The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-06
PILFoR woRKaEN's CoMPENsATIoN

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 The compensation bill, as reported by the joint com. 1ntee judiciary and la6or IS not 5ne oGs p t the plan that experience has shown would be cheapest ID oL eration but it much better than the ex1stng iI
 miss plan dealing with Injured workers that It ogne eo pass a, 4,r,r1rrrTp7E E oz COM 1ENsATION EsTABGIsHED The details may be l11a- proved afterWarc The whole plan be improved af
 The hill is conpronise e1nbodes features from each principal plans that proposed at the hegnnino of the session. Something taken rom the scaled b something from the Fed eration biI something from the State Commission
 The bill is an optional bill but the conpulsion is strong enough to bring in all but the most obdrate e
 The common law defenaes of contrbutory negligenoe fellow servant and assumption of risk are all taken rom the employer who does not under the plan
 Those excepted from the operation of the law are those regularly employ under five persons, out work
 be better if farm Iaborers were exempted as class, but it is possible that the exemption of those e ployin less than persons may satisfy the farmers
 Unless thefarmers satisfied the bill is almost tain to be beaten in the lower house, which more than 90 men, connected with agricultural pursuits
 The billrovdes for first aid and thirty days medical which may be refused by the worker, who must then ent begin until the person has been ncapacitat ed two weeks from labor and begins on the fifteenth day
 In case of death $1Oo allowed for the funeral penses of the emp1oye of the deceased Where there dependents but some partially dependent the dead persons earnings the award be graded according to the degree of depend 
 Wife or@l1usband, children feeble mind regarded full dependents, with certain reservations where wife and husband are not living together and is not receiving support from the other.
 The fotaElos of both eyes, both feet both hands, of leg and complete paralysis of both legs both arms, leg deemed to constitute total ncapacity. So also is in or irnbecility.
 Other injuries constitute partial disability and dnir ish the number of weeks during which will be paid
 Other injuries constitute partial disability and dim finish the number of weeks during which compensation will be paid
 The administration the given to sioners each Congressional the state They to receive 900 salary and allowance for TJenses
 is to be by suitable bond the commissioner, by mutual associations by insurance in stock companies
 One of the prime defects in the bill is it's failure make provision for state insurance state managed insurance
 This neglect will operate rather the disadvantage of the small empower, who will be compelled to buy his of stock companies in default enter mutual companies in which, in the nature of things his governing voice will be exceedingly limited.
 The maximum award is half the total wages, not exceed BIO per week, for 312 consecutive weeks
 The minimum award is $5 per week for the pe- Tiod except to those who at the time of receive less than S5 per week.
 The payments scarcely large enough, feet may be renedied later When it is remembered that under the existing system about 80 per cent. of injured that the other 20 get only part what the courts award it will be that the e@ the od R '' ana humane nr0Seenf over will be certain of compensation and the compensation will liberal enough keep his head water he is we'll In of his death his widow and children will not be entirely destitute but will have certain income them in breastn the world from which their has departed.
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