n omvV'TgDIMy if" " '10 mWT" " " ' T" " y-i'nw,''w.""' v-Nj iv y EVENING LEDaEEr-PHTLADELPHIA:, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1917 o v PREVENTION IS THE BEST COMPENSATION m ii- r 'W'SPii-Wi?' Ir 1 .1 J. j&&Li'g&Z-'!spii&0&& "d. Qui" - IIERE is a brief review of the Penn sylvania Workmen's Compensa tion Act, in so far as it bears on in demnities paid for loss of life and limb. Bear in mind, however, that the best com pensation is your own personal safety. BE CAREFUL ALWAYS And remember, always, that Accident prevention is of greater im portance than compensation. Almost every accident teaches a lesson. Almost every accident could have been avoided. Read and study the following carefully. It is of vital importance to every wage earner. We doubt if you would risk a hand, a leg, an eye, or your life for the compensation offered. f7?.isS?. o.'rwUn,. 1 r V ii i."Sff3K ' !iBifiBfF3aS7??W!?W BRW'ai 11111 iv-BEuP"HRHB8HR Iffiffflrai -vmilif 1. P Jilt iff HcISJSp WrSyj M23j7j f0 "'i- jy ,5 JT IS BETTER TO BE ALWAYS CAREFUL THAN ALWAYS CRIPPLED The Workmen's Compensation Act Its Purpose: The Workmen's Compensation Act became effective in the State of Penn sylvania on January 1, 1916, and has for its purpose a satisfactory adjustment of accident claims between employe and employer. Payments will be made for 54,500 agreements between injured workers and their employers for industrial accidents in Pennsylvania during 1916, aggregating $4,244,875.43. There were 1241 agreements approved for compensation during the year for fatal cases. The average cost for compensation in each fatal case was $2388.60. The aver age cost for each disability case up to January first was $23.11. Death Reasonable expenses of last sickness and burial, maximum $100; in addition, from 15 to 60 of wages, taken at a maximum $20, minimum $10 weekly, not over 300 weeks. Total disability Fifty per cent of wages, maximum $10, minimum $5 weekly for 500 weeks, maximum amount $4000. . Partial disability Fifty per cent of loss of earning power, maximum $10 weekly for not more than 300 weeks. m Loss or permanent disability of a hand Fifty per cent of wages during 175 weeks. - Loss of an arm or leg Fifty per cent of wages during 215 weeks. Loss of a foot Fifty per cent of wages during 150 weeks. Loss of an eye Fifty per cent of wages during 125 weeks. Loss of any two or more of such members, not constituting total disability Fifty per cent of wages during the aggregate of the periods specified for each. This compensation shall not be more than $10 a week, nor less than $5 a week. Compensation not allowed for the first 14 days after disability begins, but employer shall furnish reasonable medical aid, not exceeding $25, and where surgical operation is necessary, not exceeding $75. This campaign is supported in the interest of humanity by the following Manufacturing Interests, Financial Institutions, Public Service Corporations, Insurance Companies, Firms and Individuals: The Pennsylvania Railroad Company The Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. The Corn Exchange National Bank of Phila. Insurance Company of North America The Western Saving Fund Society of Phila. Specialty Engineering Company Pennsylvania Lawn Mower Works Traylor Engineering & Mfg. Co. Traylor Shipbuilding Corporation General Accident, Firo & Life Assurance Corp., Ltd. Martin & Wm. H. Nixon Paper Co., Inc. Typothetae of Phila. (Master Printers' Association) The Philanthropic Mutual Life Insurance Co. The Wm. Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company The Philadelphia Rubber Works Co. Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., Inc. (Cinco) Samuel T. Bodine, Pres. U. G. I. Co. The Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities The Home Life Insurance Co. of America, Philadelphia, Pa. Basil S. Walsh, Pres. Central Market Street Co., Proprietors of Victoria, Globe, Ruby, Princess, Savby, Market Street and Auditorium Theatres John B. Stetson Co. Owen Letter's Sons Southwark Foundry & Machine Co. D. G. Dery John Lucas & Co., Inc Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co. American Bridge Co. J. S. Wentz Co. Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co. Sauquoit Silk Mfg. Co. Philadelphia Electric Co. Atlantic Refining Co. Lukens Steel Co. David Lupton's Sons Co. Nagle Steel Co. Aberfoylc Mfg. Co. Ballinger & Perrot Bernstein Mfg. Co. ' First National Bank of Phila. Abrasive Company Crew-Levick Co. The Bank of North America Freihofer Baking Co. L. G. Graff & Son Quaker City Cab Co. Alexander Brothers W. Atlee Burpee & Co. Louis J. Kolb A. F. Bornot Bro. Co. Norfolk $ Western Railway American Road Machinery Co. Curtin & Brockle Bethlehem Steel Company Autocar Company J. Alfred Clark John Daley, Jr., Inc. Denny, Hilborn & Rosenbach Hutchison Baking Co. Ehret Roofing & Mfg. Co. Bristol Patent Leather Co. Irwin & Leighton Jacob Miller Sons & Co. The Schwarz Wheel Co. E. J. Spangler Co. Philadelphia Gear Works Fretz, Gross & Co. , Girard Iron Works Philadelphia Paper Mfg. Co. , Graham, Parsons & Co. Antonio Roig & Langsdorf Union National Bank John Gribbel Robert K. Cassatt Harrisons, Inc. Charles E. Hires & Co. Pure Oil Company Delaware State College Union Paving Co. Chas. J. Webb & Co. William Mann Company National Metal Edge Box Co. New Jersey Zinc Company The Sharpies Separator Co. Henry J3ower Chemical Mfg. Co. The J. G. Brill Company John Wood Mfg. Co. Defiance Mfg. Co. Cresson-Morris Co. F. Blumenthal Co. Ajax Metal Co. Aetna Foundry Co., Inc. Henry Trocmner Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. Watson Malone & Sons Isaac Hathaway Francis Frings Bros. Company Champion Blower & Forge Co. Standard Pressed Steel Co. Hoopes & Townsend Co. William M. Lloyd Co. Bobrow Bros. F. Brecht's Sons J. F. Buchanan & Co. J. D. Johnson Co. Herman Loeb & Co. Henry B. Pancoast Co. The Thomas W. Price Co. Quaker City Cordage Co. Camden Forge Co. American Dredging Co. Atlas Powder Company G. A. Bisler, Inc. Chandler & Co., Inc E. W. Clark & Co. Commercial Trust Co. The Commonwealth Casualty Co. Lehigh Portland Cement Co. Eddystone Ammunition Corp. Garrett-Buchanan Co. Harper & Turner Ingersoll-Rand Co. George A. Huhn & Sons Alexander Kerr, Bros. & Co. Northern Trust Co. New Standard Hardwaro Co. M. B. Laubach Co. Whiting Lumber Co. Stead & Miller Co. Stokes & Smith Co. Charlemagne Tower Whiting-Patterson Co., Inc Primes Chemical Co. The Downingtown Mfg. Co. Keystone Paper Mills Co. The Reading Stove Works The Ferris Shoe Co. Lewis Thompson & Co., Inc. R. BInnkenburg Co, D. V. Brown Doyle & Co. "44" Cigar Co., Inc Horn & Hardart Hunter & Dickson J. T. Jackson Company Perkins & McNeely Buckwalter Stove Co. Diamond State Fibre Co. 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