Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-25

The act creates a state insurance fund,
but employers are permitted 20 protect
themselves in any other form % insur-
arce or carry their Own risks on APP
prevail % the Bureau % Workmcn IS
Compensation which viii administer
the Law uomrEtics and agricultural
iaboFers are exempted.
The Indiana Law provides no state
Insurance. bat permits the employer TO
seek 60 where be chooses. or not az all.
~ he give proof % his financial ah.l-
ify 90 pas the compensation. This is
axsd az 80 per cent OF the average wage
not 90 exceed 500 weeks and IN case %
death. burial expenses 90 the defend
erfs rot 90 exceed 500 and s. per
cent 90 the weekly vasc for 500 week..
Domestic servants and agricultural Ia
h8FsFb are exempt and those engaged
ta Interstate commerce. Tue Law is
elective uith both employer and en-
Pi5yr and 90 administered By state
Industrial commission.
Fifty per cent weekly waEe not 20
exceed 500 weeks o. the basis Of the
Oklahoma Law.
tssa and Alabama are the states
vhieh prohibited chiid labor Maine
adopted a iaW 1nd~F which women and
boys under sl8tecn employed 20 mills.
factories and iaundrics are not per
mlffed Co woFk more than - hours a
wrT&. Pennsylvania enacted statute
limiting the hours % labor % children
between u and rs years 20 81 hours a
week A feature % the Law 90 that all
such Children employed must 20 TO
Voeatinuat school a. least eight hours
Ia seek which must be computed 90 the
90 halFH. thus making the actual work
ing hours e.. tt further provides that
no messengers under - years can be
employed by a telegraph. telephone
OF messenger company after s o'clock
AZ uiEht. and that no child under -
can sell newspapers. A statute along
similar lines. hxinE a. 10 years the
minimum age % ncWsboys and other
minorE engaged in street trades. was
lima. bills designed 20 enable officials
better 20 enforce the present child Ia
Dor laws failed 20 pass.
Massachusetts, enacted a bill prohib-
Ting the employment OF women and
Children overtime for the purpose OF
making up for time Lost on a legal holt
day and another requiring industrial
establishments 20 furnish fresh and
pure drinking water for employees and
accommodations for those who are in
iared OF become iiL A arsi aid meas
urs. somewhat similar 20 the latter.
passed 10 the Washington legislature.
vas vetoed BY Governor Lister. Labor
urinrs protested. u was drawn in the
interest % employers alone
Alaska adopted an eight hour law
for place miners and pensioned her
aged and indiEsat prospectors. a bill
requiring employers of all kinds 20
grant their employees one DAYS rest In
seven vas killed IN the senate OF Wis
eoasin. bat one making such provision
for railway employees vas passed BY
ne assembly and vas AZ this writing
awaiting action Ia the senate.
oths- legislation affecting labor was
che abolition % the contract prison |
Labor system by iova. The enactment
- California % bsii for the employ
neat % eonViefs for the building OF |
roads IN mountain districts: a similar
psi O. idaho and = ia~ in tina, stat.
eo=p@iitnk county commissioners 90 /
provide emergency work for the uneu.-
ployed The establishment of free la
hor bureaus sr NsW Jersey. ard q Law
.a rtah requiring ali mercantile esfab- i
iisan~a's. sxesp; thoss handling food /
srf ersEs. % close a. 8 . m. sxrep;
TIE wess before Christmas
Fla' Ssh are very peculiar creatures
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