Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-16
ADDS 70 o|AL PRICE
WoRkMEN's CONFIRMATION LAW
TO cosr . CENTS PER
TON.
SMALLER COMPANIES PREPARE
70 PLACE THEia INSURANCE
Operators Declare pusl,e will De
Compelled TO Bear Burden 81 Sup.
port Of Victims Of Assidsnts
Make No Emsrt 70 pissrsdit Or EN-.
barrass New Statuts.

barrass New statute.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. March 1e.-1t will add
about . cents . ton to the cost of Goa
produced from Iowa mines because OF
tho new workmen's compensation Law
~ the big casualty companies have ig.
ured 1t out and made demand for pay
for carrying the risk. They have in.
sisted that It will cost great dea
moro TO pay workmen the small sum,
under the Iowa law for injuries than to
fight the cases thru court under the old
law. pay the lawyers and pay the heavy
damage judgments.
Mine operators of Iowa have already
agreed, practically. upon insuring their
casualty in Iowa in one company. The
company has shown them wherein II
will be more expensive to carry the
risks under the law in force after July
next than now. The added premiums
50 the operators have figured it out
will amount to about 9 cents a ton for
the coal.
The coal miners in Iowa gets $1.10
a ton for the coal they mine. The OPP
orators figure that the aggregate cost
per ton il. about 1910 ton, the other
dollar being for expenses of handling
and marketing. Workmen's compensa-
ton on fair basis for all injuries will
therefore cost about 4 per cent on the
business.
One big company. the Consolidated
Coal Company, which is owned by the
Northwestern railroad. will carry its
own insurance. Possibly the big com
pany which the Rock Island owns will
do the same thing. But all the smaller
companies will insure in private
casualty companies. They will make
no effort at all to discredit or en-
barrass the operation Of the new law
but will join in an effort to make it a
success. The operators say that the
public has to bear the burden of sup
port of the victims Of accidents any
way and the new law provides bet
ter method Of distribution CT the bur-
den than the old way.
When an Iowa woman has an oc-
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Independent living and lays it aside for
matrimony there is no presumption OF
law that she nleans to abandon hex
occupation and does not. intend to re-
turn to 1t. So the supreme court de-
cided in an interesting case involving
the measure Of damages for q married
woman.
The woman In question. Mary E
Witty, had received an injury to he,
hand by reason Of being struck by 8
truck in Waterloo. and she showed thai
she was music teacher capable OF
earning a good living and the loss OF
the nse Of the hand ended that pro-
fession for her. But the defense
showed she hadn't taught music fot
several years, because she didn't have
to when she was married. The court
held that marriage did not mean tina,
she had abandoned her profession.
But the court also, in this case, gave
an interesting bit of advice to hot
headed lawyers. A question had been
raised as toi an angry remark by one o.
the lawyers.
The remark was more petulant than
polite" said Justice Weaver in the
opinion. but in the stress and strain
of warmly contested jury trial the
quality of professional temper is often
severely tried. Experience and obser-
walton teach us, however, that wounds
thus inflicted are not often so deep or
so serious that they may not be more
effectually healed by a visit to the
nearest cigar counter than by any
dressing which the court can apply
This case presents no exception to tina,
rule" N'.'
And further in support Of the idea
that Iowa jurymen are supposed to
exercise common sense he wrote:
Jurors must be given the credit of
ordinary common sense and honest
purpose to dispose Of questions sub
mitted to them upon the evidence I'M
der the instructions given by the court.
and may be presumed to disregard the
ordinary interchange Of left handed
compliments between opposing counsel
except as matters of momentary diver
SION"
The supreme court will advance the
appeal case from Fayette county in
volving the legality of the law regard
ing minimum Of compensation for
teachers. The attorneys are anxious
to have the question submitted, and
there is reason for this in that school
boards will want to know what rights
they have before making contracts for
another school year. The courts have
thus far upheld the law, but so long
as it is questioned the boards will not
be fully advised as to their rights.
The pure food department is greatly
pleased over the reception given in
Washington to the Kenyon bill forbid
ding interstate traffic in adulterated
linseed oil. The department set out to
secure all possible support for the
measure and now has the backing Of
the makers of most OF the linseed oil.
the paint men, the agricultural press
and the pure food departments Of
many of the states. Deputy Commits
sioner Tiff has just returned from pre-
senting to members Of congress the
facts regarding the adulteration of oil
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