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 of getting speedy justice, what will we say about "N" and "O," who have had limbs cut off through the carelessness of "A"? If we have given a remedy to "M" for his hay or potatoes, should we not give some certain compensation for "N" and "O" for their limbs? If the principle applies in one case, does it not apply in the other? Here we have the principle of the work-



men's compensation act, but suppose there are others—p, q, and r. "P" is a competitor who has a clear case of unfair discrimination in interstate trade against the steel trust. "Q" is a man who has a patent upon which there has been an infringement by the Standard oil company. "R" is represented in one of the following cases, which have been taken from a report on the investigation of certain insurance companies. They may be found in the Proceedings of the National convention of insurance commissioners held in Milwaukee, August 22, 1911, pages 20-21, 24, 47-48.