, 1873-09-23
THREE LETTERS,
PortrayinE the Rise, Progress. and
Full OF the Celebrated Cnn1ccn Assur. [
NnCc Association.

aMe s o. M
n"ee n", .. Assoesntion. $50. Hsn,'" oAn'''" A''''
ny THE PRESIDENT THEREOF.
TIE PROGRESS OF THE cANTEEN ASSOCIATION.
No2
Dounpoav11LE, Ill.,, Aug 20. 1873.
to determine tho question Of salaries, oomnish- !
uns. LrokoraQo. and sich, When / saw ice.
mean. Nv cuurso, tic officers. The polcy-hoid-
ors hev nothin to do with sett!in thom questions
in other sich comranies, and we 500 no reason
why they should in the Ganteon. Tho first biz
mis- wuz to tlgxer IN wat our probable receipta
wood bo ii we kept 100 members at 25 cents
each per yook, tho receipts wood bo oggsackly
90 on.
We voted ourselves palaries, az follows:
prcsident-s50o per annum.
T1oasurer- Dor annum.
And. in addiBhun to this, wo voted that On all
tho business comm in we shood be entitled to
not less tlau 99 por cont as comnishun. And
va voted that the salarioa be paid weekly, Wo
took, out Nv tho s25 We he'd in hand 33 per cent
commishun, $3.50, which loft S1G.G7. Then wo
wos a coin to take $40 for nv weeks salary tho
Secretary 90, and tho Treasurer 81 but as there
We decilcd that in iustjg to the policy-holdcrs.
70 AZ to keep Tie concern clear Nv debt, we wood
onlv take 20 ner cent for commisLanB, We
aiuft goin to run tho Cnntcen in debt,
eff clone 1Haerlu and eODparlumAu eErH-,
erebun will keep it clear. On tllis
baais we did hey o. cents loft, aud as it wuz too
little TO 20 to Ciucuuati on. We postponed puttiu
anythlu In lie bail I'M no shood pet moro mem-
bcra and marc monoy.
y Dut how viii this look ?" saws the Secre-
tarv'
!! An empty barl looks list as full "a full
ono. ."sez T: Il lie policy-koldera will see the
bari and be satisfied, They cant aBsertano any
thing til the Canteen period expires."
il hut snnse thov sLake the Garl ?N
HTho barl will be epike1 down so that 1t cant
In shook. Tbero'g rot 10 be solidity in this in
etooshun. Jeet noilr little whisky about the
bunc-hoio. 60 that they'll smell It, and it will bo
ali rte, K smell ia all the policy holders got in
Cha moet Of tho instooshunB after which wo
modol, and snoll will sat,sfy em hore."
activity. Nc he'd to Get new bizness, SO that bY
tho tina the FIRST Cautoen period arrived VIC
shood hev s,1flin in tho bari to show. and we
succeadod. The nlan looked 20 nice and inao-
cont that il woa no trouble at all to rope in the
outsidore. and We did it lively, A .quartor O
weak to each nv EN- waz nutljn.
When the membership reached 200 wa deter
minoa to I'LL the bari. / wuz selected to go to
| Cincinnati to buy tho lkker, and I went and
| boueht it. doduotin. Nv course, Is per cent for
nv coInmlahun. It Ia understood il our Board
tGat ne dop't expoct nothiu to be done for
| pothin, Tho likker come all rito mud wos poured
| into the bari aud two buckets Nv water aadod,
| that it mite bo ~ full IS possible.
So fur it w,lz as satisfactory US It Good be- hut
while On my way he'd put il the time faithfully
| readin IN the snbicck uv Life Inshooronce. t
made uiskiyery that no Tontino Good go Oh
without resorvo, aud, Nv course, NO he'd to hev
a rosarye. It wooin't do to draw the 1ikker out
! in site Nv the MEMBERS bcooz thoY amt rs yit
educated up TO the pint Nv uuderstantin thcm