The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-04

state, is the bill known as the Hill. quit bill, which was presented through the instrumentality of the Bridgeport conference. This measure includes hy ti0ns and allows the highest compen- sation to injured workmen.
 The men who have supported this measure right along will continue to do so and will demand its enactment They will maintain as before that the bill is equitable and constitutional and is measure to which the work ingmen of Connecticut are rightfully entitled. and which is many years overdue.
 They will demand the enactment o1 this measure. intact, as endorsed by State, but if the joint committee on Judiciary and Labor refuses to enact this bill, it's advocates will make it clear that they do not take the posi- ton of opposing the enactment of some other measure.
 under similar circumstances, by their respective advocates. One Of them is the Fisher bill, amended along the lines of the HfllQuit Dill. to make it more comprehensive. Another is the Fisher bill unchanged. Advocates but according to the decision of the comnittee yesterday each will make it clear that he is not taking g4fe viewpoint of "my bill or nothing, and the responsibility of reporting a bill will be put squarely up to the commit tee on Judiciary and Labor.
 Yesterdays conference was very harmonious as a whole. The three manufacturers present came out strongly for g. good Worf1men's Com pensatiou act. but were of the opinion that an Employers Liability act will leave open the old faults of expensive litigation and fatal delay.
 William R. Webster. general super fntendent Of the Bridgeport Brass Company. stated that not only is Workmen's Compensation needed. but also some system of insurance which money and doesn't waste two-thirds of it in the salary of insurance presi- dents and the expenses of admfnistra- tfon.
 MT. Webster outlined the system of mutual fire insurance for factories number of big concerns. The sys- tenn has the double advantage of cut ting down premiums to a minimum, and encouraging the prevention of fires
 Some such system, he stated. should be applied to the Worknen's Compen- satfon idea, so that the injured men will get the highest possible percent age of the insurance payments, and a direct incentive will be afforded to the employers to cut down their insur- ance premiums by installing safety devices and forestalling accidents.
 He therefore expressed himself strongly in favor of good Compensa- tion act but opposed Employers Lia- bility.
 Charles Donahue. president of the State Federation of Labor, on the other hand favored Employers Liabil- ity but opposed Workmen's Compensa- tion.
 "I am in favor of the principle of compensation" said Mir. Donahue, ''but do not think that we are yet ready for it.''
 All the other clements in the com mfttee favored the enactment of both an Employers Liability bill and a Workmen's Compensation bill. agree ing that the one is a complement of the other and that both are desfr- able.
 sfThe conference adjourned until Tuesday at 1:50 p. n.. at which time it will hold a brief meeting for the purpose of nearing Mayor Fishers re- port. which will afterward be read to the committee on Judiciary and La bor