Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-07
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY BILL OF.
FERED 1Y MANUFACTURERS
CALLS FOR MANY CHANGES.
BUREAU OF INDUSTRIES"
TO suPPLANT PRESENT BUREAU
All That Relates to Labor to Be Placed
Under Departmsnt-No Thought of
Unearthins Scandal in Plan to Havo
State Departments Investigated II
Is an Economy Move.

! Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. "A conspicuous
| feature OF the Wrightman bill for
| law on employers liability and work
mems compensation, offered in the SEN
ate as a substitute for the commission
bill which was introduced on the nrst
day of the session, IS that II pro-
vides for compete REORGANIZATION VI
the bureau OF labor statistics ana
other bureaus having to co with at
lairs of the labor world.
A newly established bureau OF in
dustrieS" is TO supersede and Suppiant
the present bureau OF LABOR statistics
and the head of this bureau gets ms
salary raised TO $4,000 year. he Will
have important functions in connection
with the enforcement of the proposed
law on employers liability.
Under this reorgan:zed bureau viii
! be placed all that relates to mine III
spection ana hotel Inspection Inere
will be organized the following depart
! ments, namely: Statistical. mine IN
! s,,ection. general inspection, employ
ment and labor, and hotel inspection,
| each with a chief or head. There VAL!
| be two deputies in the bureau with
! $500 a year each, six inspectors and
| a woman inspector. The head of the
| department, with four OF his assist
! ants. would constitute a sort o. general
" elfare commission.
This arrangement would decrease the
| expense of the labor departments OF
the state, especially as to mine IN
spection and other matters. inspectors
would not have to contine themselves
TO any one thing.
| The Wrightman bill, as introduced,
abolished the fellow servant rule, the
| rule as to assumption Of risk and that
of con1ributory negligence. and places
the burden of proof on the employer.
L !s made to specifically not apply
to any household servant, or to any
farm or other laborer in agricultural
pursuits, nor to persons whose employ :
! ment Is Of a casual nature. 1t re-
serves the right of an employer To
carry liability insurance and does not
interfere with the mutual insurance
com pany formed in the state.
| Compensation for death or total dis
| ability is limited to $4,000. The com
pensation for temporary disability Is
so per cent Of the wage of the eMploye
subject to a maximum Of SO per week
and a minimum of So. For loss OF a
major arm the compensation Tor dis-
ability is limited to continuance lor
| $50 weeks: for minor arm, 49, weeks
for major hand, 125 weeks; for minor
hand, 40 weeks; leg, 135 weeks; 1907
100 weeks; one eye, 60 weeks; thumb
80 weeks; first finger, 20 weeks second
finger, 20 weeks; third finger, Ia
weeks; fourth finger. 10 weeks.
The loss falls upon the immediate
employer and is not distributed among
all Of a class or among all employers
The committee on retrenchment anc
reform, consisting Of three senators
and three representatives. with Senator
Joe Allen at the head, VIII get TO "orh
next week on an investigation OF the
business administration OF the state
offices with q view TO determining "ha'
economies can be made by reduction
of the number Of employees, avoidance
of duplication Of work. cutting ou'
i needless work, or the CONSOLIDATION "
DEPARTMENTS 1t is stated by the mem
hers that if the idea has gone fortf
that the committee is planning or
turning up some big sensation 1t is al
wrong, for nothing OF the sort is II
mind.
I'VE have had it in mind" he said
that in some way We can susees'
economies that will gradually work on
for the benefit of the state. mat Il
why it was provided in the law ina
this committee should be formed we
do not believe there is any graft OF
any great leakage OF that &c ca: =
feet any revolution. On the contrary
we recognize that the state OF lowe
has in the past dozen years haoe
splendid progress in the cetterment o.
the business affairs and management
of the state, but We want to continue
that good work. The committee ma:
) employed experts who have been en-
gagged in this sort of work all over the
country. The investigation will b.
impartial. The suggestion that the al
fairs of the board Of agriculture b'
included was accepted at once as al
excellent one and it will be acted on
There is on file in every one OF these
departments, the agricultural depart
ment included. complete records OF al
expenditures, SO that the state &C
countant each and every year makes
complete checking of the entire &c
counts of the state and a report tina
is on file. 1t will therefore be an cas-!
, matter to find out exactly where ever!
dollar goes to.
5 Bills to amend the military code in
troduced in the house are OF great in
terest in all places where there ar
! militia companies. One bill propose
. an increase in the annual appropri
alton for armory rent of $4,000 year
so that the allowance for armory rem
, in each place Will be $1,000 Astead o
, $500 a year A very important bill
follows the recommendation Of the ad
,utant general by repeating that par
OF the law which gives sheriff an
mayor the right to call out q compan
when there is company in the coun
4 ty. When q sheriff calls out a com
pany the county must pay for tn
+ same; when the governor orders tn
i. company out the state pays the bill
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