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r>h- ffia' ttHwl 0, l&fftl V1U&MM, Ever wAatrtno,wmyimt fbi* seating has beta called to fffotMA iffoetid industries with an opportunity of dieouealagft oomm problem anft^ of considering ny and aini of solving it. X have beoa ftdfiaed that it io ft ftelXy meeting in vtoioh * my call ft spade by it* rightful bvm with the MauruM that m will sot bo fwtod la the HHw ar .*i . I do mi fox % minute pretend to be in oipst os Ciliooala. X am far too max bon* to make any amah greteaeicm.' Memver, for the last two year*, 1 have devoted ay utlii time to the warioue aspeots of tbs slliooala problem, me boo iaoludai'tbo trial of oft***, tbe formulation of legislation, supervision of oorreotive engineering and tho setting up of adequate medioa! pfogrta* to eafeguerd boti employees end Bployere. The erperieno* X have iplasut la this work ` brought am a remiiaatiea of the moWNia phSMttiom of industry*a prob>lsleaa ia so fax as ita duet bastard la eoasenfll. that wtoiob ms a ratbiserr disturb inf possibility tbrss years apt, bets not beoou# a grin reality and oat that requirse oonoamd and uiiS dirootsd action. If X oaa leave tbat tingle thought wltb you. I 'wiU fool that ay efforts have been mil qpemt am bop* that la doing m X MU bavo rendered tw turn eerviee. . Goldberg of Ooluftbia, atatoa tbat *Sba iaportaaoa of Oust ' as a factor is oocupatioml Mortality bas atfraotod the attention of every authority on occupational diseases froa Mmaaimi to tir Thome Oliver. It requires no extended ooneidsvatiea to prove tbat human health is mioh influenced by tbs oharaoter of tb> air breathed and that' ie purity la a matter of vary oonsiiarable sanitary and eooaomio importance. Aside froa tbs risk of smbauvo to eo-dalled alr-boroe dleeaaea, tbs pollution of the atmepmre bf organie end inorganic duete ie unquestionably the onase of a vast amount of 111health and preaature mortality, eblofly among asm ini moan engaged in the may indispensable trados and occupations that minister to human noede. tbs sanitary dangers of air oontaminated by diseasebreeding germs are possibly not wo Mnaelnc an generally armed, while tbs destructive effeote of the duet-laden atmosphere of footones and wrk-ebops art a decidedly aerioua mbm)# ie health and life.* | %. . ; 6 ] , j . " | l Oleoblllty resulting froa the inbnlatloft of any of these t various dusts my result in liability on the port of the employer, , the extent of wbiob is now being demonstrated by the epidemic of f slllooels oaeoe. Tbs serious situation is mhioa industry finds it- < self is a result of our look of knowledge of-tbs extamt end even of the existence of the hazard and the hum vhieh should have been employed to remove it. X oannot feel tbat industry should be called upon to pay tbs bill. My feelings, however, are unimportant in view of the very definite notion# to the contrary entertained by meet juries. Wv * -t r- fto rapid spread of these oaeee is saffleleatly e?iou*' to present a question of national iaprtaaoo, St is tto pspoM- Chi* aostlag io disouss this prteiB intelligently. find, out where m pre and where m ax* coins from Iters, You will to addressed fey individual* who art experts in fto particular phase of tto problem whioh they U1 prsssst* 1 will oonfine naper to a general pioturs of tto ontlrs situation, ay thought Mine that tto tsobnioal papsrs an to followed sort nelly if font bars a general bookground first. In frosting ieteaieal iptertioas, shall try to do a fa nontechnical language. X will not attempt to fits a eeissCiftosUy sound trsstiss on tto subject, but as X ants taxm&f sold. will ooe.- tsst ayaelf ia giving you a rouffib pioturs, fbsrs nay to industries represented tore teioh do not use any free eiUon in ttoir process and aost of w xemrks sill to directed to silieosit teiob so far as m know is paused solely by tbs iahalatite of firs# silloa, fto prinelplee involved, however. are equally applicable to all duets, fto disability, if any, result inf Iron other dates aay'nnr la in tensity and in obarateer, but ftodsMiMteally! tto piSLsni nil to tbo tip*i , for tto take of amaieaot, X twill present tbo nobles in eeotlooe. First in order to ilieoei Its tinuse and affect geoond, fto Basis of Imdoyer Liability' third, TSm Legislative Aspect, and Vburtb, *S>faiafnatlo* of tbo tuu% T*t S . Thera are inauaerabl* dusts shioh fiad ttoir way into tto -lung resulting in varying degrees of ham. fto general tern bafuaoaoaoBioeia* * applicable to all dusty lanes irrespective of tto obaxaoter of tto particular dust totaled satf lo tto Qmmk ten for "dusty li#* fto deleterious offset of tfce^lahalaliOB of Awt m mil tom to tto anoisats, may Cl.' & IB), tto met; hneraiius ( 3. 0. 08). faxaoelaus (1534); AgxieoU (1586y,aa& many ethers were m iaproeoel by it ttot they mationod it ia ttoir writings. Agrieola states ttot It was not unooanon to find woaea la tto alning districta too bad married seven tines and ftore were no divoress ia tteao days, fto Oolerado minors tore for years referred to cer tain dust sroduolag air drills as "widow nakers. It won* net, tow ever, until very recently, about 1913, that worthwhile rcscarob and clinical work wore undertaken, foe appalling effects of mineral duet on tba workers in tto gold mining districts of tto tad, South, ifrloa, telmlatod and initiated a world-wide study and reaaaroh in siliooais, culainating in the Zntaraatloaal Ooafezsnos oa lllieoaia; told ia Jotosmssburg ia 1930. fhs general field of pneuaoBoooaioais is. divided late nuaeroue amller fields depsnding on tbs oharatesr of tbs duet finding its my into tto lunge. Thus, so tom snthraeoeis, re suiting froa the inhalation of hard seal dust, ateeetesie froa aabcctos duet, elderoele froa iron dust, and numerous other olateifioatlons. fne chief concern of industry ia centered around sil local? resulting item tto inhalation of silica duet, because it la this dust that cauees disability. Of the various esc# I have referred to, ws are now advised that aebeetoals is yertop* tto only one in addit ion to silicosis white is disabling. It nay to that in tto future i * fi mt shall fite other disabling test dlesass, MpflrfliMvL^kiflUnjbj *mBL--mrmw m am ooafias mx sxtsatioa to silicosis. for a hotter understanding of tin problsa,* it ho mil to consider very briefly aad mutmhalmllf the prwii froa ttblflfe IMS teflM MOt# M elta.' Italvm ta, * * * ! * . . . . All sir contains a esrtaia quantity of allies test, is a ittor of fact, about sixty psr soot of tbs earth's cruet it oo> posed of silica, i baby as yon* as slovoa days old will boss soao eiaute silica deposit la its lttnga aad tbs aonol city dwsllsr will duriitf bis lifctlao aeouailate la bis lungs Billions of pomelos of dust which, however, sill not i& say war disabls bin, to it will bo soea that tbs mm exposure to, ate iabalatlsa of sllioa test doss not aaoesemriXf result ia tbs eoatraotiea of tilioosis. lte Tbe buBsa lung ate its various defensive ergnaisns are so ooastructsd that only wsry aiauts put isles of test em gain #* traaos to tbs air sacs of tbs lung. *s ars omiy ecneexMd with part idss sufficiently snail ia sis# to gala such sotrams*. 1b m oas can sueb partial## bs larger tbaa ts& aloroas ia tbsir longsst diBsasioa. Hedies! soieaee is reasonably well satisflsd that wort of tbs partlolos causing bars are loss tbaa threw ulexoas ia tbsir longest diameloa. A moron is of m iaob so it is suit* possibls the* the bonful test nay bs invisible. *. MgM ^ la addition to tbo else of tbe Lot, the test to be ' baraful oust bs of a sufficient ooneentraiiem. wbieb is nsasurod by tbo nuaber of partielos oontaiasd la a oubio foot of air. Author ities hare stated that a concsntratloa of fiwe nillloa partielos of free silica less than tea aloroas ia else is not harmful, sad that any greater ooaeeatratioa constitutes a basaM. * T, * fcaa f ' Sr. loislialer# has dssoribte tbs pbysiosl presses so siaply aad olsarly that 1 shall borrow bis ideas in presenting it to you. Wham those miauls part loins of test enter the air soon of tbo lung, they are soon enveloped by pbagooytes wboos function it is to rsnows tbea from tbs air sne and earry tbsa into tbs sswagw system of tbs lung. These vebioles trowel along tbs highways and byways of the lyopbstlo eyetsm ettenpting to reach their proper destination outside tbs lung proper, furcate there art ly^ph nodes or aggregations of lyaphoid tissues or oolls ebicb act os traffic oops, allowing sorae of tbs vebioles to continue to their destinations but holding up others. Tbs arrivals any bs greater tbaa the depart- ures result lag in a veritable traffic jam at those places. This will occur acre readily if tbe lytph nodes have by previous lie. feotions, euob as early tuberoulosis, bsooms filled, calcified, or fibrosed. Hn those test cells beooM lodged ia tbe lysph spaces, nature engulfs them ia a fibrous tissue. As acre sad acre duet toeoooss collected, tbe fibrous tissue increases la density aad after sufficient test is inhaled, those fibrous tissues will lap- crease even though no additional test aay find its way into the lung, fibrous tissue oorresponds very nearly to sear tissue aad as it bs- ooaes acre eaeslve, tbs lung loses it elasticity ate becomes rigid. The resultiaf condition is sllloosis. - h j 4* * * - ' ' ' la the interest of eiuplieity. f will >fw to the trl-' due phase# of the disease itself. by reference to tho wigiml iaerlcsa Medioo-legal olaeelfioation of lot, toil tM tnft stages. The let stage occurs wbero the disease la in ite infancy and If tho oqployee'ta ronovod frea tho toiard. it will ant prop### ad m disability la involved. The tod and trd stages aro smh taon developed and my remit in a real Usability* If either of tbeo stages baa been reached. the reaowl of the nun Stm tbe h*it4 will usually not oteek the progress of tho dinwupi, asr la It 'joot to any wfiefaetery tro&tiwst. Saan Cmpy sf u ,. OtSgtesI Ho u r he ,tre C m m ^s M elina II, Third stage oases are very frequently fatal awl the individual diet in tbe tod step titbout wr having roadbed tbe 3rd. Death, hoeover, ueually remit# trm asm ether mqplioation. Because of the fast that the lyapte or ** oyotenuv of tho lunce art largely blocked off and rendered inert by their deposited silioa dust and sear tissue, the lungs are no longer able to oataa* infeet ion, Tbe wet eoimon lung infect loa If tUMMulosis which is contracted by aany oiliootios and is tbe ianedtpe eeaoe of their death, although it say fairly be eaid that hn it sot tor the gre-xistlaf elllooeie, the tuberouleoio wiuM wot tew bom to** tteted ^ that m ill mtotiitt tho !** at tbe situation with white m art faced, liliotets to a very reel Ailarat and at the preens* tiee presenta eurmtatset iateiitsiai haeard teite, if not properly controlled, nilXroeittlt is tho timmUS, mm of mm wopmma. At tho present tine, there are pending mums ia this country in which dosages asked for aggregate.tor in armaa of ISO,000.000,00. In South Africa |S5,000,00,00 me paid to Siliootio olaiaanto ia ono year and It io aow ottiaated that one-fifth of the total ooot of producing gold ia ttet'WM.aMeieto la the pagan*, of eUieooio elates. Tbe poeaibilitioe of m epidemic of oiliooeie olaiae ia very mil illustrated la one of om large industrial oeatere. the litigation in that oity ie alwet entirely ia the bande of ten lawyer*. During tbe year 1131, one of these lawyers ie said to have received la fees fron these oaaea, the mm of $100,000.00. and was not required to try any groat nudher of them* 1* still hao pending in hie files eoas five hundred addltieaal lain* white tew wot fit teem aettled. Mmmm of this flood of pnenionoooialoeie eases, eeplofere generally haw oom to regard thie sort of litigation ao a with this feeling, Z set very such ia sympathy.' There can be no doubt that shyster lawyers nave solicited literally hundreds of setployeee to bring motion# of thie kind, in-auf of itiiob there ia not the slightest tree# of injury. Them a--* lawyer*, with the assistance of their twin brothers ia iniquity, tho quack doctors, have prosecuted mm of these oasee to euooeesful eoMlueteae and haw forced others to uneoMoionnblo oottlMoaft*. ,, ( k p < . * s | c z i However, these facte and tho uoo of thio label met not lead you to believe that you are dealing with a situation in'which the fraudulent eases eon be defended m the grounds of blng a racket or la which thsr# ami* m ` f* sssso with attssdast liability, __u_e_b__m___attit_ude-of aiad is highly iaagoreua. Those m bom tuo coses la whioh the plaintiff* ar r*ja*imt4 by lawyers of ability and integrity and la which tbors aay or Mf aot too liability dp*t4ii|f vpm tbo pjrtioitlaf fast# if mm mum* Haia^LM^arv la a general way it my hs said that liability la tboso ea**a my ariso under tba doetriaoo of the ooaiioa law, uador the 'statute* whioh hove boon passed is tba wariou* states to protest the hwalth of *aploy** or uad*r tbo wotiaioaa if wortaaoa'a eo* paaaatioa and occupational dioeaos if* r J In itw r p mi riw O rl.iiw l fbo oomon law consists of these principles and rules of notion whioh froa tA to tla# havdbeen adopted and octad m by tb* court* b*a adalnlstoring justice la *aao* aot governed by aay written law, CM of tbo principle* established by fbo eourts tbo ooaim law ia that wfaioh roquires employers to furnish their employees with a reasonably aafa plneo la wbiob to work* . Owfiaally, ibis doctrine applied only tbo aafo-fuawllnf of mehlncry and appllaaooa fro* which aoeldonsol Injury night occur. St bae now been broadened, however, oo aa to include anything which my bo injurious to tba onployeoe' baaltb. Xt ia tbo failure on tba part of tbo employer to provide a xoanoanbly aafe piaoo to work whioh (ini flee, at eooagift law, to liability ia aiUooala eases, Ybotbor tbo eaploytr should bo boM liabla for lajuriao to bie eoplayoo'o hoaltb resulting froa failura to provide a reason* ably aafe plaoo to work depend* on Mather tbo ospleysr bad too** ledge of too existence of ouob danger. or whether, ia tb* eserolse of reasonable oar*, ho wbould bar* ban month knowledge. fbo dangers of may mnufaoturiac proooaaa* to tba health of werhnes bawo boon matter of eowoea kaewledgw a* lose no iaduotry baa boon ia axiatoaoo. Tbo dangers of ether omufaafuriag preoesses, bowtvsr, have not boon well knows for very loaf, and thla lack of knowledge should waigh heavily la favor of tbo employer in deteraialm whether bo boa provided reasonable protection for bio oaployooa. It is a deltas# whioh # can strongly urge, tat one vspm which m emonof too strongly roly. Assuming that oaployoro abould have knows of tbo dangerous character of oertain duet*, tbo ajsstlon still resale* a* to whether reasonable protection against *ueb danger* boa been provided. This is a question of foot ordinarily for tb* determination of tbo jury. Tb* various protective device* and equiposnt which hav* boon adopted by tb* Industrie* generally, or by a particular industry, furnish mm evidence %a to whether a given plant or factory 1* a rmeoaably aafe plaoo to nak, i Q ! i (2 i i * This evidence is not conclusive, however, *100# an entire industry nay bo bold to have bo*n negligent. Cneb owe* oust stand or fall on its own facts. A plaoo which would b* regarded as reason ably safe when tbo hasard was unknown or littls understood would m c*. ,r * * rwei.s ih.M ,w r,,eu- Meii** .ass*b# so considered after the hasaN Ml bmmm teowiii I# the as such t1h04abt hHsV svmhroWuAlfdlb hnawtt mwotto I0t*1. Itt-nTO eWt*hMer Wottr*awd.awp, ygrwerenn, *#, ft ^ssibiy tot sMMtf far y'mr part * <a mtsstm tt Uem days m patfoMiag, ilahllltoJMii. gitatu l may ititM, statute* lava boss adopt*4 proscribing cer tain device* and methods for the protect toa of anplayva* froa d** fart arising fro* tba inhalation of duct, Itilurs to confers to . hs*e ititutii i nsgligsao* a* a osttar of las. end if it be shovb that the disability ooaplaiaed of was a dlrsot mult of such nsg- llgsaoe, plaintiff vary probably fill xirnvm JudipHnst, The statutes of tha various state* differ greatly la de tail, and 1 shall not attsapt to sauosrats tbsa. Osasrally speaking, they include am or oors of the following provisions acquiring: the metal la* Ion of dust ellalaatiag soulposnt; the providing of pprored respirators: tha furnishing of forking clothing for *mployees; the sxoalnaiion of employees aosdhly ay a physiolaa; the furnlshlag of drssslag rotes, lavatories. hot sad sold showers, and various other toilet facilities; II* klt*MhUag @g the inside of plants and feeterloa, #M. Zt is perfectly apparsnt that aaay of those provisions wars not Intended to be aad should sot he applied to pleats pro ducing those dusts ebloh are ospeble oaly or producing sllioosis v. as opposed to those dust* which tf* is tastioslv** generally regarded as polsoaou*. It is against tbs latter dust that aaay of these w provlsloss ara designed to afford protection. Sotwithstanding this ' fact, in a wuber of rseeat sllioosis oases the Jury sere penult ted to consider any violation of these statutes in deteralalng whether or not the saployer had been guilty of negllgsnM. This present* a highly hassxdous eltuatloa. It a jury finds that the employer has bsea guilty of aoas negligence, they probably will go further end find that the iajury coaplauMd of is a dlreot rosult of suoh negligence: aad tbs finding will be sustained toy the .court if there is sow evidence in support of it. svsa though there to* strong evidence to tbs contrary* . loch of you should dstaxnlns whet statutes and stats regu lations oay govern your operations so far as protection of eaployeee fro* the daleterioue effecte of duet are concerned, end the greatest care should be exercised in conforming hereto, to avoid plaeing yourselves in the situation Z have jut described, ^ LAahi.ii.tr_gader.jiomensdtion and OcwmatiMalJttssMg lots i Vorkasn's compensation acts generally art designed to provide ccapcnsatlon for employees nbo have suffered accidental injury. In a very few states, boooue* of the terulnology used In the acts, they have been construed broadly enough to include slllooele. In addition to wortaMn's oonpensstlon sots, sons states havs adopted discs** uti ehloh in prinolple arc very oloeely analogous to the coapensation acts, but vbioh provide for ooopeneatlon either for occupational dieeases generally or for occupational diseases epeolflcally naasd is the acts, uoh s* anthrax, lead poisoning and any others. a Tr.w .M I* '* M rtln n U s iv tn H ? ... of thaw statute# iaalaia tllieoAla aa aa owmtioaai, disease, At the prsawnt time, f belief* that In Oallfor&itillBrjlaBd. Connecticut, Bassaobusette, Barth Oeketa, Vleoonsln and the District of Columbia, ailleoels it edH$imfelc altbar under tha workmen's compensation act or under tho occupational diaaaaa act. In several states, bills art ao* pending to oaks ailleoala eca* pasanhla uM wo or the other m thaws aota, ItffMafflUWtta Legislation of thia oharaetar ia the strongest bulwark you can orract against future dlaaotar. It haa bean rocooondsd by tba League of Mat iona and haa betts adapted hr tiny of the great 1adustrial eountriaa. In our country, Congrapt has Very limited peware la dealing vlth thla problaa aid the individual atataa have Sean aoefully looking in ooping with tba aituatloa and Z oanaot urge too strongly that you give your aotiva support to properly dram blUa aasking to auk* oUieoaia aoqpanaaaK, la itegiaMd ad many of bar dominions vhioh have had aa tanalva exparianos vith alliooela and kindred dleeaeae the dleahilltlea have been ande oBpsaaable m4m occupational disease aota and the aystaw generally hat bean very auecooaftal. Bader sudh aota the vloioua situation nltb wtoieh m ax* nm faoed, the filing of thousands of notions for damages by acttmlanoa-ohaaiag lawyers would be largely, if not entirely eliminated. the shyster lawfcar will fonant litigation only so long m he will rooalvo a substantial portion of the raeovery* As soon aa his fee beoonea a negligible juaatity, then, and then 4y, will'hie intaraat eoaae. ndir loamy of tbs butter drama ooqpenaatioa acta, lopl fees are strlotly Halt*. c 1 The ellniaaticm of larp legal fees ia a raal benefit to tbe aaployaa, Ondsr properly dram esepanaatlon aota. tba injured an or bis dependents are tboaa who receive tba benefits, not the l&wytti ami qpwt vitnaaaea uaed in the proeeoutiom of the mm. Thla benefit ie alee shared by tba employer, ' Litigation of this oheraetor le very expensive. In a rscant oaea tried ia Vest Virginia for alllooaia, tba trial lasted for eight weeks and resulted is a disagreement by the jury, thereby necessitating a repetition of the whole process. The expense of trial in one ease with which I aa soaowbat familiar was in excess of 105,003,06 and the ease was w there ms m liability, Under ooapeneatioa acta the eoapenaation ia payable ia installments, In many eases, if it ie fouad that the award was un- warranted, the olalaaat aay be reexamined and hie compensation oy bo reduced or discontinued. This, of 'course, would not be possible if tbe east were tried to a Jury, . 1 , ' < the value of this particular feature le rather will illustrated by an incident which occurred last summer. 4 negro brought a claim against a allies ooegany alleging permanent total disability from silicosis. His ease was investigated by the o* ploysr's lnsuraaos carrier and it was their oonoluslon that aettlsaant of 10,500.00 should be wade, lay such substantial settlement must nave been based upon their oonvlotion that the case ! M1Jna * l CTis,r A re h i^ sw ' presented a real disability sad a real liability, fte olaiM adjustor vent to tbo rssldenos of tbo olalaont and sseortod his dom to tjta office of tbs iawrano* Mepaay to receive Ms ebook, On tbe kay dees tbs elainont as to distressed by Aorta*** of breath and general debility that be found it neeessvy to atop several tiaes m each blook for a rest. Be presented nhat appeared to be a son la tbs throe of a aortal eilaeml, Bs reoelved lie cheok end eoae stoke aftersard tha olaiaaat partioipotod in a baseball gone in shloh hie bat tine record eoneigted of a boa# run. two triples, two doubles.and three stolen baste. Seedless te say. had this ana been receiving works*' ooqptasatloa. Ms arnurd mid have been promptly ddaoontinuod. Xn tons states tha defendant in a lawsuit does not have tbo right to a physical exaalnation of tbe plaintiff, whereas under workaen'e compensation, acts this right would be granted. Id mms of tbs kind with shioh m are hers oonoorned, this is of tye great est importance is view of the foot that without the tie# of x-ray it is lapossible to dstemine a plaintiff's raal oomdltioa; nor is the defendant safe in relaying on X-ror plates produced by the plain tiff. Tbe technique of taking an X-ray -photograph in silicosis oases met be followed with tie greatest ears or tbs photograph will not show tbs true condition, ft is possible for skillful X-ray operators to take X-ray photograph* is such a way as to tlao- late a siliootie condition shersns la reality as euob condition otually salats. . that is svsa acre inportaat than tbs advantages upon which X have briefly eosxaoBtsd, is tne elimination of lay juries frost eases of this kind. Vs or* not here dealing with the type of in jury which the jury oan visualise and understand, such ns a broken leg, but with a very complex lung condition whies le not understood wen by the nedloal profession generally. Xvea after soas experience mjr^ooepetent doctors ore incapable of aeourattly diagnoalng a < j fc, ,lu r w . f c n, Uuch of the svidonoe la these oases oonaiats la the teeti- ooay of aedloal exports. Xa all eases you will find that a sharp conflict will exist between the plaintiff's experts and those of tns defendant. ffcoir testloony will not only be ooafliotlng but will tee in such fora sad couched la such language os to be wholly uni*- tslligible to tbe jury and often to the court. That a jury oma weigh each toetinoay sad cone to a correct eoaolueioa is ooct Improbable, ^ ` t ^ < *" j Xa coaponeatloa oasos the hearing is bad before oorulsslonors or a aoaical board, who in tiao will boooaft suffiolontly fsail lor with tbs subject to onable thou to arrive at a reasonably correct ooaalusion; wboroas, in jury oasos, saob case is trisd bofors a new jury, who have no information on tbs subject at all. If care is takes in tbo drafting of a cooponeationlaw. the proper aaohlnory oan be sot up to oininia* tha possibility or recovery is fraudulent cases. ,t will not b* fool-proof, but it will bs a step in tbs right direction and will untluatoly prove its worth both to weployer and ss$loyee. j f j ! * i ivttju liner miummii M ellon U a lw tis ; C M iinat H u s k 9* ill? *? 1t / The difficulties sneoumSafai is trying ensdg if this . kind to a Jury were Tory well Illustrated In a recent out wherein tho plaintifs c:^plur*l by ths defendant cocunay, which m sngaasd la *hi oulvsrlssr? of tilloa. He brought wit, nlleglaf total nndr permanent disutility resulting fron silicosis. Tbs record in this same uwsrs owt a thtnsaai printed pops. The defendant produced m witnesses the most eutstsadini experts in tte country in tko flold of dust. Anctsf them were Professor Brlaksr of Harvard. Bp. lupiw# f. fmdaxgxam, Sr. Frederick Bstjer. Bar, traderiok Vlllaoa, tad others whose opinions oa this suhjoet navs town geMfsHy 0f$4. The testimony conclusively showed that tho dofaada&t hod taken every possible preoautlom for the proteotlon of its mrkmm against dust, that it had installed ike latest end most approved type of dust-arresting maoblnery, and hod furnished the workmen without charge, the most effielest respirators available whioh they Tor* eompelind to sear under psanlty ef diaoharpt Or. Fendrrgxac, one of the outstanding losmtgsaolegistf In the oouatry and on authority on lung pathology resulting front the inhalation of dust, described in detail to tie jury the cardinal points from whloh it sight be dstarminad whether or not a person sere suffering frost eillooele. is presented aa X-ray photograph of the plaintiff's ling to tbs jury and described it as a noreal healthy lung, pointing out in tbs ninutest detail why it could not be said to be elliootio, la eoosared this photo graph with tbs photograph of a lung whloh was silicotic and pointed out the eharaeterietio differences between the* two lungs. Mis testimony nuts eorrobotatod by other sspsrte of unquestioned re putation. Xa ay opinion no reasonable win, having any adequate inforaatlon oonoeming thie problem oould possibly have found either that the olainant had eillooele or that the defindant had been guilty of any negligence. lotwithstanding this foot, the jury brought in a verdlot against the defendant for $13,060.00, That suoh a verdict was entirely unmnrranted we borne out by the action of tbs Circuit Oourt of Appeals, whloh set It aside and dirsotsd that judgewnnt be entered in favor ox the deferdont, on the theory that no negligence had. been shown. If the doicndaat in thieoass hoi been guilty of negligence and ite wild defense brd coneleted in proof that the plaintiff aid not have elllcoaii, it is probable that the Oourt of Appeals would not have reversed the judgsaent of the loses oourt. mgllUkftJf MWl 5?-hapj the aost important single ltea la your eillooele problem is the clia*saticn of the dust hesard. I suggest that each of you *.roist a Silicosis Cownittss who shall be oharged with the responsibility of dealing with your problem. The personnel of euob a Committee should be composed of responsible / executives.' Their work will require the exercise of sound judge!<'' wnt and will involve a very considerable amount of money. They should adopt a problem suitable to your individual needs and see that it la oarrlsd out la detail. This program should include an i c $  vI I' . * ?: aosurat* 4#t**iJs,Ue. iif flui oaiwtanat iff dual toward# dM|tMifli toy lb* taking of <hu*t court; *| tb# iartallsUe of ad#iti aquite * '' ant to rtmwo tb# kiu4 wh#r# poaiiMo. and tb# urn m-'kmmvo&, r#*prator* bef foaowal of tbo tart it sol two i*M ton&a## off asdieal cuponrioioa of apploytoo isoludiag X-ray at ion before on>loiait and p#?iodioaUg th#?*ftft*rf tb* fo*trUg` ,, of prop*? legislation* tbo lBV*tlfatio off laws portiaoat to ytm * ofwratloui and \mm wtoiete a oharp off sagllftB## night bo.UMd..dll off tb* aoUTitiia.ahaOd too earn## osfey tbr'mrneo off btsmml *- m ttoat you uy too ouro tbstyou km taadfltof with tho lava off tat*, and that tbo Jtoot# off your situation mmif to* so &a$mbl& and reoordod is *^ok n -- - jh--Bfif- iU'ho>`of tip fmtofft vsluo is ovosi of s futpPMdai d|* .*,!r-,ft " ; - < .*,** ^* .* . *A'?**Ya*<* .Jkio--trww-*. 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Ar-u ` - along line* dff pr*/<wtiag. ox at least .toiMaislJg tb* ia various industries, tout again, tbor* is now no oontral elsarisc' bous# -- no pluoo b*r*tba* things obn to# o**iitol#d,' #tudl*d aad porbap# cad# 2 ator into d#fflnito and r#sguid ctandard#. 4* I a fcOUfitUl .Ilo_a I__t_b_ttfl_f a*ttffl.pft*4`^y .MiBlI'pMpA.iB fta_sioe.* xooftiltloa vlftb lailfftrtaft tuewit aM Ptybipt of~fj*Mapitff otanott?. and ftbt actt mmaaaxf fMaf tbould art fe# Itfft llkTfoptr, 'm Vot fTMOi1, IN* Mi'K tawflittr M, tettlffc|r : Industry at a ilt bat liftftlt, if aar oesw^ioft f tb a start nationally, of tibia 4a*af mult totlcaft, 4 m teoviadjp at ft o nbara 'it will sesi tftrikt -- tod ?ofy iaadAMAfta Aatanm againa* It* ttoara it bo 0M:yl4M abort aU lafoMaftioa imp- tbit vtf gttm tteaaft cm M'mM avaiUMo to t ftp ' gottmatift oaf |fe ff*#la* ' - . I 3n> ' Xadutiry mat .vttmiaa in itt <nm &#fa#o;%a4 oooyosaftt togatbar, both la taftnaMiac inraotad *>nita& and-in woftaetlag ftp 11m and baalfti-rthtbo* aploiV-mi'lafcrtf.bypanlftaria* tad m# tetulBMt* . .v v< ''W Swwtgv . .. ** ..v.gb,-# .*. . la oioain*,"4aft m wrga aamia ftbat ipr-|M4 man ft allainata tba intartoft-.of .ftbt Mtoutanoo-abatin iUM will BOft bt oaiijTOft .for dust diswtt fttti1 of olainanta tbo kwt.-yo diataat. And, of-----to ftbt nalfora of our ptoylt.- industry sb< ""Tjt/tboft bt!g ;gris bb5f ..-tayortaao bouac in rdar to ftbaft. ftbt baaagt.if dart 4imm Btit lUNOi? pd*HiMi*i' . U Bttllf ` -'; # vr\. * 1 **: '**. ir .sty* t ", . . *.-*<" . : . * * ' v> ur *.' t: 'if .it?-* '' *y .' Id.'*.-.-.' _%.: . - Pi'. 3?--s4'\ . * V' "I*" \ J i i i% i ! i rf ft '0 '.'rtdotf t i i I si