New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-10
PLEA FOR LIABILITY BILL
Emmett Calls His Plan the Most
FarreaChing.
OPPOSES LAB0R'S SCHEME
No State Guarantee in Judge
McDonough's Measure, SUI
perintendent Points Out.

Albany. Feb. 9.-William Temple En-
met. State Superintendent of Insurance,
thinks that the Murtaugh jackson work
mems compensation bill. backed by JUDI =
John r. McDonough, Of Albany, COUNSEL
10 the New York state Federation Of
Labor. would bc Of less benefit 10 work.
mgmen generally than the Foler bill. the
passage of when is being strongly recon-
mended by the state Insurance Depart
mcnt
Mr. Emmett has received letter from
George =. Cieary, of New York city
stating that Il casualty insurance com
pany had cndeavorcd 10 persuade him
three years ago TO agree to an unfair
settlement OF "a claim which Mr. ClearF
was pressing against his employers for
injuries received while working la ma
chine shop in Syracuse. and asking MI
Emmett why the Insurance Department
did not support the Murtaush-Jackson
compensation bin.
MIR. Emmett declares that there is a
great deal OF popular MISUNDERSTANDING
on this subject as evidenced by MI.
Cleary's letter and others OF the same
Kind he is receiving from men opposed 10
the methods formerly employed ny cas-
ualty companies. The reply of the super
lutcndcnt Of Insurance To- MI 'ledrY
says:
| am convinced that the plan. embodied
in the Nurtaugb-Jackssn bill VIII ohly eN
tend the beEeuts of workmen colhPeh-
sation to a comparatively small nuIllDt'
Of workers I'm the. state. Inc OH PID
posed by this department. known as inc
Foley-Walkcr bill Will extend Such pcH'
fits To every worker I'm the state eNcep'
farm labOrers and domestic ScrNahys
Ono Of my principal objections 10 JUICE
McDonoughS bill is that he leaves th'
situation with regard 10 casualty insut
ance exactly as il Is at present cAc'p'
i'm the case Of the small traction OF s4ii
ployes who will be icufhtcd by ms hiH'
want TO see the old conditions III en-,
plovers liability insurance entirely "lptu
out Judge McDonouGh dPpdi eH'''
Nv other objection to Judge Melon
ough's bin is that the means ne employ
for making safe and certain me pay I Ii' ~.
Of conversation To the few VINO VII o.
benefited by his bill namely, the esIdu
ljshmcnt Of state fund does no; AFFORD
the degree OF protection 10 when iapoI
INK men are entitled. .
suUDoSc YOU and nearly every one
else who is now favorablv inclined to tn'
so-calIcd Standardization bill: THINKS
that il is intended 10 embrace All CLASS ,
OF laboriug men and that the so-ca4l. 81
state fund means that me Sldlt ~"
.autces tho paymeut OF losses. Neither OF
these ideas is correct Judge Melon
ough's Lin does not provide for any stat
guarantee whatsoever II only PROVIDES
FOR the creation Of an elaborate govern
mental machinery 10 compute. collect ana
manage a fund TO bc paid In BY Tn" com
pgratively small number OF empower
ubo viii come in under the act and 10
be paid out by the state TO injured en-
ployes Of these employers.
'If the computations on which TINS
fund is based are Incorrect adds MI.
Emmett. "or T. ,he fund is not properly
managed. and for either Of these roa-
sons the fund proves insufficient in size
TO meet the claims against IT, the injured
enployc who files his claim after the
fund has been exhausted has no reliet OF
remedy of any kind, nature or descrlp-
ton"