Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-22
MEETING AT THE
CLUB HOUSE.
Employers Mutual Liability Insurance
Company Discussion of Various
Questions.

Last Tuesday evening the policy
holders of the Employers Mutual Liza
bility Insurance company were inyit-
ed TO Z O'Clock dinner, given at the
NauSau Club house by the company.
The object was to meet the Hon d.
ID. Beck, member of the State Indus
trial Commission. who was to present
and explain some of the provisions of
the new amended law recently passed
by the legislature, and, primarily, to
dlSclSS the law With the WauSau
policy holders and TO show that the
cost or insurance can be materially
reduced by the cooperation of EN-.
ployers with the management of the
Employers Mutual Liability Insur-
ance company.
The invitations sent out by the
company were literally responded to
and large number Of our business
men sat down at the appointed hour
To repast TO which justice was done.
DIR. w. A. Fricke, vice president
and general manager of the company,
presided and in brief address told of
the progress and success of the COM
pany since it was organized nearly
two years ago That it was now in
surfing 81, 600 lives through policies
issued TO employers; that it had paid
out Sl07, 900 in losses. He pointed out
how, in his opinion, considerable
could have been saved by the Co
operation of the employer. In sum-
ming up the work of the mutual
company, during the evening. DR..
Fricke showed how it had success
fully fought the old casualty compan-
les and had saved the policy holders
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
premiums. He introduced j. ID.
Beck of the Industrial Commission,
who told of the obstacles encountered
by that body in carrying out the pro-
visions of the law and he pointed to
the fact that the work of the En-
ployers Mutual company of Wausau
and that of DR.. Fricke had been of
lnestlmable value to the commission.
&. w. Price, also of the commission,
whose energies are directed towards
the leSsening of accidents, told how
much can be accomplished by Co
operation with the employees. He
demonstrated that in some institu-
tioas by this cooperation, accidents
had been lessened rs per cent. Mr.
Price was able TO give much valuable
information by referring 10 charts
which he carried with him.
DR.. Treyitt, physician of the COM
pany, pointed out how a great saving
could be accomplished in his depart
ment by the cooperation of the en-
ployer and the physical examination
of the employe.
w. &. Landon, who had done much
work with the commission, gave a
very instructive and interesting ad-
dress and was followed by Judge Chas
w. Fricke, who took up the question
of the liability of the sub-contractor. |
Neal Brown closed the evenings
program by one of his Characteristic |
talks, which are always good and to
the point. He said the law was
passed with view of getting these !
accidents out of the hands of the law
yers, but it looked to him as if they
had only been transferred to the doc |
tors Judging from the size of their
bills. He closed by paying q very
high tribute 10 the efficiency of the
State Industrial Commission.
1t was an evening productive of |
much good and was the starting of a !
movement that will eventually spread |
throughout the state-the cO-opera- !
tiOn OF the employers and employees |
with this company in lessening acci- !
dents.