The workingman's advocate., 1867-08-17

| that last arnountf-At the death Of 3 mem
lbsrwspsy.th widow el2, and I'm. Is in
cluded 10 the amount. All expenses, so f.
al the funeral IL concerned, are included
Then we paid Ell SOC 10 cao8s of accident
that il, where members got disabled from
following their employment in consequence
Of some accident occurring to them, for in
stance under the loss of an arm or anything
' of that kind
! Sir D. Gooch-Ceasing to be able to fol
/ low the trade Yes; we had Is claimants
and they received fl00 each.
Lord Elcho is that all the privilege they
can derive ? No, they have. afterwards the
privilege Of paying Sd. week and deriving
sick benefit, and also the funeral money al
death, and, generally speaking, five out Of
every six, should say. retain their position
in the society by the payment of Sd. per week
Then we have a benevolent fund, through
which we have paid away f820 that is a
fund that is in addition to the ordinary sub
scription of Is. per week il is to relieve
cases OF extraordinary distress that may ex-
ist in consequence Of men being long out OF
employment or in sickness.
Mr.. Hughes-That does not come cut OF
the Is per week mo, that does not come
out Of the Is. per week.
Lord Elcho-ls that voluntary NO, it is
compulsory we find that voluntary sub
scsiptions do not come in so well as compul-
sorry ones.
Mr.. Hughes--Is that levy 1T is a levy,
but it is agreed to BY majority Of votes ;
that is to say, it is put to the members
whether they will agree to it or not.
Lord Eeho--ls it put to then annually
No; only when the fund gets so low that We
require 1t to be increased.
Mr.. Bioth- Is that levied on all the
branchts 2--0n every member throughout
the society, no matter where they are.
Does one levy year suffice 2.-Yes; but
during the cotton famine we found that two
levies were necessary in order to meet the
distr 81 ia L1ncashire and other districts.
Then to the branch officers during 1855 "
paid f4,337; that is to sav, 10 rhe staff
throughout the whole Of the 800 and odn
brsuches.
Chairman That expense for the staff ex-
tends to America, therefore TO all the
branches X il a complete return from the
whole Of the branches Then there are sew
ersl small items, but which are scarcely worth
troubling the Commissioners with. | will,
however, put the report in so tnst the Com
missioners will be able to refer to it at any
time. While we are on the subject Of the
benefits, may Just state that since the com
mencement Of the society for ID years the
average rate of cur expenditure to men ou,
of employment has amounted to e 800.
The sick benefit has averaged e., ,675- The
approximation, that is to say, the payments
to the old members, has averaged II, T95.
The accident benefit amounted to Eo26 upon
an average, and the funerals to e 500. The
benevolent ., ants, that is the fund | have re-
ferred to. lave averaged for IL years (it has
only b. Y IL years in exlstence), Ej33 per
year, and assistance to other trades thar were
engaged 10 disputes with their employers, Or
locked oct, amounted to 4T' per year, tax
ing the average OF Is years.
With regard to the G18.000, was that paid
merely for the time that the men were out Of
employ, or towards the expenses in Sending
them to places where they could get employ
ment, and other expenses OF that sort p
The elS,656 was paid to members out Of en-
pioyment, and for their railway fares from
one town to another ie going to different
situations
Mr. HARRISON accaIt OF taat ETc. stSf saf wfiat
proportion has been paid to men out Of en-
PLY |entvOwlng 70 sgl NC lock -o%s,- or sosae
labor dispute; | mean where work was to be
had, bat where it was a dispute about the
terms 2-We have only had one dispute
which you may cal important IN our trade
since the commencement Of the society, and
that was in 1852 in the first six months OF
that year we expended 100000 on lock
out, but it was not our fault that we were
out Of employment it was the fault Of the
employers who locked US out.
Irrespective IF That affair what ls the pro-
portion ?--We have not kept separate ac-
count Of the amount spent under this head,
but leaving that FAC, 900 out should say it
does not exceed 10 per cent. as far as any
strikes With our employers are concerned.
Mr. Hughes-That is to say 10 per cent.
on Els, 900 Yes.
tTo Re coNTIEUED.)