The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-24
EmrL OVERS LIABILITY LAW.

EMPLOYERS LIABILITY Law.
One OF the bills thar viii come he
| fore the legislature during the term
row IN session. IS an employers liabii-
TX Jaw. or as it IS called IN some
states. q vorsmen's compensation act.
The intent OF sach = measure Is 20
provide compensation for an employee
who IS injured while engaged IN his
daily labor.
There IS no question hnt that law
Il OF this kind should be enacted But
It IS very necessary for beth the en-
nloyes ana employers that II should
be formed slong the right lines. IN
some states. laws OF this kind have
been adopted. and before they had
been in operation but q short time,
they proved detrEment 70 both the
employer and employe There are.
some good features in most OF the
laws that have been enacted. and
thare are also some very bad features
No proposition will come before the
Iowa legislature thai Is OF more I'M
nortanes 10 the state than the one
referred ~ No proposition is now
before the state Of Iowa that more
vftaIly afsess It's future than this one.
For the legislature 10 enact an EN-
ployers liability law that on the face
OF II, is ruinous 10 the employers,
win keep factories ous az Iowa, and
in doing so. viii work against the
advancement Of the state Likewise.
for the legislature 10 put into force
VIII also De wrong. and an impedi-
meut 70 the progress az me state A
fair and equitable measure. taking
into consideration the lens.h az Iina
II must cover. the cumulative effects.
the possibility Of really meeting the
demands created nv unavoidable ae-
csSents, and me dispensing with lItf-I
gatson can onfv be formulated by
uaEeh thought and study being put
upon t. Il IS necessary that mem
hers OF our legislature sheaId get al
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