Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1916 — TRACES “SAFETY FIRST” MOVE [ARTICLE]

TRACES “SAFETY FIRST” MOVE

Arthur Hunter Says It Followed Workingmen's Compensation Legislation. Montclair, N. J. —Arthur Hunter, president of the Actuarial Society of America, told the Montclair Heights Community club that the “safety first” movement was a sequel to the adoption of workingmen’s compensation laws. He said there used to be a saying that in the erection of large buildings] it took “one life for every story.” He pointed out that under the compensation act the Woolworth building lu New York was erected without a fatality. Unemployment Insurance, Mr. Hunter held, should be distributed to men justly out of work, but only enough should be paid to "keep the wolf from the door” in order to prevent people from dodging employment.