The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-13
MUST ACCEPT PROVISIONS
Ut Employers Decline to Accept Terms
OF the New Law it viii Not be
Effective SO Far as They are Con
Cerned.

Every employer of labor in Kenosha
received from the industrial accident
board at Madison this morning copy
of the workmen's compensation act re-
Gently passed by the legislature and
with it a letter asking the employer to
elect as 10 whether or not he will come
under the act Before the act becomes
binding on employers in some of it's
provisions the employer must file with
the board his acceptance.
The letter sent to the various en-
ployers is as follows:
70 employers of Labor in Wisconsin.
Dear Sirs-We are enclosing to you
pamphlet containing copy of the
workmen S compensation act enacted by
the Wisconsin Legislature at its pres
emit session, with explanatory notes.
The pamphlet also contains a copy of
the rules Of practice adopted by this
board, and forms adopted by the board
for use under the act We are also
enclosing blank forms for use by the
employer if he elects to become sub
ject to the provisions Of the act.
We hope that you will familiarize
yourselves with the provisions of this
law and then let us know whether or
not you desire to come within its pro
visions III there are any provisions
of the law which you do not under
stand, the board will be pleased to
construe those provisions upon request.
After examining the law, if you de
eide to come within it's provisions you
may sign the enclosed form and send
the same to the board for filing; and
if you do not care to come within the
provisions of the law, we wish that you
would write us to that effect, so that
we may know your feeling regarding
the matter
In order to expedite matters the
board would suggest that in case you
decide to come within the provisions
of the act, you file your acceptance of
its provisions as soon as you conven-
iently can. If you do not care to come
within the provisions of the act until
some day in the future, you may send
in your acceptance signed as of the
date when you wish to come within
the provisions of the act and the same
will be fled by this board, as of that
date.
We hope that this matter will receive
your prompt consideration, and that we
may hear from you regarding the same
within short time.
Yours very truly,
Industrial Accident Board,
1t is generally believed that the great
number of the employers of labor in
Kenosha will accept the act and that
all work in the city will in 3 short
time come under the act. The provi-
sions of the new law are not entirely
satisfactory to the manufacturers of
Kenosha, but nearly all Of these men
have long sought relief from trouble
some damage suits and for this reason
it is thought that they will accep5 the
act even though it does not carry out
all Of their ideas as to industrial in
surance
Manufacturers in all parts of the
state are accepting the act as binding
upon them with the idea of giving it a
thorough test. The acceptance may be
revoked later if it proves unsatisfactory
to the employer but this revocation
will not in any way affect any acct
dents which may occur during the time
that the act had been accepted by the
employer
Employers Of labor regard the act
as long step in advance Of old con
ditions and it is thought that under
its provisions the number of suits for
damages for personal injuries will be
reduced to a minimum in the state
courts.