Show VALUE VAU OF A LIFE L Pertinent Comment om ent Upon a Recent Decision of an a Ohio Oho Court Court Chicago Tribune The recent decision of oC a judge at Ak Akron Akron Akron ron 0 O that tat the value alue of a womans life Ute is 5 while tha that that of a man mun is D has ha created cre ted not alone a sensation thing like an Indignant uprising among the women of that community They hey contend and not without justice and ad rou rca rouson son aon that the te court cour has hu no right to lay luy In down such a a hard and last ruie or to ap appraise appraIse appraise praise masculine and feminine lives by bythe b bythe the rules which govern relative values of oC sheep and oxen I As A a matter mater of fact tact there ar are almost as many exceptions to such a general rule as that of the Ohio judge as there are men and women When the law does docs not put an arbitrary un valuation Uon on their lives they must be valued according to their actual or potential value to thos who are or may be dependent on them IB I If they are of at no service to anybody then they are of oC no special value alue to themselves or any one ono else It is absurd to say that every mans life Ufe is worth OO when there e are large a numbers r who are of no more gr gra value fu uty than a a yellow m dog d and It I is equally absurd to say that every wo womans womans weS mans Ute file Is worth but lO when there the are large numbers of ot women who are ae of no more value than a canary bird birdI If I the value of ot a mans life Is to be be es e by his service serIce to the community there are those wHose loss cannot be computed in dollars dolar So too t o are at there tore women whose value value to the community Is above price In fixing the value of or life fife where the law lav has not fixed it i the utility of that life is l the tact to be considered There Is no other ot er lair test tet and deter determined determined mined by such a test there wilt will wil bo be as a many different prices as a there are P popie poo po o opIe Ele pIe Many women will wl be appraised as 18 high as some men and an some men me may be ba appraised as high as many women |