The Glenwood post., 1915-09-25
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G188ho ADSot AVV ycAls ago ana VIII
the coming Of the factory system II
wAs inevitable that the lawsuit method
of securing damages must fail. This il
true for several reasons: First, be-
cause the lawsuit method il unsstisfac-
tory in that SO few recover. 6seOId,
because there are also the long delays
Of litigation AID its costs. Only about
one-half Of the suits brought ever Ie-
suit in any recovery, and less than one
third Of the suits brought lwhen death
occurs) ever bring . verdict of more
thsa $500. Only about l3 per cent OF
the injuries that occur in industry are
ever compensated through lawsuits.
In this twentieth century, when in
dustry has grown to such tremendous
proportions and the hum Of wheels and
machinery is heard all over the world,
it il absurd to ask the w0rkmen -
rely on lawsuits for compensation in
case Of injury, and it is worse than ab-
surd, it is almost criminal, to ask his
family to wait the laws delay and suf-
fer in poverty when the father is killed
through the hazards of industry.
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1t Is contrary to the new spirit of
society. 1t is being pushed aside by
the advancement of humanity and by
the higher standards Of cooperation
that all men and women are now com.
ing to see to be vital to the welfare "f
society.
When We reflect that under the law
suit method the lsborer can be com.
pensated only for those injuries that
occur through the fault of the employer,
and wholly without fault of his own,
and when We reflect further that more
than one half of the injuries in indus.
try are unavoidable, then we see what
q tremendous burden the laboring men
and women of this country have been
carrying, and how utterly inadequate
the lawsuit method is, for lawsuits can
not give damages where the accident is
unavoidable and the employer is not At
fault, or even where the employer is
at fault, if there be any fault on the
employees part.
The statistics of various countries
on what per cent of industrial accidents
are unavoidable are impressive. Sta.
tistics in Austria are declared to be the
most accurate of any country, and they
show that 20 per cent Of the injuries
of industry are unavoidable. The Ger
mans show "A per cent to be unavoida'
BILE and the United States (sO far AS
conpiled) shows so per cent.
Many Acctdsataa Deaths
1t is computed that something over
$4,000 deaths occur every year from
the hazards of industry in the United
States, and that the total number Of ac.
cidents which should be compensated
for il more than . million a year.
These figures are startling. The more
we reflect upon them the more clearly
We see the utter unfitness of the law
suit method Of caring for injured work
men and their families, the more clea--
" We see it to be the duty of society
and the state to provide = system Of
compensation in which every injury
viii be paid for and to provide money
50 that in case the injured workman
die, his family will have enough to
keep the wolf from the door, that bis
children may be educated and not grow
up to poverty and crime, and his widow
may have q competence for declining
yeaxs.
Il is surprising that twenty lone Of
the countries of the world have aband-
oned the lawsuit method for the system
Of workmen's compensation, and that
twenty-six out Of the forty-eight states
Of this Union have abandoned the Law
suit method for the system of work
mea's compensation. Society is ON the
march; the evolution in industry and
ths advance of society's ideals are set
ting newer and high standards. The
state of Colorado il in line with TINS
nsw thought, and this state will never
70 back to the old common hw system
Of lawsuits, but will adhere to its new
", adopted system Of compensation, with
-sssA changes fren time to time ~ ex'
perienee may suggest.
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& Ths Colorado law provides for an IN
austsial eonnission and gives It gener'
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