the death of the insured employee, they are enabled to so reorganize their households as to at least prevent pauperism. Had the employees covered in the table been insured under the Workmen's Compensation Act, a total of $164,488 would have been due for burial expenses, or as payments to dependents. As a matter of fact, only $60,322.42 was paid, — an average payment in each case of $701.42 as against an average sum due, under insurance, of $1,900.57. The total number of dependents surviving these fatally injured, non-insured employees is 208, of whom 54 are widows, 113 children and 41 fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, the average payment per dependent being $236. The lack of uniformity in the adjustment of claims may be noted by reference to the table, a settlement of several thousand dollars being agreed upon in cases where no dependents were left, while in other cases, where the liability was apparently of equal or greater weight, and widows and minor children survive, the notation is made of "no settlement," or a ridiculously low figure. The uniform compensation provided under the Workmen's Compensation Act makes such settlements impossible, providing automatically for the payment of half the financial loss suffered by the death of the employee for a period of three hundred weeks from the date of the injury. WOMEN WAGE EARNERS. In the statistical table regarding accidents to women the basic figures were taken from reports made to the Industrial Accident Board, with the exception of the number of employees, which was taken from the "Statistics of Manufactures" for the year 1912. No information relating to the number of employees was available for many of the classifications; consequently, the study of such classifications is incomplete. Considering the relationship between the percentage of employees and the percentage of accidents reported, we find that in all but three groups comparatively fewer women than men were injured. This is especially true in the following, in which the difference between the percentage of women employed and women injured is from 15 to 50 per cent.: candy makers, 49; straw workers, 49; silk mills, 48; broom and brush makers, 40; rubber factories, 39; linen mills, 32; other papers, 31; knitting mills, 28; button makers, 28; other chemical workers, 26; paper and pulp mills, 26; cotton mills, 24; box makers (paper), 23; woolen mills, 19; trunk makers, 19; shoe factories, 18; soap makers, 18; carpet mills, 17; printing and publishing establishments, 17; other miscellaneous industries, 17. Of candy makers, 74 per cent. were women, to whom 25 per cent. of the accidents occurred; of the straw workers, 60 per cent. were women, to whom 11 per cent. of the accidents occurred; in the silk mills women made up 69 per cent. of the employees, to whom 21 per cent. of the accidents occurred; of the brush and broom workers, women comprised 55 per cent. of the employees, to whom 15 per cent. of the accidents occurred; 25 per cent. of the trunk makers were women, to whom 6 per cent. of the accidents occurred; 26 per cent. of the soap makers were women, to whom 8 per cent. of the accidents occurred. The three exceptions mentioned above are the clothing makers, fruit and vegetable canners and preservers and harness and saddle makers; in these there is a small percentage of women employees, with a large percentage of accidents to them. Women comprise 37 per cent. of the cloth ing makers, with 54 per cent. of the accidents; 26 per cent. of the fruit canners, etc., with 85 per cent. of the accidents, and 25 per cent. of harness and saddle makers, with 32 per cent. of the accidents. In the following industries the percentages of women employed and women injured were fairly equal, the difference being 15 per cent. or less. These were the corset makers, not specified industries, makers of blank books, etc., sail, awning and tent makers, other food preparers, copper and tin plate factories, watch and clock factories, not specified textiles, bakeries and foundries. Seven thousand five hundred and forty, or 8.4 per cent. of the total number of accidents reported, occurred to women, and considering only the industries in which accidents to women were reported, 8.9 per cent. of them were to women. In 7 of the 20 industries reporting 1,000 or more accidents, we find women making up a fair proportion of the number of employees. The wholesale and retail trade heads the list with 7,541 accidents, 1,060 of them to women. Unfortunately, there are no statistics showing the number of employees in this classification. In cotton and woolen mills, shoe and rubber factories, paper and pulp mills, in not specified manufacturing industries and other miscellaneous industries, employees are made up of from 24 to 47 per cent. of women, to whom from 8 to 22 per cent. of the accidents occurred. The most hazardous of the group, so far as women are concerned, seem to be foundries, other iron and steel workers, other metal workers, not specified and miscellaneous industries, where women make up from 1.6 to 26 per cent. of the employees, with from .8 to 9 per cent. of the accidents, and the shoe factories and woolen mills following, in which women make up 34 and 39 per cent. of the employees, respectively, with 16 and 20 per cent. of the accidents. The least hazardous are the rubber factories, paper and pulp mills and cotton mills. Of all the industries in which women make up 5 per cent. or more of the total employees, the least hazardous are the candy and straw factories and silk mills. The most hazardous were the clothing makers, fruit and vegetable canners, harness and saddle makers, not specified textiles, bakeries, watch and clock factories, other iron and steel workers, other wood workers, other food preparers, sail, awning and tent makers, makers of blank books, dyeing and finishing textiles and print works, rope and cordage factories and paper box factories. Naturally, the largest percentage of accidents to women was among the corset makers, of whom they made up 89 per cent. of the total number employed. Only one fatality arising out of employment was reported among women. ing makers, with 54 per cent. of the accidents; 26 per cent. of the fruit canners, etc., with 85 per cent. of the accidents, and 25 per cent. of harness and saddle makers, with 32 per cent. of the accidents. In the following industries the percentages of women employed and women injured were fairly equal, the difference being 15 per cent. or less. These were the corset makers, not specified industries, makers of blank books, etc., sail, awning and tent makers, other food preparers, copper and tin plate factories, watch and clock factories, not specified textiles, bakeries and foundries. Seven thousand five hundred and forty, or 8.4 per cent. of the total number of accidents reported, occurred to women, and considering only the industries in which accidents to women were reported, 8.9 per cent. of them were to women. In 7 of the 20 industries reporting 1,000 or more accidents, we find women making up a fair proportion of the number of employees. The wholesale and retail trade heads the list with 7,541 accidents, 1,060 of them to women. Unfortunately, there are no statistics showing the number of employees in this classification. In cotton and woolen mills, shoe and rubber factories, paper and pulp mills, in not specified manufacturing industries and other miscellaneous industries, employees are made up of from 24 to 47 per cent. of women, to whom from 8 to 22 per cent. of the accidents occurred. The most hazardous of the group, so far as women are concerned, seem to be foundries, other iron and steel workers, other metal workers, not specified and miscellaneous industries, where women make up from 1.6 to 26 per cent. of the employees, with from .8 to 9 per cent. of the accidents, and the shoe factories and woolen mills following, in which women make up 34 and 39 per cent. of the employees, respectively, with 16 and Oper cent. of the accidents. The least hazardous are the rubber factories, paper and pulp mills and cotton mills. 20 Of all the industries in which women make up 5 per cent. or more of the total employees, the least hazardous are the candy and straw factories and silk mills. The most hazardous were the clothing makers, fruit and vegetable canners, harness |