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THE COMMUNIST

coal dust accumulating in the pits thus knowingly jeopardizing the men's lives.  In the other industries greed for profits plays a role no less incriminating.
  It is to be expected that a capitalist management which ignores ordinary precautions will deal harshly with the surviving dependents of the 22,000 workers industrially murdered each year.  And accordingly it is so.  The tables listed below speak for themselves.  No amount of clever news headlines declaring that 600,000 dollars was paid to the widows of 300 dead miners can hide the fact that each widow receives only $3,000 for herself and children.

COMPENSATION IN CASE OF DEATH

The method used in compensating the dependent survivors of the dead worker varies in the several States.  Some States pay a lump sum; others designate sums for limited periods; and the remainder allow a pension for life until beneficiary remarries.  One State, Oklahoma, grants no compensation whatever.

1.  STATES PAYING LUMP SUMS TO DEPENDENTS IN CASE OF DEATH TO THE WORKER:

[[3 Columned Table, 1 Sub-Column, 4 Total]]
|State|Amount Paid to dependents|Modifying Provisions|
      Min.|Max.|

|Alaska|$3,900|$7,800|a) Number of children  b) Marital state  c) Dependent parents|

|Arizona|.....|4,000|.....|

|California|.....|5,000|.....|

|Delaware|712|5,130|a) Amount of wages  b) Percentage voted by Commission|

|Kansas|1,400|3,800|Not to exceed 3 years earnings

|New Hamps.|.....|3,000|3 yrs. wages not to exceed $20 per week.|

|Porto Rico|2,000|4,000|a) Number of children  b) Earning capacity|

|South Dakota|1,650|3,000|Proportioned to 50% of wages earned for 4 years.|

|Wisconsin|2,100|5,600|Based on yearly wages:  Min.  $525; Max. $1,400|

|Wyoming|2,000|3,600|Number of children|