The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04

Just unless the injured receives every cent of the
money taken from the employer for this purpose except
Ing amount actually necessary for the proper adj
OF that fund To bring about this result the
state must engage in the business it assume the
same attitude towards injured worken and their
endents that 1t towards the mentally 1ncompe-
ent that that they properly cared for dur
ing incapacity. - " -@: ~ "..~. +.
81, Through state insurance scheme, modelled after
Ohio plan, this end be nearly attainedtha
Az any other The Ohio plan is not perfect but it. is
on the right principle and from it be built
se q compensation law that will be about as just and
can be had under the present industrial system.
= Employers Pay in Fund.
In Ohio the employers pay into state fund adminis-
tered by commission They contribute to the fund
ordng to the particular hazard of the industry Rates
adjusted semi-annually by the commission so
enable the fund to meet all demands upon it and set
aside to take of emergencies. It also
Toys the advantage of having the financial responsibility
of the state behind it. The Minnesota plan is modelled
the New Jersey law and the Importance of state
sponsbfl1ty be seen when is remembered that in
New Jersey in 1912 more than IL establishments went
into bankruptcy and the injured workers in those plants
were without compensation at all.
i Ohio Pays More.
The schedules of compensation in Ohio sixty-six
and wohirds per cent of the weekly wages Of the in
jured worker, while in Minnesota they only fifty
cent Rates charged Ohio employers by the state
surprisingly lower than in Minnesota in the indus
tries Here compensation is paid only after the first two
weeks Of injury while in Ohio compensation is paid
seven days.
workman in Ohio who is permanently totally dis
abed receives compensation from the state fund for e
while in Minnesota only for three hundred weeks At
the end Of three hundreds weeks his compensation
| ceases-at the time when he needs it most.
$ With the adoption of few unimportant amendments
tothe Minnesota compensation law during the last
sion of the legislature, the insurance companies de-
clared Roman holiday and advanced the rates about
! fifteen per cent "'~
Under the Ohio plan rates to the employers in most
industries affected have been materially reduced since
the enactment Of the law. 49,. i. - Ill Z! j
The state collects the premiums from aud
them the injured worker his dependents
The only charge against this fund is the actual cost
administering it and amount sufficient to create the
reserve: Is it any wonder that Ohio pay higher
compensation to the employe lower cost to the EN-
ployer than is possible under the Minnesota law?
r In Ohio the insurance companies kept away from
| the trough, That's the answer
its officers to work for the passage of
similar to the on the statute books of Ohio.
! We have said we would have adequate law in
Minnesota were not for the opposition of the nonres
dent liability insurance companies. "Where the
h there will the eagles gather" Soon the workmen
of Minnesota will realize that they the victims Of
system which permits the vuures of society to prey
upon their MANNED bodies and feed upon the broken
bones of their fellow-men Then they will wipe the
present law and demand that will afford them full
| justice. .~' )