The Winslow mail., 1925-09-22
WORSE THAN TREASON

phrase WQ6n Ill OOuDL VOt6
NO. and the people who repeat
it as inspired economic gospel,
ought to be classed along with the
colonists who gave secret aid to
the British during the days of the
Revolution, or the northerners who
in the days of the civil war OBJ
structed the efforts of Abraham
Lincoln in forming an army to
fight for the preservation of the
Union.
Because the "Vote No'ers" are
enemies of the country, and are
just as guilty of treason, for whom
a suitable punishment should be
found, as were the Tories of the
early days.
The initiative, referendum and
recall are instruments of highly
civilized, organized and democratic
state. 1t is their abuse and not
their use that makes them imprac-
ticable for the purposes of govern
ment
The people of the state will vote,
September 29, on an amendment to
the state constitution, a measure
adopted similarly to a referred or
initiated measure. A great many
people who have made no study of
the problems to be solved by this
measure, will vote one way or the
other. They will not be Influenced
by judgment primed by diligent
study, nor even a cursory investi-
cation. Most of them will vote NO
because they have heard some prop
agandist say when in doubt vote
No."
The Winslow Mail frankly favors
the amendment of the Constitution
which will make possible the adop-
tion of the workmen's compensa-
ton law passed during the last
legislature by both houses,
The Mail wants to see the law
passed because it thinks it would
be good for the people of the state,
the industries of the state, the
standing of the state among other
states, and because it would be a
good thing for The Mail. There
are a number of mechanics employ
ed all the time in the composing
room of this paper. If one of these
men should lose a hand in one of
the presses, and that happens to
pressmen occasionally, or suffer
any one of the many possible ac-
cidents of shop, and should, as
a consequence, sue the company
and get judgment for several thous-
and dollars, to which the injured
man would no doubt be entitled,
the company would go bankrupt,
the unfortunate man would get, af-
ter paying court costs and lawyers
fees, possibly half of the Judgment,
or maybe nothing at all.
Not long ago a farmer in the
Salt River valley employed a man.
He suffered the loss of an arm in
one of the farm machines. The
man sued, and got judgment for
$4,000. The farmer lost his farm,
worth in the neighborhood of $10,-
900. The lawyer got half of that
sum. The man got approximately
one-third of what his judgment
called for, not sum sufficient to
make him Independent or to pay
him for the loss of his arm.
A contracting firm of the state,
one employing about 100 men, q
young and prosperous company,
was forced into bankruptcy, in
similar way. Their surplus funds
were invested in expansion, but
Judgment of $4,000 rendered
against them for the injury of
workman broke the concern and
in this case, too the injured man
was unable to collect. The greater
portion of the funds secured
through the receivership was vast
ed in court costs.
1t is said that some of the large
mine owners are opposed to the
bill 1t is hard to understand why
In cases of mine accidents, juries
nearly always rendeI some kind of
verdict in favor of the plaintiff
Generally not so large as asked,
but the average has been stated at
$4,000 for all classes of accidents.
The mines have to pay that. They
have to pay for the services of
lawyers, detectives and investiga-
tors before the case is brought to
trial. At the trial their superin-
tendents, fOremen and skilled me-
chanics are witnesses, losing days