The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-09

sstion commissioner, gave an interest," Ing talk on the operation of the co1n- pensatdon act yesterday before the convention of the State Federation
 He srgestged that the act should be improved by reducing the period of waiting from IA to days, andg that inc compensation for specific injuries oIEz4f to be increased
 t 1gompensation does not begin until a4 days The commissioners said that inc maximum and ninimllIn proTts- ions applying to compensatlon TOT deaths, does not apply to conpersa- 4te7, for specific injuries, so that boy sarrir,ss n a week who should lose his arm. would receive only g a week
 TH. Donohue said 1t is the purpose of che commission to bring a'oue .e aureeuen4s as far as possible. and ID E .,ssz fftstrict the effort to do so has been nlraost always successful
 Dr. Donohuee remarks follow: RespomsIbiEtty.
 <sA ulzestfon invoIving responsibInty fo a fellow being was once asked ol n rz.ern and, in order to avoid assuIAls ing any Of his burden or trouble. ne ,-eszxsfa ded with this replys Am my s,S-~xfT,xsnssz keeper 4 recent article 1z1f1a this caption causes me to sweep along tfas line of thought HIS an syger. involving all the principles or ue1hshnass was no better at the uIne of asking IHan tc-AS-Ss 1ce - - ~. senanenf is changing and views are broadening.
 Hcruaditys
 esAlls man are born equal but not xvft1i equal chances. Through con- cen4fon from our progenftors, we come Into this sphere endowed or handi-; capped by mental or physical, or an an afoTntcal inequalities. over " h1ch we ha.ve no control The man who has been benefited. and who has received 5 eapantages on account of society owes It to society that he use his influence to assist and advance his less 1oreun- a8A felloaN-beings, through the same means by which his own advancement
 was indirectly acconaplished-
 Dependency.
 ssp1 embers of the human race at the present day are dependent ones upon fhe other, either in divi dually or col 1eetfxgIy Labor and capital depend noon each other. Labor can work t1s4f its own existence without capital, ffor all capital comes from labor but in these days of great industrial con aerns where aggregationss of capital seem necessary. it would be difficult, the way men feel and think to-day, to fpet a great number of working men to put their earnings together and work upon the co-operatiYe plans but think there is a change of feeling in this particular sdirectfons a.nd where xyorknen have become owners, even though their individual holdings are very small, they have infected a stirn- illus Into the business which no oth- er method could have accomplished. Tais Idea Of economy and saving all avs makes me think of a. few lines r once found in the Atlanta- Constitu- uon:
 Be true when people doubt you; Don't think that moneys all, in life,
 But carry some about you z
 And continuing in the same strain. # sayss
 ..Aad when it,s lime to shuffle off.
 And you have done your mission, Just put your trust in Providence.
 And call a good physician.
 Tn simple English. look out for yourseIf.
 Distribution of Loss.
 seWhen more wcrkmen become in- saustrially interested, it will greatly facilitate measures which mayv be ad- vanced for the conservation of energy, and prevention of industrial t'acci- deuta When man loses an arm or leg, even though our Workmen's Compensation Act were most ideal, no matter how great the stipulated price might be which he would receive for that lost member still the earning lroWer of that man is greatly 1esSened, and the community has suffered a di- rect loss. There has been dis rdbutton of the burden. but the loss is still the same If from an eco homie standpoint only, to say nothing of the humanitarian. 1t behooves. the general public to consider more care fully the question and means of car ing for and safeguarding the sinews Of the nation The general public settles for the careIessness, directly or sindirect1y, in every case, whether it is by loss of services of the one destroy ed, or by taxation of the community to support 8 dependent wife and chill dren If the community had done it's duty properly in throwing the proper safe guards around it's mem tbers, both as regards sanitary condi- lions for the prevention of tubercu1o- sis. we'll ventilated and well lighted factories, and if they had used the proper safety mechanical devices, a great many of these losses could be avoided.
 First Compensation Law in U. s.
 sHThe first impetus which was given to compensation laws in this country was the action of Congress at the time the United States took a stand which placed its civilian employees, that is the men in the employ of the govern guent, outside of the army, naval and postal service, under the operation o1 the Federal Liability Law Many o1 the occupations, such as the arsenalS and shipyards, were in themselves considered hazardous, and the posi- tion which the government took was that since men engaged in these nee essariIys dangerous occupations were continually undergoing risks, it was right that they should be compensat- ed for injuries received while in these employments.
 Tn most of the states it used to be considered that the employee was guilty of negligence until he proved to the contrary but under the new idea the question of negligence seems to be almost obIiterated. and this change is simply an indication of the