THE NAMAU POST: FRKEPOAT, UN Y., S«lMr*iy, AuOMt », im.
LMt of Bi-WMkfy Sails Tbe last M-weekly aailing and beach party arranged by the yoanger so¬ ciety girls ot Freeport was glten'^n Tuesday of this week. '
Leaving Patterson's Dock under tl|B patronage of Capt. John Smith, th«|r sailed tbrougb tbe Great South Ba/ ' past Point Lookout to tbe beacb. Ban¬ ket luncbeons which had been carried were served and the greater part of ttae afternoon was spent In the Burf. I Among those present were: Emily Werner, Constance Loux, Beatrice Vall, Florence Stilea, Olive Pattemon, Mildred Loekwood, Ada ChrlstlanH, Helen Seaman, Mildred Elbers, and Edna and Mabel Kunice.
FAIR TREATMENT
to the tier user Is our guarantee. We deal fair, onr organization la efficient, we luiow tbat only satlafactton can make permanent customera.
We offer tires of demonstrated qual¬ ity, tbe Ooodyear, the Goodrich the Penneylvanla. Our prices are reason¬ able, our guarantee absolute.
LONG ISLAND TIRE CO.
Telephone (72
Harry E. Betzig John 8. Denton
N. MAIN STREET FREEPORT
HOSHLE CRITICS PUT TO ROOT
Geo. W. Raynor
staple and Fancy
GROCER
Flour, Feed, Grain Meats, Bacon Boiled Ham, etc.;
"WE SOLiar YOUR TRADE"
n W, Merrick Rd. Freeport Telephone &37
Cesspool covers made to order. Wood Sawed by Machine, cord or bulic
FOR SALE Concrete Bailding Blocli Machine
J. W. SMITH, Lakewood Ave. P.O. Bex 66 Roosevelt,L- I-
DAVID B. TOD
Automobile and Carriage Repairing and Painting ,-i
CARRIAGES and WAGONS liADC TO ORDER
TOPS MADE AND REPAIRED
The Best and Lowest Prices
SHOP
87 Main Street HEMPSTEAD
Millinery and Hair Goods
Notions, Embroidery, Ladies' Ware
"A Mark of Distinction on Every Hat"
Mrs. K, Osborne
16 W. Merrick Rd. Freepcrt Telephone 89S.W
Quality is a Good Salesman Price is a Better One
[Schbter Eoployt Botk Judiciously
HENRY C. SCHLUTER
"The Quiity Grom"
Telephone Ml PROMPT DKLIVIRY
MERRICK ROAD FREEPORT. L I.
Eye Extnimationi GliMci Furnished
Dr. Wm. L. Kitchell optometrist
Office Hourt; 9 IO 12 A. M. 1 CO e P M.
234 Front St. Heinpstesd, L. I.
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I ARTISTIC AND CHEAP
BOOT AND SHOt REPAIRING
Expert Shoe Repairer
Resioaable Prices
FRANK CHIMERI
11« BROPKLYN AVE. FREEPORT.N.Y.
Workingmen's Compensation Act Proof Against Politi¬ cal Plans
IT IS VERY SIMPLE IN OPERATION
Enrkploycrs, Upon Analysis of and
Experience witli, Working of
tlie Commission
Hostile critics of the Workmen'! C'oinpfnsalloi* Act, not only In the State of New York but In other states whtre such measures havo supplanted KmployerB' Liability La*B, have In- tlfcted that Compensation must ke vlwwed In a dual aspect and have given emphatic utterance to the as¬ sertion that the divergence of tjie em- ployers and the employe's view ol that reform Is wide enough to bring on a conflict from which both In tha end must suffer.
In every state where Employers' Liability lias given way to Workmen's Compensation, experience has tended to stiatier this and give added weight to the oppoHite theory that there can . be only one aspect to Workmen's Compenpatlon the broad sociological aspect. Viewed in this aspect Work¬ men's Compensation becomes a fair incentive to the better safeguarding of the life and limb of workers in industrial puhults, it becomes an antidote to pauperism growing out of enforced idleness and consequent loss of wages result InK from industrial accidents wliich was such a lament¬ able corollary to the old Liability sys¬ tem and Involves, also, a ahifting ot the flnancial burdens due to such ac cidents from the workers and the taxpayers who liifve borne them In a dark and derelict past to the indus¬ tries that justly ahould be compelled to bear th^m in a humane and more enlightened future.
Tlie e.xperience of this State with Workmen's Compensation has been limited, but meniberB of the Work men's Compensation who have helped to administer the new law and in the course of their day's work have come in clo-e and frequent contact with emplojfrs declare the readiness with which the latter have accepted the new plan should augur well for the rut ure. Even now, F. Spencer Bald win, manager of the State Insurance Kund administered by tho commlS' slon, Is engaged in organizing an as¬ sociation of nianufaijturers to co¬ operate with the Workmen's Com pensatlon Commission for the better enforcement of the law. Professor Baldwin says he is flndlng ready re sponse among manufacturers in every section of our State.
As far as that goes the happy pros peet of ro-operation in this State would involve nothing more than a new verilication of an old adage— that "history repeats itself." A llttlf more than a year ago the Civic Fed eration, composed of large employers reiireseiitaiives of labor organizationv and civic reformers, In conjunction with the American Federation oi Labor organized a commission to in vestigate the operation of Workmen's Compensation laws in the twenty three states that have adopted such measures. The report of this com mUlon on which were such men a.'^ O^fo M. EidlltB, head of the New York Building Trades Employers' As sociation; John Mitchell, vice-presl dent of the American Federation of Labor and Cyrus W. Phillips, now a deputy compensation commlBsioner. waa rendered last January and h&t been regarded of sufficient weight to be printed aa a U. S. Senate docu ment. In the report the following comment Is made on the «ttltude of employers and employes throuehout the country toward compensation:
"A reasonable Inference from o;ir investigation is that employers and employes In general throughout the country are viewing the Compensation problem with a desire to be fair and just. Differences in attitude may safely be atirlbutud either to misun¬ derstanding of tlie subject or^o the effect of seeing it from a limited view¬ point, sources of error to be remedied by experience.
"The employer who conaplalBS.of the law because lt requlree him te pay compensation for an accident in which he Is clearly not to blame, or wblch possibly may be due to the fault of the Injured person, will get a broader view of the law when he Is relieved fren a liability suit with full dam ages In a case Ih which he lias been wholly at fault. Likewise the em¬ ploye who receives no compensatiom for the reason that hla Injury inca¬ pacitates him for a tine shorter than the lecal waiting period (which In this State la two weeka), will get a dllferent and better Tlew of the law later when he or she or some fellow worker meets with • permanent In- Jury aad receives compensation promptly and without controversy."
The Inauvuratlou of the Workmen's GompeaeatlOB act la t£ls State, has beek aocompUahed with little fric¬ tion and few miaunderstandlnss. Tbe commission Ixte received complaints from workluKmeB that dlscrlmiaatloa baa beam practiced by certain «n- pleyera afalaat nuurled men end agalnat workmen sufferlnc from physical de/eots. The oompensatlon coamiBSiloB aX oBce adopted a resolu¬ tion directed against such practices and ordered an InrftBtlgation which was placed in the hands of Deputy CoauaUatowr Cyr— W. III(IK)P«K' i
Tils Invcstlgatfon bas not m ytt ,iC\\ completed but,'according to In- ormiion obtcined from the commis¬ sion, the Inquiry as far aa it bas proceeded has led the commissioners to belk ve that tbere was more smoke than fire behind the complaints. ' The discrimination against the employment of married men since the Compens.ttion Act became operative could be due only to the fact that married men are likely to leave more dependents than single men and thus Increase the amount of death bene¬ fits The discrimination against men suffering from physical defects In the matter of employment would grow nt of the presumption that such de 'ects might readily render an employe less able to g'lard against accidents resulting in personal injury to him¬ self and his fellow workers.
Deputy Commissioner Phillips, at the very' start of his Investigation- communicated with the State Insur ance Department which exercises su pervislop over the^ operations of in surance companies assuming risks under the Compensation Act, with a view of ascertaining whether the physical condition of employes vs'as permitted to enter as a factor in the fixing of rates on compensation poll cles. Deputy Cunimissioner Phillips Was aware, of course, that in the State Insurance Fund which Is under the direct supervision of tlie cotn pensatlon conimisslon, no such dis crimination was practiced.
Tlie investigation has already shown con<'lusively that the Instances coniplalned of wliere discrimination against married men or against those physically defective has been charged were contined entirely to employer; who have received permission from tlie Commission to carry their owi insurance, with the rates for Com pensatioii Insurance unaffected by tlu above conditions, there would not b. the slightest reason for employers who either insure with one of the stock conipaniea or in the State In surance Fuiitl to take heed of tbem
The Compeiisalion Commission h.is it in Ifs power to apply drastic remc dy should the investgatlon In any of tile cases complained of prove that- undue discriniination has been prac¬ ticed. There are only from forty to fifty employers in this State who are carrying their own insurance. All are large employers wlio In order to be re lieved from the necessity of paying for Insurance have demonstrated to the Compensation Commission their unquestionable flnancial ability to car¬ ry out their obligations under the Compensation Act. In addition they have been required to deposit gilt edged securities with the Commission as a guarantee that they will comply with the requirements of the law. No employer can carry self Insurance without the sant:tlon_of the Compensa¬
tion Commission and It goes witbovt saying that shonld the Investigation show discrlminatkm on the part of any -individual employer tbe CompensatioB Commission would bare It in ita pow¬ er to remore the Inceatlrc for sucb discrimination by revoking tbe per- mt Such an employer would then have to pay tbe penalty for -what tbe Commission considers a distinctly an¬ ti-social practloe, for be would be com¬ pelled to take out Insurance either in the State Insurance F^ind, with some stock Insurance company, or a mu¬ tual associaitlon wblch In either case would involve expense In tbe form of premium payments from which as keif insurer he bad been^relieved.
In fact, it is more tban intimated that discriminations ot this character If widely practiced by self Insuring employers might lead tbe Commission to the even more radical means of recommending to the next Legislature tbe elimination from the Compensa¬ tion Act of tbe optional right it has rested in employers of unquestioned financial stabllHy of carrying their own Insurance. This right does not exist in many of the States which have adopted Compensation Acts and tbere is little donbt tbat any Legisla¬ ture as responsive to tbe demands of labor as was the Democratic Legisla¬ ture of 1913 would go the limit In seaklng to remedy any defect in the law, fostering discrimination tba would come as a hardship to t workers.
EFFICIENT. SIMPLE IN
OPERATION, ECONOMICAL
S. HERZFELD
Deakr in
High Class Shoes
\ The only Modlcrn Shoe Re¬ pairing Establishment in To'w n
'There are no riders, no Jokers, In the State Workmen's Compensation Law," explains Chairman Robert E. Dowling of Vhe Commission.
"This law, after two months of test, bas proven to be the success the legislature hoped It would be. . There are some dlfHcultles, of course. They will be remedied.
"In every community, where this law hss been given a fair test, we flnd that neither employer nor employe would have it repealed.
"This law is the result of painstak¬ ing, conscientious legislation. We have some criticism, of course. This criticism has come largely from what has been termed 'ambulance chasers.'
"We are proceeding with care to rule on each case as tJie law directs, and when the legislature meets again, the Commission will be In a position due to its actual investigation, to rec¬ ommend whatever changes our experi¬ ence tells us are seeded.
"The public does not seem to know that this act is surrounded by a lot of common sense provisions. For ex¬ ample: No one Is going to lose a case on 'account of statutory rules of evi¬ dence pr technical points. This works to the advantage of botb claimant and defendant. The Commission is not unmindful of the complaints that have been mad^
ALL WORK GUARANTEED i
FORQIONE'S
Fruit, Vecetables ConfeHonery
Orders Promptly Deliv-Tcd TOBACCO AND CIGARS
69 Main Street GRAND AVE,, BALDWIA
Freeport, N. Y. ' sou h of TrolIey Track
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BOATING BATHING FISHING
W OODCLEFl
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BOATING BATHING FISHING
Boat House and Building Plots For Sale
On Reasonable Teros A FEW DOCKING SPACES TO LET
NEW BUNGALOWS AND HOUSES ll
In aD Sections of Freeport 4 Rooms Upwards Modern ImproTeaeitfs S
JOHN J. RANDALl COMPANY. Owaers
Office, No. 6 Brooklyn Avenae FREEPORT, 1.1,
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Honest and Conscientious^Hjr
ENTISTR I
We make a specialty of Crown, Bridge
and Plate Work. Satisfaction
Guaranteed.
Dr. Urban L'Africain
T*l«phon«. 448*w MAIN AND FRONT STS.
II*ura, 9 to 5 HEMPSTEAD. N. T.
Announcen^ent
The Long: Isiand Home Made Bread Co.
Has removed its Bakery and Lunch Room from the corner of Merrick road and Main street to a newly decorated and absolutely sanitary store in the Freeport Inn Buildins:, at the trianjple opposite Smith & Bedell.
We invite your inspection. We want your trade. We guarantee cor¬ rect weight and good Quality. We stand back of our agents.
THOMAS ST. JOHN BALDWIN
TELEPHONE 650
SOUTH MAIN STREET FREEPORT
EVERYBODY KNOWS «US
and the clothes we make meet tho requirements of the most fastidious dressers, as well as tbose who demand the greatest service for their hioney. We make the clothes to fit the man. The best tailoring talent to be found spends its efforts in our shop^ Oujr jilices are as low as goodnest''.2rints and as high as the best'quality and trork< manship requires. *
CHARLES E. FINK
102-104 F^ulton St. New York City
Residence, Rockville Centre, L. I.
A COMPARISON AND
A CONCLUSION The food value of milk is very hig:h.
Practically speaking:, a quart of milk supplies as much nourishment as a pound of beef. In this era of high costs the conclusion is evident: Lessmeatandmoremilk.
ALEX. CAMPBELL MLK CO.
HEMPSTEAD. L. I. ROCKVILLE CENTRE. L. I
Tcl. Hemp. 288 Td. R. C. 284
BRANCHES THROUGHOUT BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND
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