Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-08-31

AMARILLO DAILY NEWS. So
day. and In many case seven days
per week. never less than seveuiy-tvo
hours. frequently eighty-four hours
per week. In such places race suicide
runs rampant. sickness. vice. disease.
drunkenness and deaths by violence
are the rule rather than the eHoep-
ton
Boarding house shacks. corner sa-
looms and squalor abound homes.
schools and libraries are conspicuous
ly rare or absent
Human life IL held cheapest In
Pennsylvania. where the long and the
many work days are prevalent But
Ter loses 374 out OF every hundred
thousand OF IT'S people By violent
deaths In industry: Pitis'on. $50. Nc.
Kees Rocks and McKeesport 2s0
Shenandoah 279. Pottsville 27e and the
large city Pittsburg With its dlversi.
fed population. revels In violent
death rate Of lsl per one hundred
thousand people according 20 the
mortality statistics Of the United
States census bureau in 1906
The average age o. these deaths BY
accident Il thlrty.three and han
years This fearful drain occurs
among men doing the work o. 'he
world before they have reached tho
prime Of lifa 1r 'ic r.t... d.. .1.
Cieucy
The uuro#s 0lau.s long .D. .ly
that sap. vitality and .l.a..r fr..
me aor-ers D. Doe r..un.a. ... o.
This needless slaughter o.. De-
iu-s strHrs..n- ioI 900 rE.'t...
$50 much .Gr 'ho .ho ..
most come f0 %, p.npo U.a a.. ..u.
serving DO ana health hv m,.rs OF
. factory rayl.ati0u and la,.or .r.l.c
ulu Nr.h ha. been done .r m.uv
state. Ir. these lines nrd ... H.
camp lusu' q. dnr 90 oIe.r.leH Doe
Dor uucn is fot 200 b, done and or-
sIr1eI labor intends that 'ho work
SHALL Boz hr bed
Laws regulating guards for cleaning
ri machinery we're adopted hy Nasss-
upsefs in 1852 boz New Jersey Ia
1884 This nas almost the beginning.
As manufacturing has developed no
tb' other states some protective pro
! visions have been adopted The pres
cut status Of their provisions is o. fol-
lows
Twenty four states require factories
10 be- so ventilated that q Sufficient
amount ~ air space shall be- provided
for each operative
1Mr'ythrce states require IRE So
capes on factories and public build
J ings
Tv'utyfour states require guards
on dangerous machinery
Twenty seven states Insist upon
sanitary and sufficient toilet rooms for
the sexes
Thirty states provide factory .r.
sperfors 20 enforce observance az The
/ laws
+ Seventeen states make q mandatory
for employers 70 report an accidents
10 an authorized state official so that
accurate vital records can be- readily
obtained for the further advice and 10.
formation OF the people as 20 The
needs Of additional conservation OF life
and limb This Is an especially neces
sary provision
Thrty-slS states restrict night sork
by children.
Cooperating the MANNED
Thrty-eight states have enacted
some form of employers liability Law
very few OF which have been IN.
terpreted favorably for the workers
by the courts This IL 10 be account
ed for largely because the courts have
chung tenaciously 10 former prece-
dences Of peculiar judicial reasonings.
which have AT times been referred 10
as The "unholy trinity" viz. "assump
ton OF risk" "contributory ncgli-
gcncc" and fellow servant" rulings.
as II these obstacles were not large
enough 20 offset workmans claim
FOR damages Another method has
been devised which the courts have
duly recognized as valid and sufficient
grounds 20 prevent an injured en-
ploye from obtaining an award for
damages This cunning device has
been 20 induce or Coerce an employe
when arranging for employment 70
sign a contract waving his rights" 20
sue FOR damages in case % injury dur.
ing employment
Giving Life Value.
Notifications OF the common Law
rulings ~ assumed risk and ICON.
tributory" to comparative neglleonc.
have been adopted In several states,
but such triflng with measures -
such grave import is not sufficient
Just humane and effective legislation
must be enacted by the states -lels.
latiou that IS uniform and uniformly
good. effective legislation that viii
forever abolish the defense known as
fellow servant" rule. "contribuiory
negligence" assumption Of risk md
'walying OF rights"
Industry must bear the financial
burden OF accidents % the human be-
ing. exactly as Il does now toward me
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