| Show THIS ROUND BOUND in discussing the subject ot of compulsory automobile liability insurance frederick it II of the minneapolis bar says carelessness Is a universal unending and consent quantity with every evary human being somo some people are more frequently negligent than others but negligence Is nevertheless a characteristic of and a certainty it af somo some time or other for everybody whon when therefore by carelessness you are hurt or your automobile Is injured and another person guilty of that carelessness becomes indebted to you tor for the damage done you have against him a cause of action and only that lie la is your debtor it if by law lie ha I 1 to carry I 1 insurance you are receiving front from tile the government direct statutory ald aid in the collection of your debt la is that your theory of government in III comparatively p a rat ively tow few of the other affairs of your life do you ask or suffer buffer governmental ern mental aid 1 I have never yet heard it suggested that every citizen who might contract smallpox or influenza or a cold diphtheria or scarlet fever or the thousand aud and ono one other ailments which aro are infectious should give a bond or insure himself so that if lie ho communicates that disease to others ho to will pay the damares I 1 find no difference in principle the communication muni cation of any disease Is tho the result ot of carelessness why should not parents bo be ro required to give bonds or an insurance policy to the children who shall bo be born guaranteeing to them a reasonable opportunity for education health recreation comfort and preparation pa ration for life lafot tho the children are not oven even consulted with reference to their being brought into tho the world they are wholly innocent pa parties cariles riles the rho driver on the highway at least goes there voluntarily and Is injured by tile tha negligence of others it you the driver of an automobile aie are protected from tile the damage done you by the carelessness of others heaven knows known that children who have no choice in tile the matter are entitled to protection against unhappiness and lack of opportunity you unfortunately are obliged to consult physic lami and attorneys frequently during the year have been known to be careless why not say eay that every physician cian and attorney should give ansur inco against negligence in tho conduct of the business of their patients and clients IL ft seems to me that tile the subject needs doods no further consideration it Is hard tor for me to understand how thero there could havo have been oven even any suggestion that such statute bo be placed on an the lite books to me ino it Is tile tho utmost absurdity to me tile tho chow a woeful alck of knowledge of the ordinary affa affair froot life and the |
