12 Record Crowd at Baseball Game Between Washington Americans and Klein Chocolate Team; It Was "Soldiers' Day' [ .n, • I -SmbM, 3 At ■'- , " j , iTiriaMra™wMMM ffijj W, -.y-fwSßjySrajlEigjßlUHßacjyHWK^ Photo by Roshon. COUNCIL HEARS PETITION FROM THREE GROWERS Decline to Take Action on Plea For Repeal of Anti- Forestalfer Three growers as a committee rep resenting farmers, truckers and fruit growers, appeared before City Coun cil to-day presenting a resolution asking for the repeal of the anti forestalling and price-fixing ordin ance. Each one told the commissioners that unless the measure is repealed the growers will raise less and ship more to other markets instead of coming to the city. They gave the names of some Cf the men who had told them of plans to curtail pro duction next year. After Council went into session the resolution was read. Mayor Keister remarked he believed it would be unwise for Council to take any action on the ordinance at pres ent, as it had not been in effect long enough. "I believe in giving it a thorough trial before deciding we do not want it. No one in Council intended in voting for the ordinance to hurt the markets," the Mayor said. The resolution was ordered recorded, but no further action was taken. On the committee appearing before Council were Levi Myers, Siddonsburg; W. 10. Grove, York Springs and R. J. Walton, Hummels tolVt n. Before the councilmanic session tl le growers discussed market con d tions with the commissioners re v ewing conditions much the same a t those mentioned a few months ago by farmers when they met with Council. They contended Council should pass an ordinance which would prevent "cornering" a cer tain comnfodity, but should not pre vent wholesaling in the market for resale there. That there was any price-fixing on a large scale by growers was vigorously denied. An ordinance was passed on first reading authorizing the grading of Kunkel street, front Seventeenth to Eighteenth, and another vacating a small part of Greenwood street, from Twenty-third to Benton, and opening Carper street 100 feet north of Derry, to replace it. Ordinances passed finally provide for paving Brensinger street front Turner to Woodbine, and laying water pipes in Green street, front I>ewis to Catharine. Automobile Strikes Woman as She Steps From Valley Trolley Mrs. Clayton Newmyer, of Bowers avenue, Washington Heights, es caped serious injury when struck by an automobile as she alighted from a Valley Railways car last evening. Immediately after the machine struck the woman the driver stopped his car. Mrs. Newmyer was lifted into the machine and taken to the Harrisburg Hospital, where exami nation showed she had sustained minor bruises and was suffering chiefly from shock. KOCH K.I 1.0G17.ES ARMY By Associated Press. Paris. Sept. 30. Marshal Fo'.'h. who is visiting at Tarbas, his birth place, addressed the city council yes terday, eulogizing the army and call ing for union for peace as well as war. He did not refer to the rumor that he intends to accept a nomina tion as candidate for a seat in tie Chamber of Deputies. STOP THAT'COLDI Sure relief MM von *l*e. Mpillon fioii jiutomutieiilly <i<liitiiiiM(ere<l JIM yon breathe. See Man-Heil Inhaler Ask Demonstrator. GORGAS' DRUG STORE 10 North TliirJ Street Safety First For Your Eyes and Pocketbook You should se'ect your optome itrlst with the same care that vott would exercise In choosing fam ily physician. You should lie j able to place the. same high estl : mation on his skill and Integrity. When you know or suspect there is anything wrong with your eyes you should go to hint first Hitd have him make a careful exam ination. If your eyes need medi cal treatment he will tell you to see your family doctor. If the trouble can he treated by glasses he will fit a pair that will correct j your trouble at once. I 12 N. MARKET DQI'AKG Second Jt'loor i ./ TUESDAY EVENING, iS HBBsb jR^SBb vJflfeBi3i!gfijSfilfe PARADE MOVING THROUGH COURT OF HONOR JEWISH WELFARE WORK CONTINUES Local Chapter Will Not Cease! Camp Work Until Carlisle j Hospital Is Closed Rabbi Lewis J. Haas announced to-iluy that the activities of the Jew ish Welfare Hoard's local branch | will continue until the close of the I Army hospital in Carlisle. lie is! much pleased with the co-operation] of the other war agencies of llar-j risburg -with the Jewish Welfare j work. "They all did their part fully I and we appreciate it," he said to- | day. "And in return we tried to j co-operate for the benefit of all the] soldiers during the war. I still con- ; | tinue to go to Carlisle several times i a week and will do so until the In-j j situation is closed. The Jewish | Welfare workers gave the first open i j air entertainment there this season ! and have given numerous programs isi nee, a short time since, bringing ■ ISO of them to this city through the] I kindness of the Wilnier-Vincent the- ] atrical management for a matinee pcrformanice. The Red Cross helped ! I greatly in this." i The Jewish Welfare Hoard's | branch in this city was formed' shortly after the national organism- ! i lion got under way with Col. Ilarry! I Cutler, of Providence at its head. ! : and the following officers served j j during tlte entire period: Henry c. • Master, chairman: Mrs. M. Gross, j vice-chairman; Harry 11 urvitss. sec-1 retary: Mrs. Charles Adler. treas urer; Rabbi Louis J. Haas, field rep resentative. Mrs. David Kaufman, chairman transportation, and Mrs. Otto Ruxhauni, chairman entertain ment. Dr. Haas visited many of the' camps and the local association was! particularly active at Gettysburg, af- Merward designated as Camp Colt;] t Middletown and Alarsh Run, where , it co-operated with other war serv- ] ice organizations for the benefit of j | all the boys, giving entertainments i and distributing gifts. The associa | tion took care of Jewish boys 011 I 1 holidays, entertaining them at the! homes of members, but in general I its work covered men of all religions, i The members co-operated with the ] Home Polks Victory Association in j the welcoming of the 28th Division j men and presented each with a j leather wallet. | Trio Taken by Police Awaiting Hearings Today "John Drunk" was one of the I three men whose conception of the I spirit of yesterday's celebration : caused them -to imbibe too freely iot tlie flowing bowl. In consequence 1 to-day they found themselves in i the Dauphin county jail, awaiting J hearings in police court during the afternoon on drunk and disorder ! ly charges. I "John Drunk" was so named on 1 liis commitment papers, by reason lof tlie fact that police authorities j were unnlde to learn bis real name. ] He is known to have been in police : headquarters several times and tlie : police are of the opinion his name I' s Devlin and that lie lives at Steel j ton. lie ami one other man, l.ovre Ver ! hemic, were found in wobbly condi tion in tlie city streets. Tliey were 1 unable to take care of themselves ! and were sent to police station for ! safekeeping. R. T. Tain was taken j into custody while conducting him self in a disorderly manner in the ; uptown district. POSLAM STOPS | FIERY STING ! OF ECZEMA I .".lust what my skin needed," will lie your conviction after t'oslam has ! been spread gently over your itching I eczema. Unless you have ever tried Poslam : you haven't the faintest idea hov\ ; surely It works—how quickly it I soothes and smoothes out all skin I ailments. You don't know Its control i over the fiery nangs of eczema or stubborn none and other blemishes. Put poslam to tlie test. Pick out the hardest spot you have—and next morning look to sec Improvement. Thousands have done this to their "lasting satisfaction. Sold everywhere l'"or free sample write to Emergency Laboratories, 243 '1 West 47th St., New York City. THREE INJURED IN AUTO CRASH Two Under Care of Hospital Surgeons as Result of Hurts Last Evening Two persons are in the llarrisburg Hospital and a third was Riven treat ment by a physician, as a result of two automobiles crashing on pave ments at Seventeenth and Derry streets last ev ning, when they at tempted to avoid a collision. Margaret Baer, aged 11, 423 South Seventh street, is in the hospital, where she was treated for severe abdominal injuries, suffered when struck by one of the cars. Mrs. I*. J. Phillips, 1X33 Market street, who was riding in one of the automobiles, has a sprained right foot and severe con tusions <*' the back. Kuth Barr, 432 South Seventeenth street, was treat ed by a physician for severe ankle in juries. The girls were on the pave ment oil their way from school at the time of the accident. The accident occurred when a col lision was threatened between ears driven by John Lutz, 261 Liberty tsreet, and Miss Margaret Phillips, 1X33 Market street. Both swerved their cars toward the curb, the Lutz enr striking the fireplug and the Phil lips car a telegraph pole. Both were badly damaged. Responsibility for the accident has not been definitely c!< i< rmined. Miss Phillips was driving the au tomobile with struck unci killed Mei vir Kepford, traffic officer at Fourth and Chestnut streets, about a yeat ago. Numerous compl.i'nls have boon received at police headquarters, au thorities say, of reckless driving en her part. State Odd Fellows Win Convention Prize W. H. Brown, treasurer of the Department of Pennsylvania, P. M., Independent Order of Odd Fellows, received word to-day that the Penn sylvania Department won the first prize at the annual national conven tion held in Baltimore recently, hav ing the largest number in the big parade held in that citv. STAGE IS SET FOR WORLD'S SERIES [Continued from First I'ago.l any price for a seat for the opening game. If ticket speculators had any seals for sale, they did not advertise their wares. There were a few indi viduals. however, who demanded from sr>o to $7. r > for box seats for Ihree games. The face value of these tickets was $ 1C.50. The hold ers of these tickets were not par ticularly anxious to sell even at the prices asked. White Sox Arrive Members of the White Sox, under the leadership of Manager "Kid" fßenson, arrived from Chicago early to-day and went directly to their hotel. The White Sox Will take a light workout at Hedland field this afternoon. The Beds also will have a light practice to keep their muscles limbered up. All members of the Cincinnati chib were reported to he in perfect con dition except I leinio C.roh, captain and third baseman, whose broken linger is s;ill bothering him to a certain extent. The injury, however, will not keep him from starting the series and he hopes to he able to play all through. Iteiitlicr or Sallcc While Manager Morttn has not picked Ills pitcher for to-morrow it IS generally accepted that he will start either Walter Beuther or Slim Sallee. Sullce pitched two games 'against Chicago in the world's series j of two years ago ami Moran believes [that his style will give the White Sox the most' trouble, j That Eddie t'icotte, the pitching "a'-e" of ,he White Sox staff, will be Manager Gleason's selection for I lie opener is accepted as a certainty. The remarkable little "knuckle-ba'l" pitcher with more than 25 victories to his credit this season, is report ed to be primed to face the Reds In the ini ial combat. Manager Gleuson, however, expects to make no announcement of his selection un til the time for starting the game tc-morrow. All arrange tnents for the series wore being completed to-day. The press headquarters nt the Hotel Sin ton was opened and tickets to the press stand wetfc Issued to those en titled to thena. Accommodations have been madt| for 400 writers. HXRfUSBTfKtt TELEGKXPg^ STATE CHAMBER FOR OfEN SHOI [Continued front First Page. I the maintenance of law and . order. We support the position of the steel manufactuiera in de fend i'ng lite right of all workers to earn their livelihood un molested, and in maintaining this right to deal with their em ployes without the interference of outsiders. We earnestly hope that the controversy may he adjusted without political interference. Housing Program Endorsed The Chamber took note of th need of houses in Pennsylvania am allowing an address by C. W. Woold ridge, superintendent of housing fo t lie Carnegie Steel Company tdopted the following resolution: Whereas: It has been brought to our attention that there is great need of more houses throughout all sections of the State, and investigation develops the fact that many available plans, records, and information are, available from various sources, which makes it possible for the Chamber to render valu able assistance to its constitu ents. Be It Resolved: That the recommendations of the Com mittee on Housing be referred to the new board of directors with full power to act. Other Resolutions The Chamber adopted these reso lutions: "The Pennsylvania State Chambei pf Commerce unanimously demani Lliat these United States shoult forthwith return to the letter an< pirit of the Constitution, which pro vides, "that no person shall be de prived of life, liberty or propert] without due process of law; nor shul private property be taken for publii use without just compensation. "We earnestly urge our people t< consider well its fundamental righ md what its loss would mean to th< nation and its hopeful youth." "The Pennsylvania State Cham ber of Commerce, in meeting as sembled declares that all laws ant regulations relating to food produc Lion should be based on the funda mental proposition that returns t< capital invested in agriculturi should be equal to the returns t( capital invested in other indnstrj and business, and that prices of farn products should be sufficient to as sure production and to pay wage: essential to that end." "Resolved: That the Pennsyl vania State Chamber of Commerce give their hearty support to the de velopment of waterways throughou' the country and authorize the Presi [lent to appoint delegates to the con, vention called by the Mississippi tt Atlantic Internal Waterways Com mittee at Washington, D. C., Decem ber 2nd and 3rd, 1919." A committee on anthracite mint caves was also authorized. Officers Elected The following officers were re elected this afternoon at a meeting uf the board of directors: President Alba B. Johnson, Philadelphia; vice presidents, Howard B. French, Phil adelphia; W. U Klausp, Pittsburgh; A. 13. Farquahar, York; Allen P, Perley, Williamsport; treasurer, N. B. Kelly, Philadelphia; general sec cretary, Cieorge E. Foss, Harrisburg. Executive committee. Alba 13. Johnson, Philadelphia; F. R. Bab cock, Pittsburgh; E. J. Poole, Read ing; Worthington Siranton, Scran ton; F. W. Walker, Beaver Falls; Paul D. Wright, Erie. Housing batv Recommended Recommendation that the Statt Chamber of Commerce through its 'ommittee on Housing should pre pare an adequate housing law tc present to the legislature at its lext regular session were also adopt ;d. The opening address on the lious ng proposition was made by Cliair nan F. It. Baboock, of Pittsburgh, lead of the Committee on Housing, VI r. Bnbcock spoke briefly of the serious shortage of houses, and then presented the plan as adopted by ;he committee. Inquiries of the com mittee . showed that in every com munity of the State having a popu ation of over 8,000, more than eighty-eight per cent, of these bor pughs and cities need increased hous ng facilities very badly. Homes for more than .100,000 families are seeded immediately (in this State. After careful consideration of the subject from every angle, the com mittee finally decided that the plan adopted by the Carnegie Steel Com pany . best (Itted the situation, and Elliot-Fisher Service Men Herewith Ik shown- n group of service men who marched in the Wcl i come Home pary.de. These lden tire identified with the Elliott-fisher Company and they were cheered by numerous employes and friends of the big manufacturing concern located In the southern section- of the city. therefore they persuaded C. L Woolridge, of Pittsburgh, J uierai superintendent of Ixind and i.ouslio Department of that company, to ex plain their plan to the State Chant ber. Mr. Wool ridge gave a detailed ac count of the manner in which tin Pittsburgh company has handled tin housing situation for its employes The plan briefly is this: That tin company will have their real est it department buy the employe a lot allow him to select a plan from a number which have already beer built, have the purchasing depart ment buy hi;* materials, and tin engineering department supervise tin actual building. In payment for this house the em ploye signs a contract in which In agrees to pay down a minimum ol 10 to 15 per cent, and to pay off tin balance monthly in ten years, with interest charges on deferred pay ments of 5 per cent. The compan.t presenting this plan was virtual v swamped wi'.h applications from in employes. The plan the local Chamber ol Commerce would pursue if adoptiir Mr. Woolridge's suggestions would be this: Seven or eight concerns would organize into a Land awe Building Company, each compan> subscribing as much stock as il would take to relieve its own hous ing shortage. Then each companj would present the plan outlined above to its emp'oyes, all companies co-operating in the building of ;lie houses. Mr. Woolridge illustrated his talk with lantern slides showing the houses which have been most popu lar among the workmen for whom they were built. The meeting was opened this morning with an address by Lieuten ant-Governor E. E. Beidleman on "Better Roads in Pennsylvania.' Governor Beidleman traced the de velopment of the good roads move ment in Pennsylvania, going back to the point when there was no par ticular nee'd for hard road beds or account of the absence of automo biles. With the increasing importance oi motor trucking, however, it became necessary for Pennsylvania to pro duce better roads antl many more ol them, and the system of highwaj building in vogue at the present tinu was then completed. The cross country highways are to be con nected up by secondary and tertiarj highways, so that Pennsylvania wii be overrun with a network of spien did roads, making it independent ol railroads in the event of the failure of ttiose lines (o function, for one reason or another. Commissioner C. B. Connelle, ol the State Department of Labor and Industry, followed the Lieutenant Governor with an address on the functions of his department in it." relations to business. Commissioner Connelley confined his talk to the Rehabilitation Act as passed by the 1919 Pennsylvania T<egjsf a* ire .and approved by the Governor. The bill provided for the Department of Labor and Industrj to co-operate with any other auth orities in investigating conditions in factories and workshops, with the view to preventing accidents; but more particularly to take care of the rehabilitation of men already in jured In some way and arange for their rare and treatment. The bill also provides for the founding of an educational institution to train physically handicapped persons. A questionnaire is being printed now to he distributed throughout the manufacturing parts of the State in order to get figures on whieh to base their work. Every business, excepting agricul ture, is affected by one or more laws administered by the Department of Labor and Industry through its Workmen's Compensation Board, Industrial Board, Division of Indus trial Hygiene and Engineering, and Bureau of Inspection, Meditation and Arbitration, Employment, and Rehabilitation. It is definite'y lo the Interests of business concerns to co operate with the different bureaus of the Department. Eollowing the addresses, the re port of the nominating committee was heard. Nominations were made and adopted as follows: Directors for term of four years: B. Dawson Coleman, Philadelphia; Archibald Johnston, South Bethle hem; F. M. Kirby, Wilkes-Barre; D. Shelley Kloss, Tyrone; Harry 11. Mc- Dowell, Sharon; George Nicholson, Wllkes-Ilurre; George S. Oliver Pittsburgh; E. J. Poole, Reading; D. E. Tracy, Harrisburg: Ernest T. Trigg, Philadelphia. Directors for term of one year to (ill vacancies: James Cochran, Wiliiarnsport: J. ••, V " j CROWD AT ISLAND PARK Benjamin Dimniiok, Scranton; J. ,\I.. Murdock, Johnstown; D. F. Kinn, | Indiana. Nominating committee is as fol [ lows: F. R. Babcock, chairman, Pitts burgh; Frank J. Lanahan, Pitts burgh; Louis T. McFadden, Canton; I Edwin E. Sparks, State College; Richard M. Rellly, Lancaster. Governor William C. Sproul was i the central figure at the banquet of! the State Chamber of Commerce last) night at the Penn-Harris and stirred up the diners by a ringing call to I ] them to stand for what they know | [ is right and to "speak and act vig-1 [ orously" against what they know in j I their hearts is inimical to American i j institutions. The Governor spoke I I just after his arrival from Pitts | burgh. | F. R. Babcock, of Pittsburgh, a brother of the mayor of that city, was toastmaster and many promin- | ent men were present. Mr. Bab- I cock presented the Governor with a j I tribute to him as "a business man j j Governor." The Governor said in part: "I'm gratified to he referred to as) j a business man, although I must say I jin the present year 1 have been I unable to attend to enough business j to make sufficient to pay last year's taxes. It is a good thing for busi ! nes3 men to get together and get : interested in the farmer and other j things. 1 think I made a good selec j tion for my Secretary of Agriculture. ] Insteud of a fat farmer 1 picked a man who has done things and who studies and uses his head. Me is the most 'inquiringest' man I've ever 1 known. "I've just come from Pittsburgh where I attended the dedication of i the building of the bureau of mines. I I was glad to be there because Penn- | j sylvania has taught the rest of the | United States how to mine and make j coke. "Let me say to you gentlemen, land 1 have been hearing much, that] the real test of our Democracy and ( [the faith our people have in our! j institutions is coming now. It is the 1 acid test when we pay our debts j and make readjustments. There has been too much pandering to what we might call sensationalism and toleration of policies that we should not stand for. Let us be alert and stand up and do the right thing; let us talk and act vigorously and with out fear. 1 have no doubt about the outcome. Don't tolerate this nurs ing and encouraging or various things that we know down in our hearts are inimical to the American government. "Now T see that the men have been chosen to attend the industrial conference at Washington. I don't see five people in that list that, have ever accomplished anything worth while in this country. There's no representative of this State that I can see. They did not even put on our Commissioner of Ijibor and In dustry, the man in charge of such things in the greatest industrial State in the Union. If wo don't watch out people who have, in a way, lived on the bounty of others, will be in charge of things. Let Pennsylvania be self reliant. There is no area on the face of the globe than this 45,000 square miles that has more to make people self con tained and resourceful than our State. "Our form of government has last ed because it is flexible. It is de signed so that we can meet condi tions. Let us attend to our own affairs with proper supervision from the Federal Government of course. That is better than to centralize all authority. "Let us be sturdy and stand up for what we know is right, for what made Pennsylvania grent and not permit it to be plastered over with impractical things that will bring disaster if we don't watch out." In the course of his tribute to the businessmen in his cabinet the Gov ernor "let the cat out of the bag" about Secretary Fred Rasmussen, of the Department of Agriculture, by saying lie was going to be married. The secretary tried to leave but was called buck and the diners drank a toast to him. In addition to the Governor there were addresses on Americanization by Newton Gilbert, of New York, who advanced some very practical ideas and on "street railways at cost" by W. Caulkins, director of the street railway department of the city government of Cincinnati. Both were heartily applauded. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Caulkins held that operation at cost was feasible and good business. He said: "We believe that under this plan the public has obtnined all the advantage! of municipal ownership without any of its d 1 rod vantages. "While this ordinance is giv ing every indication of working out a successful solution of the street car problem in Cincinnati, there are improvements which could bo made in the light of experience T SEPTEMBER 30,1919. and it is not at all offered as a pan acea which may be taken bodily and applied to some other city. Ever> city has its individual pecularities which must be considered in the ap plication of the service-at-cost plan It will not produce the same rate ol fare in each city as this in every cast l is dependent upon the local densitj • of t raffle. I "The unit of measurement in streel j car service is the car mile which I means the cost of running one cat | one mile. Then density of traffic • is the average number of revenue I passengers per car mile in any giver I period. The natural rate of fare is therefore a matter of simple arithe metie. If the cost of service is 3( I cents per car mile and the densitj of traffic is six passengers per cat j mile, the natural rate of fare is one sixth of 30 or live cents. If. how- I ever, the density of traffle is onl> I five passengers per car ntile, titer i each passenger must bear one-fifth | more of the burden and the rate o1 | fare is six cents. An illustration maj ' be found in the case of Cleveland • so widely cited as a low-fare town j In 1918 the density of trafflce on the Cleveland lines was 7.8 passengers • per car ntile while in Cinclnatl, the | density of traffic was only 5.6 pas- I sengers per car mile. It is perfectlj obvious that with a larger volume I of business of each car mile operat ed the rate of fare in Cleveland sltould be lower than in Cincinnati since the revenue passenger is sub stantially the sole source of income !of a street railway company. Foi I a further purpose of comparison il I may be stated that in Cineinnat ] the company pays $350,000 a yeat |as a franchise tax and gives fret I transfers, while in Cleveland nc i franchise tax is paid and the rev | enue from transfers amounted tc more than $BOO,OOO in 1918. These two sums would have caused a re [ duction of more than one cent lr I the Cincinnati rates of fare. . "The service at cost plan with ' whatever local modifications may be I necessary is applicable to most all 1 cities and is absolutely fair to the i public, the community and the in j vestor." ill NEW YORK _ READING j| HARRIS BURG LANCASTER ' rahp Ollons (flaTI I . * Smartest _ ■■ 1 "J PENH HARRIS HOTEL BUILDING ||f~ The Fashion News of Cloos Advertising j I Here is the thought back of Cloos Ad vertising. 1 | . It has a mission, and that mission is to carry to you the message of the chic, the charming, the beautiful, in the Feminine i World of Fashion—news direct, of New York and Parisenne creations. And since the printed word cannot inarch up to your door with samples under its arm, it devolves upon the advertising to depict as nearly as possible the charac ter and beauty of the exquisite conceits exhibited within the Cloos Fashion Shop. i It Is not the mission of Cloos advertising to exploit excessive prices. Its mlssioi Is to portray Facts in an interesting and readable way. And, while on the subject of prices, has It occurred to you that importations directly through our New York offices enabls us to trade on a narrower margin than mosl#hops? That condition exists, undeniably! : I ! . I | J i - ■ - Health Insurance Must Be Studied Dr. C. H. Crennan, of the Univers-4 ity of Pennsylvania, director of tbs bureau of research of the State Chamber, read a valuable paper on compulsory health insurance at the close of the afternoon session. D1 Crennan has considered the probJ lem from top to bottom and urged that it be studied as a most import* ant matter predicting' that it would occupy a big place in the next IveglsM lature. Dr. Crennan said: "The following figures indicate something of the time lost from work by employed during Ihe "flu" because of sicknessj —and sickness absent|Mism is o course only one part of the sickness problem. During the eight weeks from October (i to November 30j 1918, some 65,000 male employes in Pennsylvania, whose time sheets were reported to the Research! Bureau by members of the Penn-j sylvania State Chamber of Com* merce, were absent from work bej cause of sickness an average of days each. Some 7,000 female ployes, whose time sheets were re* ported, lost an average of 3.7 day 4 each.. If this same sickness absent teeism rate were to be used to a4 certain a yearly rate, we should rive the following figures; male emj ployes throughout the State would lose, on the basis of a 50 week work year, an average of 14.35 days and female employes an average of 23.| days each. This rate, based on a period when we had an unpreceJ dented epidemic, is clearly out ol line with the normal sickness ab* senteeism rate which will shortly v>4 noted. Such an exaggerated sick* ness absentism rate, however, es* pecially when combined with data as to the total number of man and woman hours of labor lost by thq employes studied, drives home thd seriousness of sickness from one economic standpoint and emphasizes the necessity of taking all possibly measures to avoid another such sick* ness peak. According to the 1910 Census Sup 4 plement for Pennsylvania, therd were 87 7,54 3 such wage-earners in 1 909, and figuring on the basis o| the Health Insurance Commission's sickness absenteeism rate, these em* ployes must have lost in that yea< at least 4 7,3 87,000 work-hours be* cause of sickness. "Just what compulsory health in* surance would cost, If established in Pennsylvania, cannot now be def* initely stated. That the cost would be an appreciable figure may, how* ever, be inferred from such findings or estimates as have been made by agencies other than our State Healtli Insurance Commission. The Illi* nois Commission states (p. 165 of its report) that "the cost of compulsory health insurance in Illinois would he between $50,000,000 and s6o,* 000,000 annually, conservatively es* timated on the basis of the Investi* gation of sickness among wage* earners and the attendant costs."* The Ohio Commission estimates tha annual cash benefit cost at $12,600,* 000 for 1,000,000 workmen, the an* nual cost for medical care $12,600,* 000 for 1,000,000 workmen and thets dependents, the annual death benefit cost $1,000,000 per year and $500,* 000 as the annual cost of adminis tration. Often estimates are giver* as a percentage of the payroll,— * usually 4 per cent, is the figure used. For Pennsylvania employers this figure is probably the significant onq to remember."
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