The Kusko times., 1929-08-10
!. .TERRITORIAE. COMPENSATFON
 ACT STRONGLY DISAPPROvED

< approving the act Is the Hyder Cham eber of, Commerce,; which-ataa recent meeting spassedlthe following resolu- j. lions:
 "Whereas, the employer of five or more employees in4 any, business c. or !. industry in,the Territory lof Alaska, ( excepting domestic service, agricul- ture, dairying. and the operation of T. railroads as common acarriers, under < Chapter t25 of the Alaska Session Laws of 1929, commonly known as |. the Compensation Act, as we'll as his .9 employees, are directly and adverse t Iy affected thereby; and,
 "Whereas, the Compensation Act r uoav in force in Alaska provides that < the family of married employee, in sacase of death from injuries received in the course of his employment, can .oreceive up to a possible sum of $9,- '. 900; the relatives of an. unmarried employee up to a possible $9ooo; married alien employees families up ito 60 per cent t-of any amount obtain .- able by the family of married citl- zen of the United States; and the relatives of an unmarried alien em- ployee 50 per cent of any amount ob- ble by the relatives of an unmarried .teitizen of the United. States--all of these amounts being payable by the ;. employer; and,
 s0Whereas, for total disability, a i. married employee can receive ap to "a possible 5000, .ands,an unmarried employee, citizen or alien, can re- .s,ceive up to a possible $9,00O-all of these amounts being chargeable against the employer; and,
 ~'Whereas, the schedules for partial disability and particular injuries are likewise all directly chargeable against the employer; and,
 "Whereas, for a payment of $2.5o per month. payable by each em- ployee, the employer is Aohargeabie for all medical and hospital costs of an employee for a possible period of esone year; and,
 "Whereas, a discrimination against married and unmarried employees, who are citizens of the United States, in favor of alien employees, is an actual and necessary result of the schedules in said Compensation Act set out; and,
 "Whereas, workingnlen and em- ployees of all kinds, as we'll as cor porations and business men of both large and small capital, are adversely affected thereby, the Act taking no note of the prosperity or lack of prosperity of such corporations or business men; and,
 Whereas, there is now no indus trial insurance available in Alaska whereby an employer can protect himself against these losses, which In the majority of cases are absolutely destructive, resulting at times in no protection to the employee and ruin to the employer; and,
 "Whereas, as result of this and previous legislation along the same lines, there has been an actual with drawal of capital fro mAlaska, or refusal of capital to engage in gain ful enterprises therein-particularly : in the business of minig, upon which the Territory so largely de bends;
 "Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Hyder Chamber of Commerce protests against this state of affairs and demands change in this law at the earliest possible moment, and urges upon the proper officials of the Territory careful study of the Brit ish Columbia, Oregon aad Washing ton Compensation Acts, and especial ly the Oregon Act, with a view to the . immediate preparation of Com pensation Act that will invite rather than hinder the entrance of capital