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suranee corporations. owing to the fact
that the large employers here are en-
gagged in industries that afford extreme
/ ly hazar rious employment. and the fur
ther fact that Colorado il unable finan-
eially to assume any great risk The in-
dustrial commission will administer the
compensation act in addition to its 9TH
er duties Hence it will be seen that
this hoard will be the most powerful
body in the state government.
Offices to Be Consolidated
The only state boards and Officers
which will he exempt are the land board.
the public utilities commission. the state
tax board and the commissioner of
mines. All others will he consolidated
in tn. industrial commission One of the
industrial commissioners will have
charge of all state institutions, correc
tionai. penal. charitable and in a meas
ure educational. He will have SuperNi-
sion of the purchase of all supplies for
all Officers and institutions, and the
third will have charge of efficiency in
all departments. There will be deputies
in charge cf sections devoted TO segre-
gated functions OF each OF the commits
sioners One, for instance, will look out
for sanitation and safety under the
commissioner in charge of the compen-
sation work. Another will perform the
active duties OF the state board on
health. Every cmploye OF the commits
sion will be selected because of his pecu-
liar fitness and will be placed in a rigid
civil service 30 that be cannot be re-
moved except for cause. II is probable
that no attention will he paid to the
existing civil service lists or to the.
claims OF present office holders in
charge of separate functions of the gov.
crnment.
Relations Of Employer and Employee.
II is in its domination over the rela-
tions of employer and employc that the
commission will attract the greater at
tention. for the present at least. An ad-
visory board of ten or more men will be
appointed by the governor. and this
body. representative OF labor. capital and
the public. will meet with one or all OF
the industrial commissioners at the
commissions bidding to settle disputes
between workmen aud their employers.
The commission itself will have rep
resentative OF capital. another of labor
and third. who will be chosen because
of his peculiar adaptability tn the solu.
tion of problems in efficiency. all with.
out regard to politics.
discussed by Mr.. Carlson with business
men, large employers of labor and menu
bers of organized labor. The provisions
Of the California law have been cx-
planned by Mr.. Wcinstock. who is a mem
Der of the federal relations commission
on workmcn's compensation. The Wis
consin act has been discussed by Pro-
fcssor Commons. its author. who is also
member of the industrial relations
commission. When the provisional iraf,
now being prepared has been complete 81
it will be referred to conference in
Guiding five representatives each of cap.
ital and labor and five lawyers and
whipped into its final shape for present.
alton to the Legislature. In every way
the industrial relations commission has
rendered Mr.. Carlson it's warmest as.
sistancc by lending the services of its
members to explain the laws which have
proved effective in other states where
workmcn's compensation is in force.
Because the proposed industrial com.
mission will deprive several Of the new
state officers Of the right of appoint