The sun., 1912-07-14
LLOYD GEORGE EXPLAINS
new WORK|NCMEN'S LAW
Regards Insurance Act a. IAN.
other step In Forward
Movement"
NOW HOPES TO FREE LAND
Chancellor Declares Intention
I Of Wrestling Property From
the Few.
NOW HOPES TO FREE LAM


toP"iD"f' l"is' ~ me 'hHcd Press
Lo>p"N. J'Iy IL. Chancellor Of the
| I'Nch"uu"r David Lloyd George gave to-
day his first interview concerning the
W"rkinSmen insurance act which be-
comes "f"'tiNe on Monday Throughout
the Hritish Isles. nquestion1hly. In
! the opinion of f'nsHshm"n, the law Is
tho most radical piece NJ sociological
| legislation ever placed upon the statute
books ot any hau"n' Yet the Nhancnl-
! Ior. i's auth"r. gays " is n" more than
another stop IN th' great forward
movement initiated by III" English
| Liberals when they came into control
OF the Government seven years ago.
In his interview TODAY. not only his
| FIRST concerning IN" new law nut among
the few he has given out IN any sub
| jcct i'm his entire puolic career, Cham
ccllor Lloyd Gcore" told In some de-
tail what he expected workmen's In
| surance ~ do for England and 10 what
he believes II will lead
THE Workingmehs Insurance act Is
| one more step achieved said the Chan.
ceior IN 'he great Aioeia' ior"arh
| movement which oeSan WIN the od
AZ" fensi"n act was continued py IN"
budget of l9os providing Tor inc taxa
tion OF land IN Great Brtain' ana mas
! since been furthered ny the enaetment
of the law depriNinS the House or
Lords of its power OF veto over ios,s-
Iatiun thrice passed pS the commons
the peoples representatives,.
For the first time In the history OF
Great Britain as a state. employer and
worker are now to cooperate to main-
| tain and to Increase the efficiency Of
1 the individual and OF the nation. The
| workman's insurance act aims Ia make
provision for keeping the 'hcushold
| from poverty. to keep the worker and
his family from pauperism In the dark
days OF sickness, which come to every
| househoih IN turn' anu 10 euard against
suffering from Unemployment i"r which
inc workman rs h"' respohsi"e'
chanee,'or h'osu ueo"se e",unueo'
IL WIZ mp 'ne n'o'"el az ehilu,l'n
en- ".n a.su. .,.,.u a 80, "'''''''
'a,npa.s" "sa.s. nsu,.p'n ~
.a,hou aas,,,,, ,,r n"',h,a..
a,rooa ~ rn ] n.nar,,,n orran,ou,s
y, 6ch, soc,o, a,,,Is a, hnr,o
.,,,h,u.h .h, a., ha, hoor o.. .,,,
| loot NJ unscr,,n,,,ous attacks and ~ de.
liherate instrumentation. I am con-
>inced that 1t will be hailed throughout
the whole country as one Of the most
heneeficent measures ever given to the
people.
And now that the workmens insur-
ancc act will he In full operation next
Monday ne concluded. we intend to
put our hanos 10 'he great WORK or
iIeeihe the iahu' Which was meant TOT
-, w NV ""ns '"' Mn'.h mas
=, r', 49,. ,,'. ."s ' y. Nv Ie.'hs -
,ar. ''f' an" ''' ''e'' e"'''e"
Tha rl,;,,. ;r,
,ossod /, par1;a,,,.,,. ,... -, va" ""'
n 6erce s,rn,c,o in ,,h;oh Ch.,..,,..
,ovd Coorco ,ros on,os.d ~. ,..a,.,.s.a
even of his own pa-tv On the ,rourd ,ha.
though sncb ,eris,a,;or ,r,s ,,r.n.u -
princple manv Of tho acts nrovis;ors
were un;nst and thu, moro tive o,,,n,
m no aI,owsd ror cors;d.-.,;o, os -,
a,,ments Of 81 revo,u,i,ra,.,. =. oh,r,o,.-
The bost;le House ot or.,. -. ,.o
hin go ,brouob in IN. bor,o th,, ,h, ,,u
would tccomo ca urron,,,.r as -, Ii,
about tho 7; ;bera,s. ,,csea, a, ~. na,,
,,ec,io,
Under tho row lnw.s terms the Enc.
lish Governmcpt English orn,oy.rs
and ENGLISH empiovees nrac,ic,Ijv -o
into rartnership in n giy,n,jo insuranc,
company Tho pronortion of contrihu.
tions yarice occord;pg ,o tho acos and
nav of emplovees ,,,t cencraI,v snealiro
the cmployee will be called on 70 nav
eight cents weekly for his insurance.
the EMPLOYER six cents and the Govern.
ment four ccnts
STAMPS representinc the respectiva
contributions will he affixed every nav
day TO a card Issued to the emp,oyee and
this card will become in effect the holders
policy.
A workman who ia lls IN w;,, he entitled