The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-09-28

beFs Eet . job, o. nse thsir Influence IN rst-
ting one for any person mot beloneine 10
this society without The consent Of the sse-
retery ard president, 70 bs hned not les,
than 81. That IL the sams thing. We en-
deavor 70 gutour own memksrp employmest
10 preferences to getting uon-soci ETY. s.u in.
But you Win So, fron ths she lattsr ,..rs II
this bylaw, that, With the conssnt Of The
|president and secretary OF the branch, such
: thing may BE- done Is getting non -socls-
|ty man i job, but that would simply occar
|throagh the fact that there was mos one OF
Eour own menhers .out Of . job at the time
capable Of taking ths situation, and In I'll
probability We get man on the job who ID
likely to JOIN the society.
Mr.. Harrison -Itis withia the last four
tsen years, l think, that your society has
made very great progress IN wealth and num-
Ard since that time has been contsnusllv '
Increasing In nnmhers, year BY year, and
has become 20 a very great extent, a. think
Eyou have explained before, an insurance So
ciety, and much less OF trades' union. in
the ordinary sense or tae terms No, Il ID
as much q trade society now - it ever was.
We have only Added what might cali tho
benefit portion, u u only the siek bsneft,
IN fact, that W have added to II.
Mr.. Hughes Il b Insurance Oh al ki1ds,
90 much for death, end 90 much for acci-
dent2 Yes, bot that existed In the sectional
s0cteties-i gNYHst,YFkg <s
Mr. Harrison Within the Last few wears,
i thirk you have already told us, the amount
which has been already expended In benSHss
70 members has been avery kress propostIoo
Inone thaA' the alAOunA Mhioh ha6< beeu ex-
pe!ded in trade disputss /? Decidsdly.
y it not fact that there 10 great dis
tinction between these trades unions which
exist very largely md combine with their
purposes benefits and those of which she
snbscFiption u small and which are mainly
engAged ia malptaiping trade privileges ?
A great distinction. li - si
And you consider that yours 10 one Of tho
former .class Yss. f- s-U-
And that il il in fact, sn insurance socie-
y 70 very prominent dsgrest Yes. a'
Have yca found, A. matter Of expert
snce, thss ths existing state Of the law
presses more hardly upcn sociesy Of ycur
ciass than upou q society Of the other class !
From the late decision given in the Court OF
Queens Bench We do 6nd now that we are
placed in very different position from what
We expected We occupied.
10 it the case that you, being, benefit So
ciety. cod having very large sums for insu-
rance purposes, have had q doubt east upon
the security OF " property by the present
state Of the law, whereas sdhany TRIBES
uuions which exist msinlsy 10 intsrfsre il
trade disputes, which are strike societies il
point of fact in another sense OF the term
snd which have no reserve funds TO ar,v yer,
great extent, are hardly affected at Ill
Tes. eais 4 f
Do you think that the present state Of lh,
Law, whilst it tolerates all classes OF unions
presses upon those unions which are Jbenef
societies sor peexceptfonai purposes, sns
does NOT very seFsousiy iuterfers wish th
exisseDoe of sesistiss hwhica exist for strik,
purposes? Yes. AZ have said, the Iat,
decision plscs us altogether In . very ssk
ward position, bat believe that tbst d$ci.
si1n is qaits contrary 20 law. ~ q
fest you because You. are rich, bseapse tea
does not eject the otheFs because yhsy ar,
poor Il VIII fGeo< moro or lee, all socf
Eeefies, whether rieh or poorsM n snsssra. o'
-. EsHisou--Do Do1s itnqg - ne ohsel
1pop srs1ah ssJiiyass rhisA. have sxisse'
c1ieayy yss strike societies to prevent Ter
frcm feveloping grsddAlly inse benefit spci
sttesf do net think thas.the .lass astfsio
could haze bad any efsct OF that kind .
yet, becauss it has been SO recent. and %
cieties which felt uisposed to couple vit
their other purposes benetit objects wsul
nave done 90. J -sarHatsn-s AL. r- r'