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356    THE COMMUNIST

2. STATES PAYING DESIGNATED SUMS FOR LIMITED NUMBER OF YEARS.

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State | Average Weekly Amount | Number of Years | Total not to exceed
Alabama | $10.00 | 11 | —
Connecticut | 11.50 | 10 1/3 | —
Delaware | 10.00 | 9 1/2 | $4,000
Georgia | 9.50 | 7 | 5,000
Hawaii | 12.50 | 6 1/4 | 5,000
Indiana | 9.35 | 10 | 5,000
Iowa | 10.50 | 8 | —
Kansas | 10.50 | 8 | —
Kentucky | 10.00 | 8 | 6,000
Louisiana | 11.50 | 8 | —
Maine | 11.00 | 10 | 6,000
Maryland | 13.00 | 7 1/2? | 5,000
Arizona | 10.00? | 8? | 4,000
Massachusetts | 11.50 | 10 | 4,000
Michigan | 10.50 | 10 | 7,000
Minnesota | 14.00 | 14 | 10,000
New Hampshire | 10.50 | 6 | 4,500
New Jersey | 12.50 | 8 | 6,800
New Mexico | 9.00 | 10 1/3 | 6,240 
Oklahoma | 13.00 | 10 | 6,000
Pennsylvania | 9.00 | 10 | 6,00
Tennessee |  10.00 | 8 | 5,000
Texas | 13.50 | 8 | 8,000
Vermont | 10.50 | 5 | 4,000
Virginia | 9.00 | 10 | 4,500
Wisconsin | 12.51 | Number of years not specified; depends on age of worker.
South Dakota | 11.25 | 5 1/2 | 5,000

The States of Maryland, Michigan, Arizona, South Dakota and Texas declare in their statutes that payment is to be made "during disability." No more clumsy subterfuge was ever made. By limiting the total to be paid, the fund is sooner or later exhausted and the disabled workman is left without any means of support, since his disability is permanent and total.

3. STATES PAYING FOR LIFE

In this group some states provide a uniform payment for life, while the remainder do not, but instead, allow a comparatively higher