Evening star., 1914-07-14
LEADS NORTH AMERICA
WITH LIABILITY LAW
Ontario Sclons Provide Compensation
to Workmen Along
Needed Lines.

precedent was esta hiiShed in North
America recently hy ;ha legislature of
cnfari" Passing law Ito provide :or
c"mi'ensat tion I" ~crkmen for injuries
sustained and industrial diseases con
tracttd III the course of their empioy-
ment. The Law mentions hy way of in
PRODUCTION. says John Il. Andrews. sec
retary Of the American Association for
l-ah"i Leg. station. the Survey. half 4
dozen diseases about which We have been
learning la;eiy-poisoning from lead
phosphorus. mercury and arsenic as we'll
as anthrax and the miners ailment spell
ed ankylost omiasis.
Mr.. Andrews saws that "tventy-three
of our states and the federal government
have ALREADY covered accidents by legis-
laflon more or less adequate Eut indus
trial diseases compensated by special
right in the title of the Law is worth at
tention- 1t hasn't happened before on the
American continent. And Il means tina;
in Ontario victims of insidious trade
naladies are to he compensated just like
sufferers from sudden and obvious accl-
den;s
Continuing. Mr. Andrews says:
or course. in Europe countries like
England. Germany and Switzerland long
sort Of thing Bu; Our Congress- with :,
carefully drafted bill before it this long
year and more past. and in spite of IA
vorable recommendation from the House
judiciary committee has still failed to
provide similar protection even for the
governments own employees in shipvards
arSenals and printing Offices Bulgaria
Tor example. did that Years ago.
Massachusetts, Law Working Well.
Readers viii remember the technical
decisions of the federal government, al
torney who refused compensation to vie
tins of lead poisoning in government
navy Yards because lead poisoning is an
occupational disease and is not an in
jury under the .aw. But now comes
Massachusetts with a law that is work
ing Wei and an industrial accident board
that guessed her victims of lead poison
ing should be paid. And the supreme
court OF the great commonwealth of
Massachusetts. upon being asked point
edly upon several separate occasions. has
recently said to the board. You guessed
right. Go ahead,
Thus in Massachusetts We're compen-
sated Otto johnson. incapacitated after
working lead grinder for twenty
two years. and William Hurle. totally
blinded after working several years in
a poWerhouse. We're his work required
him to breath poisonous gases as he
looked for A moment seventy times each
day through the peep-hoe of gas
producer installation.
for Leao folsonlng compensation.
I'm \ficbip.p the industrial accident
hoard +bou,b. comnersation sbourJ he
n.:d 70 th. u;do, of ,,,,,s,us Adam.
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i''i'l''is dii vi the i>'cts' was SUI Hs -
'is tne case anu han aPpeaieo To 'he
supreme court on the ground that ADAMS
didn't die by accident but was killed by
industrial disease in the course of his
dutv An c,rIy decision is exnec,ed
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po1sohihs .he oiiio iii'u idi e~''i'iiissioii
read INTO tne act "ords "hich We're nor
placed there ny the legislature and an