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Show ill 01 CASUALTY III MJQ PUNNED Noted Actuarial Expert Visits Vis-its Industrial Commission to Gather Data. Efforts to upfet the T'tah industrial commission's rates for casualty protection protec-tion for employees of metal mines are expected ex-pected by the members of the commission, commis-sion, who see in the visit of I. L. Rubi-noff, Rubi-noff, a noted actuarial expert, what they believe to be the beginning of a fight against these rates. Mr. Rubinow is president of the Casualty Cas-ualty & Actuarial Statistical Society oT America, with headquarters in New York. He has come to Utah upon invitation of the lliah Copper company and tlie Utah chapter of the American Mining congress. He was introduced - to Chairman H. 15. Jenkins by A. G. Mackenzie, representing represent-ing tlie congress, and John M. Hayes, representing the t'tuh Copper company. While members of the industrial commission com-mission are reikent as to the possible purpose of Mr. RuHinow's visit, it is intimated in-timated that since he was invited by the men whose interests the metal mininsr rate will n.ffect it is his purpose to bring about the adoption of a lower rate, if possi ble. Tbe insurance fund department of the industrial commission fixed a rate of .$r.0 to affect even- department, except thofe Fpecifically eliminated by other employees' em-ployees' rates. While Mr. Rubinow said that he had no statement to make other than that be bad been invited to examine the mining situation and the provisions of tbe Utah law. with a view to advising tbe mining interests with regard to the reasonableness reasonable-ness of the rates established, the impression impres-sion was eiven yr the conference yesterday yester-day that a strong effort will be made to at lea?l upsec the rate fixe-d. Mr. Rubinow addressed a (Treat number num-ber of hypothetical questions to Commissioner Commis-sioner Jenkins, apparently coverinc every ev-ery possible and probable ph:ise of the application nf the rate, some of which the commissioner was unable tn answer, stating that he had not had the oppor-tunitv oppor-tunitv nor the experience with the rates to give categorical answers. To ttdrt to the interest in the matter, announcement was made by Commissioner Commission-er Jenkins nftrr yesterd-iy's conference that G. F. M irkciharher. actuarv for tlie N'a lional "Workmen's Compensation Service Ser-vice bureau of the department nf labor, "Wa shine ton. will be in Salt Ia within the next few days and will confer Vah 1 lie com mi ssion. This hurea u was t he source of the Utah rate on meial mines. Mr. Micko'.haeher i? on his way to Wash-incton Wash-incton from California, where he has been in conference with tbe insurance fund depa r! ment. Mr. Ruhinmv worked recently in Nevada, Ne-vada, inspecting the rates in effect in that state, where the coninensn t ion de-partrncnt de-partrncnt is conducted On a monopolistic slate fund basis. |