History of labor legislation in the Scandinavian countries . Year Amount of Compensation Additional Compengaticn. 1909 536,640 32,H*S190g 553,545 22,534 1907 535,091 27,954 1906 520,103 17,4121905 475,119 14,016 1904 473,117 12,336 1903 442,309 7,4S5190* 419,726 12,6601901 555,208 2,4001900 449,165 1*99 lliUfikfifl 5,164, 122,630 With reference to the merits and defects of the accident insuranoe lawof 1S95 the organized workingmen urge that the present compensation is insuffi-cient, at least for the more severe injuries and in ouse of injuries sustainedby young persons. They stat
History of labor legislation in the Scandinavian countries . Year Amount of Compensation Additional Compengaticn. 1909 536,640 32,H*S190g 553,545 22,534 1907 535,091 27,954 1906 520,103 17,4121905 475,119 14,016 1904 473,117 12,336 1903 442,309 7,4S5190* 419,726 12,6601901 555,208 2,4001900 449,165 1*99 lliUfikfifl 5,164, 122,630 With reference to the merits and defects of the accident insuranoe lawof 1S95 the organized workingmen urge that the present compensation is insuffi-cient, at least for the more severe injuries and in ouse of injuries sustainedby young persons. They state, however, th the awards are made with reasonablepromptness and that the determination of the degree of disability by the insur-ance oounoil is usually satisfactory. In regard to the lump sum payment, theybelieve that this system is the best for general purposes but believe that annui-ties would be preferable in the oase of severe injuries. The Danish law uses thelump sumpayment because it was the intention of the framers of the measure that 1. Ibid. p. 9. the compensation should not furnish continuous support to invalids or survivors,but should furnish a means of bridging over the difficulties resulting from anaooident. Experience seems to have shown, however, that in the oase of severeinjuria*, an annuity would be preferable. Whenever conditions are auoh that theindividual injured oannot or does not invest his compensation profitably, theresult Is thut suoh of It will be squandered or imprudently spent* The workingmen reoommend tho following ohanges in the law; (1) Thutemployment in u regular trade shall not determine, as it now does, whether theinjured person haa any oluim to insurance aooording to the law. Every person whohas work to be performed whloh is subjeot to the law ajld who engages a workingmanto do this work ought to be liable for compensation. (2) That drivers, who atpresent are almost always exempted, be inoluded within the luw, (3) That loadersand unlouders of
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