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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION IN U.S.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics from which our data is taken does not declare that all the above States provide lump sums but that is the inference that can be drawn from the stated facts.  The comparatively high maximum for Alaska is a decoy since so many conditions are attached as to make it in practice unobtainable. Figures do not lie but liars do figure.

2. STATES PAYING DEPENDENTS A MAXIMUM AMOUNT

[[4 Columned Table]]
|State|Average Weekly Amount|No. of Years|Total Not to exceed|

|Alabama|$10.00|6|$5,000|
|Colorado|8.50|6 1/4|3,750|
|Georgia|8.17|6|5,000|
|Indiana|9.35|6|5,000|
|Kentucky|8.50|6 2/3|4,000|
|Maine|11.00|6|4,000|
|Maryland|13.00|8 1/4|5,000|
|Massachusetts|10.00|10|4,000|
|Ohio|10.81|8 1/4|6,500|
|Utah|9.60|6 1/4|5,000|
|Vermont|13.46|5 1/10|3,500|
|Rhode Island|7.00|6|4,500|
|Tennessee|10.00|8|6,000|
|Connecticut|11.50|6 1/4|5,616|
|Idaho|9.00|8|4,800|
|Illinois|14.75|4|4,250|
|Iowa|10.50|6|4,500|
|Louisiana|11.50|6|6,000|
|Michigan|10.50|6|4,200|
|Minnesota|14.00|7 1/2|7,500|
|Montana|9.25|8|5,000|
|Nebraska|10.50|7|5,250|
|New Jersey|12.50|6|5,100|
|New Mexico|14.00|6|5,400|
|Pennsylvania|6.75|6|3,600|
|Texas|13.50|7 1/10|7,200|

3. STATES PAYING FOR LIFE OR UNTIL REMARRIAGE OF DEPENDENT WIDOW OR WIDOWER

[[3 Columned Table]]
|State|Average Weekly Amount|Provisions Raising or Lowering Weekly Average|

|Nevada|$14.40| (a) based on max. basic wage of $30 per week  (b) number of children