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PO RTLAND
LABOR
Testing Out Compensation Laws
Oregon*« C om m is ¡on Brings W orker and E m ployer T o g eth er
i m a t e l v 5.000.000 a session ev ery E riilay m o rn in g for
w o rkm en a re p ro te c te d by th e p u rp o se of ap p ro v in g claim s.
co m p en sa tio n law s in tw e n ty -
\ \ bile th e O reg o n law is o p tio n a l,
th re e sta te s of th e I'n io n . tin it a a p p e a rs to be g e n e ra lly s a tis f a c ­
c o n s e rv a tiv e e s tim a te p e rh a p s the to ry to all c o n c e rn e d , very few
to ta l nu m b er of m en, w om en and w o rkm en h av in g re je c te d its p ro v is­
ch ild ren , including th e fam ilies of ions anil o nly a b o u t te n to fifte e n
w o rkm en, w ho may be c o n sid ered per ce n t of em p lo y ers en g a g ed in
p o te n tia l b en e ficia ries of th is m o d ­ the h az ard o u s in d u strie s m e n tio n e d
ern system , is not less th a n 20,- in th e law h av in g electei to reje ct
000.000. T h e re is ev e ry p ro sp ec t th a t its b en e fits. T h e re is no q u e s tio n of
th is nu m b er will be g re a tly in ­ the e n tire solvency of th e s ta te fund
cre a se d in th e n e a r fu tu re , as sev- - c re a te d fo r th e p ay m en t of claim s,
e ra l s ta te s have u n d er c o n s id e ra tio n th e re m itta n c e s
of Ju ly
h av in g
th e p a ssa g e of le g isla tio n of th is been g re a tly
in excess o f th e
c h a ra c te r.
am ount a n tic ip a te d .
1 he O reg o n law w as p assed by ; I he b en efit to th e w o rk m an , of
th e 1913 session of th e L eg islatu re , th e new system , will lie a p p re c ia te d
held up by re fe re n d u m , ap p ro v e d j by a fra n k study of th e law in O re ­
by th e neople in N ovem ber, 1913, by ! gon, o r in an y o th e r s ta te w h ere
A
p p r o x
PR ESS
w hich claim s a re d isp o sed of. A u ­
gust 4 a w o rk m an w as k illed in
D ouglas C ounty.
A u g u st 21 tu t
com m ission m ade th e follo w in g se t­
tle m e n t w ith th e fa m ily : T h e wit ow
will receive a p en sio n of $30 per
m o n th for life, and if she live« out
: her ex p e ctan c y of 26 y e a rs an d 6
m o n th s will receiv e a to ta l of
$9540; one child tw o y e a rs old wiP
receiv e a p en sio n of $6 p er m o n th
for 13 y ea rs an d 4 m o n th s, o r uii.il
it rea ch es th e age o f 16 y e a rs, a
to ta l o f $962.20; th e o th e r child,
now 10 y e a rs of age, will r e c e i.e
a p en sio n in th e sam e am o u n t for
five y ears, a to ta l of $374.60; a to ta l
! of all m o n th ly p en sio n s am o u n tin g
to $10,876.80, to w hich sh o u ld be
! add ed $78.50, c o v e rin g th e cost of
1 fu n eral ex p en ses, m ak in g a g ra n d
to ta l of $10.955.30.
O ne fe a tu re of th e O reg o n law
w hich should com m en d its e lf to
every w o rk m an is th e firs t-a id p ro ­
vision.
U n d er th is sectio n of th e
act th e com m ission is a u th o riz e d to
sp en d not to exceed $250 in an y case
Labor Day Number
la i
A . F. FLEGEL
FOR CONGRESS
Democratic Caniidat
M r. Elegel SH.VS in llj; I
fo rm :
Mrinber
W M . A. MAHSHALI,
of Oregon Industriai Aceident
Issimi ami Tspogrnpliicul
t'iiion No. 58.
Chniriiiuii
C o lim i
HARVEY llEt.KWITH
Oregon In.lustrini
Coninilssinn.
Aceident
E. E. HAI« OCK
Member Oregon Industrial Accident Com­
m ission.
a fa v o ra b le vote in ev ery c o u n ty in
th e s ta te and becam e e ffe c tiv e N o­
v em b er 5, 1913. T h e re fe re n d u m r e ­
su lted in h o ld in g up th e law fo r
on e y e a r, as th e S up rem e C o u rt d e ­
cided th a t th e in su ra n c e fe a tu re s
of th e act could n o t be put in to
o p e ra tio n u n til Ju ly 1, 1914.
Be­
tw ee n N ovem ber of la st y e a r an d
Ju ly of th is y e a r th e S ta te I n d u s ­
tria l A ccident C om m ission m ade a
th o ro u g h canvas of th e s ta te , s e c u r­
ing in fo rm a tio n as to th e vario u s
in te r e s ts subject to th e law.
Since th e law' becam e o p e ra tiv e
July 1 th e re have been re p o rte d to
tile com m ission ab o u t 500 accid en ts,
in cluding several fa ta l cases. C laim s
a re b ein g paid as fa st as th e y a re
co n u d eted , th e com m ission h o ld in g
th e se ttle m e n t of claim s h as been fo r m edical, su rg ica l an d h o sp ital
In
ta k e n e n tire ly o u t of th e h a n d s of tr e a tm e n t and tr a n s p o r ta tio n .
th e c a su a lty in su ra n c e co m p an ies. i o th e r s ta te s it h as been found th a t
U n d er th e C o m n en sa tio n A ct o f th is th e co st of m edical tre a tm e n t fre -
s ta te it is n o t n e c e s sa ry fo r an in ­ i q u e n tly ta k e s ab o u t all th e w o rk -
ju red w o rk m a n to em ploy an a t t o r ­ ! m an receiv es for his lo st tim e. In
ney to se cu re p ro m p t s e ttle m e n t th is s ta te th is item is ta k e n c a re of
of his claim ; it is n o t n e c e s sa ry for an d th e w o rk m an receiv es from
him to go to any ex p e n se o r tro u b le $30 to $75 p er m o n th fo r tim e lost,
of any kind. H e d eals d ire c t w ith d e p e n d in g on his w ages an d th e
th e com m ission, w hich h as no o b ject size of his fam ily, an d from a few
in try in g to s e ttle w ith him fo r less m o n th s to eight y e a rs fo r p e rm a n e n t
th a n he is e n title d to . U su ally all p a rtia l d isab ility . T h e re is no lim it
th a t is re q u ire d is a co m p lete r e ­ to th e « erio d d u rin g w hich b e n e fits
p o rt of th e in ju ry fro m th e w o rk ­ a re paid fo r to ta l d isa b ility an d in
m an, th e em p lo y er an d th e p h y sic ­ fa ta l cases.
ian, a lth o u g h in c e rta in cases o th e r
U n d er th e O re g o n law th e w o rk -
re p o rts a re fo u n d n ecessary .
i m an, th e em p lo y er a n d th e s ta te
T he su m m ary o f a re c e n t fa ta l c o n trib u te to th e fund, w hich is
case will illu s tr a te th e d isp a tc h w ith 1 c re a te d by th e law fo r th e p ay m en t
of in ju re d w o rk e rs. T h e w o rk m an
c o n trib u te s o n e -q u a rte r or o n e -h a lf
of one ” er cen t of his w ages, a c ­
c o rd in g to th e class of his em p lo y ­
m ent ; th e em p lo y er c o n trib u te s six
tim es th e am o u n t paid by th e w o rk ­
m en, an d th e s ta te d u p lic ates th e
W ith new buildings, better equip­
w o rk e r’s c o n trib u tio n .
W henever
ment. enlarged grounds, and many ad­
th e in d iv id u al em p lo y er has to his
ditions to its faculty, the University
cre d it in th e fund an am o u n t equal
of Oregon w ill begin its th irty -n in th
year Tuesday, September 15.
to th re e p er cent, o r on e an d o ne-
Special training for Business. Jour­
h alf p er ce n t, o f his a n n u a l pay
nalism, Law Medicine. Teaching, Li-
roll, as th e case m ay he. b o th th e
em p lo y er an d his w o rk m en sto p
p ay in g in to th e fund u n til an a c ­
, ,
and strongest departments
cident o ccu rs in th a t p a rtic u la r
of liberal education.
L ib r a r y o f m o r e th a n SS.9SS v o lu m e « , t w o
p lan t o r th e g e n e ra l fund falls b e ­
» y lr n d id g y m n a s iu m s , e le v e n b u ild in g s fu lly
low a c e rta in p o in t. It is th o u g h t
e q u ip p ed
N e w
S IP S .9 H A d m in is t r a t io n i
B u ild in g in c o u rs e o f c o n s tr u c tio n
c e rta in th a t th e p lan will p ro v e an
T u i t i o n F re e .
D o r m ito r ie s fo r m e n and
in cen tiv e to b o th em p lo y er and
fo r w o m e n
E x p e n s e s lo w e s t
W r i t e fo r ~ a ts lo g and illu s tr a te d b o o k le t ,
w o rk m an to use ev e ry e ffo rt to r e ­
A d d re s s in g R e g is tr a r .
duce th e n u m b e r of accid en ts.
"YW'GreaterOregorv"
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
EUGENE
OREGON
L ab o r is th e divine law of o u r e x ­
is te n c e ; rep o se is d e s e rtio n an d su i­
cide.— M azzini.
A m a n ’s best frie n d s a re his ten
> I fin g ers.—R o b e rt C ollyer.
” 1 believe tin- labor um
have done more fo r the
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I lie lain i in g c la sse s t hau
i , In r agencies c i'iu l iiii J
ki nW lln* ii.tiJi*ra ii'*i* o f u ,.
in
d ia lin g
w ith
iiid iv id
w orkm en, and the hclp lissi
o f in d iv id u a l w< rk n ic n in ,|
in g w ith w ealth. I w ill f.n, *■
laws w hich w ill protect «...
men in th e ir unions ami give i
them the rig h t to he Inar.I
o rg anizatio ns, and w ill hHl
them responsible fo r th e ir cm,
tra cts, I believe most d is p u te
between C a p ita l and Labor , ,
be fa ir ly and w isely settled |,
a rb itra tio n . I fa v o r a E ed,, .
C h ild L H jr L a w and a Wm
m en’s C om pensation A c t.”
Elegel believes and i.ie.ms
w hat he says.
—Paid \,p
C. If. Skewes, Pres.
M. L. Skewes, Sec'v I
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