cost us. if enacted
$500 or $4,000. but since | have
gone into this thing with you and un-
derstand the merits OF it, and under.
stand that every suit we pay will be
paid through the state treasury, | an
willing to stand that increased amount
of expense (Applausc.)
On the other hand, let me say labor
has never had justice in the courts il
| damage suits. so we have decided that
every man who meets with an accident
will be treated on an equal footing. W.
! have decided the interests of labor viii
/ be better conserved under the variou,
measures of this law. The representa-
tives of labor will regulate the SEIZED
ule of compensation from time to time
! We have decided we are willing to hav,
commission negotiate transfer o
the guardianship OF our interests from
the hands of the courts to the hands o
lawmaking bodies of the state, Gap
plause) This will mean the creation
of commission to administer the law
| We ask the state legislature to appro,
pirate $4,000. Senator Faconer ha,
pointed out to you that the state viii
secure reduction in the number o
Judges, and believe the action of thi
legislature should be. after the passage
of the bill. of course, to reduce TIN
number of judges throughout the cntir
state. CApplause) Then you will hav
relief for the various counties. becaus
the dependents of those killed will no
fall upon the taxpayers of the county
Dependents of industrial accidents vii
look to the state treasury, and the PEG
pie will be relieved of the burden o
carrying those who are forced through
Industrial accidents into condition o
want and of being raised as publ
charges, When You stop to think of i
for a moment what does il mean t,
the boy or girl to have been raised as
public charge? Can that child 90 int
the world? How can you expect then
to 90 into the world and compete will
the boy or girl who has been raised il
his or her own home? You know if {
provider is taken away there will bt
adequate compensation paid by monthly
payments that will provide bread am
butter, clothing and education, and tn,
| widow need not fear
We have made a provision here that
will create better citizens in the future
than we have had in the past among the
victims of industrial accidents. There
is another feature which ought to be
taken into consideration, and that is
when any man under our present svs-
tenn is taken away and leaves a widow
and family, they must 90 into indus
trial schools or live on the charity of
their fellow men. and when that occurs
they grayitate to industrial centers.
About the first thing, when boy or
girl is old enough to battle. they sell
newspapers, being put to that work in