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FILE NAME: John Crane (JC) DATE: 0000 DOC#: JC063 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Report of Silicosis Committee [Illinois Manufacturers' Assoc.] ; 28 , .M m M m m i- m m m wM V I r ^ E X H I B I T v ;* verdict nJ $)O.OOQ against ih, *iirw*r<a, Ocert tit ajtdi by ' . -K-785 S ilic o sis Committee Appeal on ihc (round that mi the p im of th< employi Illinois Manufacturers' Association Mhh-lird, but she ripfiur . )o be We b> the employer 0 . E. Mount, Chairman Mr. Hinh (houghs alt such d ie t should i l i c o s i s and sim ila r diuas* euud coi ihcr \\ more frequrnt colds, be tried unde the Workmen' Compenu* Con Art. The w ii no need of a ;ury. S by the in h alin g of d u ll h iv e crested bf6ith>iii, uidgrnia and presently tupercu* The evidence should be prcxntcd to com* suen i problem fo r 11 lllin o it m sn u li'e - Ja*`n following liticosit due to imutiort. mMlion, at w it th pnetic in Caiudi t u rc n , in v o lv in g m illio n of dollars in " The 4utiiiof Inmaiefy mutt bC Settled and Croat firitain, He referred to \H chirr* fof dam age* ip common*!** iuiu, o n ! permanent basis with a properly drafud igalntt on employer in Si. Louis, rh i( the o n ly rem edy jeem* to br to include oerupaiioiul disease law, A state board which had ,idled $100.600 for one attnmry. *uch c *jcs in ttu W o rk m e n '* Com pcnu* to p m upw liiicoitt and similar diiease* It lilicoaii caici were tried before a com* ' ton A rt, should be ippOiAtrd. upscale from the minion, H would be possible to pay the S e v e ra l m ectingt o f <hc S ilico ti* Cum* present Industrial Cwtminiflfl. The (Ilf* ('mpenutuut in monthly intuMmerts and lift and iu iub*commiMii ere held ncit induitrul CommitJieft does not want if the employe went back to ork and .u rin g the ytsr. At i meeting on Septem lot of lung cases, Pint will have to be ihut*rd in improved eondnion. the ward ber fi, il * si unanimously decided l" imro- starved a its origin l i i rMUlt M more could be cut dawn or discontinued due an amendment If possible at a ipetu) careful methods m factories, Dincmira* J. L Enrlywin of the lltioii Steel tiiio tl o( the L tg itlrtu fe , reading at (ui* non of iu ir must be vcidrd, Company stated that up to three *sr four low s; " Few irduiMies cm Cnpe with thi* liliio* yean ago, no employer ru lu td the danger Amend paragraph 7 of nctioo J of the sis problem and remain AronciaJJy sound, frnm lilieoeis tod other d u ll rtiscisev Compensation Act by inerting therein even if thpj u-nt* the eases, Theft should Twenty V tm UO no tufy ever had i/te r the word in the lecond line, "vapor*." be ph>ti<4) c\am>nii<yts at least every a ease of lilicosi*. i f lawyer and d*eter the fctiou'fiig; "tilicon dioxide <Ju>( or other l i t months jnd if the wnrkmsn shows were horvir, most of the case cnuld be noRieut or poljnnoyj duns," io that said tiibermlorii or healed tubtreuluilt, he defeated, he laid. Paragraph that) read ai follow*) Should br put in some other occupation, I StVfcoM D/oafdo "In any_enterprise wherein molten met), know o l twenty men vhd %n the ipp irtnt M r. Earlywhte itatcd he had defended OP explosive or injurieui gases or u p o n , picture of health, but x-ray m m iru tio n i case* during the fait two and off<hilt ycira lilicon dioxide duit nr other noxious qr how ilieem (HoxiiitT and had reached the fioftchtiion that u licM poisonous dvsti, or ififiammable vapors or Dr. Harvey mommctidcd that those dioxide wi th only daflftroui dust H r fluid*, or corroiive acids arc manufactured, prcient secure the following publication for thoojtht st would U uffirtcru in braend the used. generaled, Stored or conveyed in * study of che effect pi dust opm Certain A rt to cover uch oai. Evcnr Induitrial daftgcroui ouantitid," d m m i - employer of ffltiaoi was subject 10 loch A'ru A r*v/fo * krport by the TrdumUl Commission of use* aad must W in a position to defend Thereafter add to scaion 3 i new par** \W .m iirt, on ` Effrci of Ptt/t kPflflljR e Respiratory System,*' hiM tttf against a racket H referred to graph 7Vi i f lollowi \ "A n y disability to or death of *n tn * heQjVi by she Commjjnon ot damage in which id p*r cent o f the fee* went tn the lawywn and atased tht if an p lo jcc resulting from e*Pour to silicon Wisconsin. giving genera) order* in W # ttftinfl with dint fume*. vapnes and gi. employ obtained t judgment of ili.000, tH would be lucky if he got $S.006 foe dioxide dust or other noxious or poVoui d v itl, *hll COMtitUll iPl eeidenlit injury Repcri by a eotnmiiiion ippmi?t4 by himself after alt the court cost wr paid. for w hich oom penution hall be payable Cm*ernor ^inehne on ocruparlunct d*mrra, iiued by the Pctm iyivina InduiffUt Cum* He referred to in u n iu tu fo l attempt trodtT W Act.'* million, Harnpurg, to secure an amcDdmeut in ihe Workmen* Compcnatioo Act at th Ust icitio n of the A lte r $ brief presentation o l the pur* Ja u n w l of ihe A m rti IMrt*] Am t- Iflintfti Cenerit AiKtnbiy, the failure being post of th ii inm ing, D r, A . M# Harvey of the Crane Company w u called upon to <*asion for Atsguit l^ J W s b r | r ly dot to the fact Out Ihe traptoym d/Kua* SiliftHiMnd Dujt Dikk from l+g. *t .J..t.f.i.c.rt* w o t not ttniicd. The prom t pUn w u to Medical Point of View." i A. C. H in h o i tHt OwcniIlthao< CUat stgrodocc an amendment to th Workmen** Silicon and similar dust d i* iw , Dr. I Company, u)VJ on ihe l ^ a j ATpect qf CnvrsiKA^atkio Act. which wooM include Harvey pointed out, confront Illinois and \ Silicosis and Other.putt DtK?<w sittcoA dmxidt and other dust diaeairs, and t_v__ery -o. 1th.e.r .. .tWati* AA l f. euw montl.hfti a.c.fat Um i>f |fat.mft O* , * K . sn irnrvioTlv. ii nl igi ' j du s>ftt 4d'.iiw aie* rtxs it would be fteerisary to obtain an igTtrt w i* citimated damage claim tn^4rin< *tituird * rackrt, he lU t n l but the ptobUfa njpit arhh nrganiitd tabor to thr mend* &O.OOO.O had either Wen tried tr UHcd. bad u t u*ri,nj de. While massy o k * ment to iwiter to hiv the prnpoul sub Probably double that amount at the proern were JraiMioifut * cmpltifcr could nor go mitted m the Govmnf'* ett to< a Sptcial time confrexu tmployeri Compenwison J mo esnirt vfih their fraudutrcM charaettf 5e)iimv and aim for the reason tlut two* asked o f indulto* for cenai worker who at * U&s*. Many o ie * * t f t boni hd*. fhirrli Vote of the lu i U tu fe was nrccs- presumably arc disabled, but i t reality a Thct ml lit <v might mnf b? liibUtty, aary to m re the patuge nf ihg proposed tribute II betnff levied Upti inductor by fu r Afl vw > thereJu bccsi knowledge amendment rP t spr:tl w vi-rv th<it wh *rc getting the tribute from the lhac errurp d^'ct y rr ou5cd~by Ter David R, CUrke, counseL talkrd no th periti who claim to be injured. The th ly^o nt daft. Thr ltw o^tctnyln importance of ha%Sng |h< im mdmm t in* money i i going to smart doctor* and tlu l a wnrk^vsn shnul<rh"^ 4',^ ^ t4ar ^ chsdrsT in the call (or a sfxtvat <4t<Wxi and U w jrfs. m whsch Id wmbT Knr tw stv veara th m nrnpnsod (hat Mr* Ea/lyvinc (V the nui* "Thsrty yean w * 4 Dr Harvey, fes been mriye^oy h it livsw inlictn f dim trf up with representative of la W , "it w u p rcd inni that a gradui! increase d n f iK I iff v arav i COumrifi tivl for M W . E, Crncombe of the American Min* of lung tli^ iie t due to tceupatul 4u tens ycifv Chia cournyy h>> hern tmlvimr gaht*t S lftl Compart)', sated ili<mii c im might be Xpert!, bur no ne expected the lhKgm effcct ..f1t dJ ,ui sidt npnn iiltkw^ HfrJ* I .r. B.Wli l.tifii. involving j^l.<106,066 in Hsmase ere o4 growth nf thousand* of caie*, U ha be^ tem. the enurt doekrti in New York. o lir t i i (tfAre-sinn the plainhft j^Iir"'"^fir1h mied thar th Mibiwt of ipr* F, H. EUm ol the Amerirsn Strvi FoundriM, lutrtl the increijcd c u t of hai nothing 10 lose *nd may have some* citFirgsAiieY'rtVerihg dut hacirds had \\<* easci Jp Pennsylvania nivemst illieo* thing U gaill, hcrn cnnslftml in t numtef Of sUlCI ami sis amnunitdlo bom %pet (<. *~Silicrtiii and similar d fsc im re tiu*d h tiw raJ sijie> U n i rrbni'C to ih haurd by T H rth ia litk ro ^ tfri^ * 'p ic oarocleV had bevn In tutes whrte such Commoewcilth Edisqn Company, Chi o l silica which kxlcc in (he Ium md Jc* k m `' f ini in neri, pbintff Ipnk thfr cago. lu* Med with th Him*,- Com* vefop siowiy--ihe prntrest nf i k diuu lumi f,.f Usmic* fccfnre enpimeui Uw fhercf CortimilliflP I rfICO n( nduatrial drpending ujmn thr t|Ulttlity illlutcd ind lit Crtym Thi u n veciditufly r'p rrsis rate Changes which should interest many C & 0 iO lime of ci|^iure, Syminnm a p K ir (or melrtjrM- The Pen-Ss fvani Pulver. niaimfaeittrrr in Chicago. The eom- iUw`|y, with hnrnifM m ' bfejiHt and dift iter ras hid coi j-ulnno ine legai rx pany'i (Autraet dpartmeist %%ppared cult}1*in bresth'ng, The i|Oietit a Oprivi* ixiiw i. im hiilnij a rerurd ol (he case. A to give full Hiformatton. o <> I