The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-26
STATE AS TRUSTEE
OF FUNDS T0PAy
INJURED W0RKMEN
Plan Presented for Employers
to Raise 90 Per Cent,
Employees 10.

Measures for compensating employees
who are injured In their work in this
state were discussed to-day at a con-
ference of publlcists. capitalists. labor
representatives and legislators. under
the auspices of tie civic Federation. In
the rooms OF the Board OF Trade
Lloyd Il. Schram. Chairman of the
Committee on Prevention of Accidents
OF the civic Federation. who presided,
pointed out that while New York was
In advance OF all other States in legis-
lating for workmen's compensation. all
its work was undonc by the court de-
cislon- that tho bill passed was uncon-
stitutonal. New York has to begin all
over again.
Charles Henry Butler. chairman If
the Compensation Committee OF tn
Bar Association. ridiculed the highly
complex sy'tem Of accident awar,s
That holds IN California. What wc
want" he said. lis a simple but efic--
tive one that VIII secure prevention of
accidents. our committee has not set
come to any definite conclusion. We
are out TO learn"
Judge John Macdonald. counsel for
state Federation of Labor, did not put
full trust IN the plan Of patiently wut-
ing fU. constitutional amendments be-
fore accident compensation to worKm IN
Is arsured. lie pleaded for the r.sht
OF working people themselves to draw
I'D compensation legislation. He ASKED
for a measure that will create Il fund
for compensation to which the employer
Will give 10 per cent. and the EMPLOYEES
10 per cent. this to he paid TO the state
Treasury and all of IL to be paid L"
the injured worker-not only the 20 pei
coat. that he gets to-day aft 9.''ni'
his lawyer half" or the one-third that
remains after the casualty !r' urdi.Ie
company gets through with tHe case
His plan. he said, Is modelled aittI the
law in the state of Washington.
August Belmont read a letter from
Washington defending tito cOmpensa-
ton system of that state. which IL a
Kind OF storm centre at this conference,
some dclega tes doubling its excellence,
others defending II.
n Hollis r. Bailey, Chairman OF the
Compensation Committee OF Uniform
state INV. explained the work III draw
ing up uniform workmen's compensa-
ton law for all the States. This la"
would make wo-kmcr's compensation
compulsory. ltr ulSdEfetS Will t'lr ue'
cisions of courts that such u law would
be unconstitutional.
Tho uniform law recommended pro-
vides that while the fun death com
pepsatlon is to be paid at once, a trI
bunal Is to make weekly payments e
the family OF the dead workman. EN-
ployers can ne compelled. as they are
in several States, to take out insur
snce vita the state for thei" workers
4. j. Porter. president OF the Shred
ded Wheat Company OF Niagara Falls
spoke strongly In favor OF Legislative
,mea strrs Tor workmen's compensation
Daniel j. Tobin. president of tn
international brotherhood OF Team
,,srs srid that, as there were som"
thing like 100000 tcamstcrs and chGuf
Tours, his organization was deeply in
terested In accident compensation. IL
believed that employers ought to bea
the whole burden u: accidents to worn
men. The average workman canno
save anything to-day" he said There
TO-. - are Apo. 4 10 making tn
worker pay for any share Of accidsn
com rensation.
James o. Carr. counsel for the Gen
iral Electric Company OF schenectady
taid his company Is the largest privat
employer of labor IN this state, bu
took adequate care Of its injured work
men. He urged that some of the fea
-tares of its compensation system b
r.