Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-18
FIGHT EXPECTED
ON COMPENSATION
BILL FEATURES
Industrial Disease Clause
Will Meet Opposition in
Legislature-Two Other
Measures Being Prepared.

The Bates Lehrbas- Grice work mems
compensation act Is practically the
same as the one reviewed In the Cap
ital News of Monday. 1t Is said in leg
islative circles that the main fight
over the bill will break on section IL
Of the bill governing compensation for
workmen suffering from an industrial
disease. This provision, it 10 claimed,
will result In the employer insisting
on the most rigid physical examina-
tons, In the event 1t is incorporated
into the law, Of all men seeking en-
ployment, and result In the refusal Of
employment to many men who now are
able to secure 1t.
The bill sets forth at length the defi-
milton OF compensation. employment.
engineering, etc. creates workmen 8
compensation commission Of three
members to be appointed by the COVER
nor, each appointed to a term of six
years and paid a salary of $1,000 per
annum. This board Is empowered to
administer the terms Of the act, to take
testimony, inspect factories and all
other places where there are employees,
adopt and put into effect general rules
governing them. The attorney general
Is made the legal advisor of this board.
SCALE OF COMPENSATION.
The list of Industries classed as haz-
ardous is given including numbering.
mining. telegraph, electric. boats, etc.
No compensation other than medical
aid is given the laborer injured for
three days and following the injury.
after which a scale of compensation
{,.I, io1 tc
cases listed for which compensation
may be secured are; anthrax, lead
poisoning, mercury poisoning, phos-
phorus poisoning. arsenic poisoning
and ankylostomiasis.
The scale of compensation Is in brief
as follows: In case Of death, paymen,
of funeral expenses not to exceed S1Ot
and s25 a month to the surviving wife
as long as she remains single and fol
each child under the age Of IS years
or invalid children over that age 81
per month totally disabled, So per cent
of the annual wage partially disabled
55 per cent OF the difference between
what he can earn after the accident al
some suitable employment and what
| he was able to earn before the acct
dent; for dependent children without q
mother, $40 per month for each child
under the age of IS years; where there
are dependent parents the board is en-
powered to fix the compensation
When a child receiving compensation
reaches the age of Is years the com
pensation ceases. This Is also true
when the widow marries again. Medi'
cal aid to the injured Is also provided
together with nurses, etc.
| TWO OTHER BILLS COMING.
| The industry is made to bear thu
burden OF the expense and compensa-
ton and the board is given power t
assess the industries. One-fourth o.
this assessment Is made payable or
Jan. /. 1918, into the accident fund
The employees pay In one cent a da.
from their earnings to meet medica
expenses. All assessments are rated
from the payroll Of the employers.
| Penalties are provided for Violation
of the terms of the act and place!
classes as unsafe for employment can
rot be maintained.
1t is understood that q second work
mems compensation bill will be intro
iuced in the senate and that a third Il
being prepared by joint caucus com
mittee of the legislative majority ant
will be introduced later.