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NOME, ALASKA SATURDAY. JUNE, 8, 1018.
SOCIAL JUSTICE BY
SOCIAL INSURANCE
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Under the head of Sooial Insur
ance, students of the subject are now
striving to group all such forms of
idemjnity as workmen's compensa
tion, or protection against industrial
accidents; sickness or health insur
ance, including medical attention,
nursing and supplies; invalidity or
permanent disability benefits; o'.d
age pensians, and unemployed
insurance. In a recent address be
fore the Actuarial Society, the presi
dent, Arthur Hunter, defines Social
Insurance as “an endeavor to give
a measure of social justice through i
the assumption by the community
of the burden of the loss which
the individual sustains through acci
dent, death, sickness, invalidity, un
employment. and old age.” Certain
branches of this form of insurance,
Mr. Hunter says, are already in op
eration in the United Statts, and
practically all phases are under dis
cussion. Of the soundness of the
principles underlying it, there
should, he thinks, tv no question,
altho there must, of course, be dif
ference of opinion with regard to
thr desirability of certain definite
plans. He goe3 on, as reported in
advance sheets of the Society’s Pro
ceedings:
"The underlying motive is social
justice, with the t mpliasis on the re
sponsibility which the community
has to the individual. The com-j
mpnity has. come to realize that the
workers should be properly protect
ed, and that their d terioration or
destruction should be as much a
charge against the industry as the
replacing of steel machines which
have worn out. The change of point
of view in this country with regard
to the status of the worker is prob
ably due to three factors:
“First, the change from an ag
ricultural to an industrial nation,
in which the risk to the employee
has becam■■ a serious factor.
“Secondly, the realization that the
average workman has not enough
surplus earnings to protect himself
against sickness, accident, unemploy
ment-, and old age, and to leave a
provision for his family in event of
his death during his producing
years.
“Thirdly, the increasing belief that
the industry or the consumer should
bear the cost of any misfortune
which it is not within the ability
of tlio workman to avoid, such as
accident due to employment, sickness
due to unsanitary surroundings, un
employment due to economic con
ditions.”
Mr Hunt/r discusses at length
certain interesting features of such
phases of social insurance as are
now on trial in this country. Prom
inent among these, of course, is
workmen's compensation, now oblig
atory In several states. Mr Hunter
brings out the fact that the impetus
of the “Safety First.” movement has
largely come from the Workmen’s
Compensation Acts, and that as a
result of them there has been a
decrease in the accident rate. He
tries to show that the prevention
of accidents and not the payment
of claims should be given considera
tion In such cases. He aayt,
“The president of the Casualty
Company of America recently stated
that tho economic loss through In
dustrial accidents in the United
States Is more than $250,000,000
each year. This indicates ‘ that a
reduction in tho rate of loss, which
may ho considered as a by-product
of the Workmen’s Compensation
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Acts, would bo a substantial gain
in human life and in money. There
seems to have boon a marked saving
in human life, accompanied by a
distinct decrease in the number of
non-fatal accidents, through the
Workmen’s Compensation Acts of
New York State. In some largo
mills the accidents have been re
duced to one-half of what they were
five years ago. The official just
referred to stated that one-third
of the reduction in accidents has
been accomplished through the use
of mechanical devices, and two
thirds have been the result of or
ganization and education, Consis
ting of rigid inspection, careful
instruction of workmen, adequate!
supervision, and strict discipline. In j
one of the great railroad systems I
tho rate of accident was reduced
in two years by nearly one-half, i
partly as a result of the so-called |
‘Safety First’ movement. The sav-1
ing of human life and limb may
truly be considered a by-product of
tho Compensation Acts.
“There may be an increase in the
accident rate during 1916 and 1917
over the two preceding years, owing
to the larger proportion of untrained
persons employed during the former
period, tho rapid industrial expansion
and the haste to complete con
tracts, due to war-conditions. This
j however, is a passing phase and
deductions drawn from a comparison
of the accident rates in these years
should be accepted with caution.
"In passing, it should benoted
that the impetus which has made
the-‘Safety First’ movement a suc
cess came partly from the employers,
who were mainly influenced by the:
cost of compensations to their cm-|
ployees. One of tho most striking!
instances in my knowledge is thatj
connected with the building Of th
Woolworth Tower in New York. It
| used to tie said that the building
of a sky-scraper cost, roughly'
speaking, one life for every story!
above the tenth. The Woolworth;
Building has sixty stories in the!
tower, is 790 feet high, and yet!
not one life was lost in building it. |
There were two inspectors of ani
insurance company on duty to see
that proper safeguards wore supplied
for the men, and that the employees
w< re not allowed to take unnececsary
risks. The by-product of the Work
men's Compensation in this case
was an unquestioned saving in hu
man life, partly because the owners
could not get reliable insurance pro
tection unless every precaution was
taken against accident. That in.
many lines of industry there was a|
possibility for saving human life
may be proved by an example from
records of tho Interstate Commerce!
Commission, from which it appears!
that there was one fatality for e/vory
105 railroad trainmen employed in
1890, while there was only one
fatality for every 84 0 trainmen em
ployed in 1916. Th<j rate of fatal
accidents among trainmen i3 there
fore less than one-third of what
it was twenty five years ago.”
With regard to compulsory health
• insurance, Mr Hunter states that
there are now hills in four States
to provide for such Insurance for
I all persons whose wages arc $100 a
• month or loss. In Massachusetts
[ and California commissions are at
i work on the subject, and the ques
i tlon is rapidly becoming a burning
i one. In planning tho bills ho is
anxious to see that prevention of
i sickness and reduction in the death
rate should be kept strongly in
mind. The two commissions already
mentioned are also investigating
unemployment insurance, with re
gard to the advisability of which
the author seems somewhat doubt
ful. Mr. Hunter’s closing words,
regarding the tendency toward
"teamwork” in insurance of all
kinds, are of general interest. He
says:
"Since the founding of our Society
we have seen two phases of busi
ness, the competitive and .the co
operative, and have been individ
ually influenced by them. The for
mer was an era of individualism,
and the latter will develops, we hope
into one of mutual helpfulness. In
the early days of our Society,
there was a feeling that each actuary
was a fighter for his company and
was not expected to extend assis
tance to other companies. Of later
years that feeling has clied out and
a new freedom has become ours*
Wc have a feeling of common in
terest among the companies, which
has sot free a natural and whole
some comradery among the actuar
ies. The time is how dawning for
still another forward movement in
the opportunities of giving our power
and training to the service of the
community at large. Such oppor
tunities, which will elevate the ac
tuaries who take part in them, are
ojiening before us day by day, and
finer opportunities doubtless lie in
the near future. Let us, then, be
true to ■'ur social selves and heart
ily aid with our trained knowledge
all efforts by legislatures and other
bodies to raise the standard of
universal welfare. The opportunity
to help in cne phase, the prepara
\ tion of a health-insurance bill, is
now upon us, and it is the duty of
American actuaries, whether con
nected with this or sister societies
to offer their services freely for the
public bnefit; otherwise men who
have not had the requisite training
will be consulted an 1 doubtful advice
; may be followed.”—Litera*rv Digest.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 253
In the Probate Court for Cape
Non- Precinct. Territory of Alarka:
Second Division.
In the matter of the Estate of
W. F. Parker. dcceer-d.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
Estate of W. F. Parker, deceased,
to the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against, the said
deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, verified as re
quired by law, within six months
from the date of this notice, to the
undersigned, administrator, at the
office of J. F. Hobbes, at Nome,
Alaska.
Dated, May 14th, 1918.
Frank Warsing
Administrator.
When in search of a good warm
room go to Modlni's Building (form
erly Schneider). Rooms by the day
week or month.
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Cm W. Lewis
-Formerly Delbar’s store—
The place where you can
reasonably buy anything
from a needle to an
anchor
Charles L. Ross
Milling, Lumber, Contractor
HAVING TAKEN OVER THE FREIGHTING A TRANSFER
BUSINESS OF W. STEIGELMA1ER AND OF LEO KENT,
FREIGHT ORDERS AND TRANSFER CONTRACTS WILL RE
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expression: Oh! I feel like “a two-year-old!"
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and jump and can make the energy of Ajax look like a pink
tea dude suscumbing to a cigarette.
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