Show RADICAL RAilROAD LAW LAIN PROPOSED Representative e Per Personal Personal Injury Bi Bill Before Present Congress MAKES SWEEPING CHANGES Overturn l Employers and Compel to Il WashIngton Feb GOno of oC the lice most mOSI radical pieces of legs heds hatlon before the pro present ent Congress and andone ono one which heretofore has hns not occupied much attention II is now bing being given serious consideration by the Judiciary o of tho houle house and hearing on onIt onit It hurts hns been ordered for or Feb Fb 17 to which a of railroad men of oC the country have havo been InvIted I It II Is the bi bill Introduced by ot of Illinois which wIll require all persons carrying on oc occupations anti and trades trade to the regulative power o of Congress log Ing raIlroads express companies an mind sleeping car companIes to PU pay corn com on a fixed basis bals to Injured The Tho legislatIon Ir if enacted would overturn the employers law cud and In fact revolution izo the exIsting system of Indemnity for Cor personal injuries The Tho bill defines the amount or of corn com to be paid by employers to In cael cases o of injury or 01 death batting I It upon the tho amount of the pro pre prevIous earnIng power ot of the vIctim and nd provides that It shall ho be paid In thu tho form Corm ot of an annuity The he hi bill I Is based upon the lice laws of oC England ad and Con Ger Germany Conman many man Such legIslation was favored In ono one or of the tho messages of former orner Prel Pros Ident Roo evelt anti and President Taft TaCt also Is said to have commented favor favorably avol abl ably upon It AUTHORS LIFE WORK Mi U Sabath author of oC the bi bill has haN been working on en the tho Idea for Cor a number of oC years ears and luau has carrIed on a general propaganda In Is Its favor wor He announced at a a recent hearing on this bi bill that when It enacted Int into law he WI wai 13 ready to 10 retire public lre life sats salk fie fled with hIs achievements The bi bIll Is applicable to railroad and companie companies engaged In any capacity In handling the tho mall mails or of th tho United States Even the UnIted States would be bound under IU Its terms to Ia pay compensatIon tion to Is Its In the postal Injured or 01 killed In the tho performance or of their dutes duties In the event o of the death or of an em plo e as u a result o of InjurIes employers would b he required to pay an annuity equalIng 7 75 per cent of oC hil his average monthly earnings to his family amly or next or of kin Fl Fifty ty pr per cent of oC the maximum month monthly earnIngs would ho bo paid In ce case of oC total disability not ex cx six nIx months Beyond that length or of tIme the Injured would 10 re of at the amount or of his earnings The measure goes into the minutest detail In regulating payment for In InJUries injuries JUries specifying how much shall shaH be paid for the loss or of an eye ee a an arm n a alInger lInger n a to toe loss or Impairment ot of sight Ight hearing or simIlar injury nn and Including medical surgIcal and hos hospital pital treatment The loss or of a too Is fixed at 5 per cent cent The Tho los loan o of both eyes ces at 75 per cent the los io of oC the right hand at GO CO per r cent The bi bill would establish I a court to b be known as the tho federal eral commission of oC In InJury Jury jur awards The Tho court would consist of three I members om b Ill appointed b by the president at a salary ot of POl nor year ear and would have full ul authority 10 Inquire Into ad and pr uto claIms and to necessary assistants |