The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-04-16

Il. LEASING, Got Leasing, Solomon ~
Coz wholesale dry goods, Waco
Hon. L. 5. Ross, Senator 22d district.
Hon. GRO. CLARK, ex-Att'v Genl.
JNo. L. DYER, (of Clark & Dyer,) at
torney at law.
JNO. +. MARSHALL, grocer, Waco
l.. &. BLACK, cash'r Waco Nat. Bank.
II. w. Brown, physician, Waco.
and Col. Il. Is. PARROT, Of Waco, as
Business Manager.
Though charter, as we haye said,
was granted on 18th July, the Organ
ization did not begin active operations
until a month later. Yet it already
looms a model institution with 215S
members, while applications are daily
pouring i'll from every portion of the
State.
The progress of the T. l.. A. has
far exceeded the fondest expectations
OF its founders. Assured OF its real
merit, they regarded ultimate success
81 legitimate result, but the incredibly
rapid growth Cf the Association, from
the very outset, has been source of
surprise and delight to its originators.
That Texans fully realized the adj
vantage of economical protection had
been already demonstrated blythe I'M
mense favor extended foreign secret
orders III this State, and the astound-
ing progress of the L. b. A. shows
that our people appreciate cheap in
demnity all the more when offered by
a thoroughly home Institution.
Based on the same glorious princi-
plies as the knights of Honor and kim
Il A
true charity with practical protection,
and at the same time dispenses with
secret work and lodge duties, which
i'll many instances are a serious tax
upon members of Benevolent Orders.
The Z. Is. A. entered field already
largely occupied by Benevolent lnsti-
buttons, each and all of them posses
sing unquestiOned merit, and many
thought the result would be a spirit
of bitterness between the newcomer
and those already i'll the lists Such,
however. has not been tho case. Be-
tween this TOXas Institution and 9TH
err BENEVOLENT organizations there eX-
lists the kindliest sentiment, and
though healthy feeling of rivalry is
natural in the premises, each of these
glorious bodies must regard all others
only as Co-labOrers in the wide field
of hHmamty-dit1erent as to name,
but one in point of their mission
the alienation of human suffering.
The terms UNPRECEDENTED AND
UNPARALLELED, so often applied to
the progress of the II. b. A, are by no
means too strong for nowhere in the
annals of history can be found an In
stltutiOn, the success of which has
even Appropriated that of this Texas
organization, which though it began
work only about the middle of Au-
gust last, now numbers 2l53 mem-
bers, while the following comparative
statement will give more practical
idea of what has actually been ac-
compIished:
The Knights of Honor, with rami-
fcations throughout the Union, col
lected on their first assessment only
S526, and ON the second SJ6S. The
z. NJ. X. A., of Atlanta, Ga, one of
the best Institutions in existence, and
working in ten States at the end of
seven months, paid . full members
heneficiaries only S703, while the Z.
3. A, confined to Texas, on an assess
ment embracing five months mem
ership collected $3,967.25.
Thai this Texan Association is pre-
eminently worthy of Texan conf
dence and patronage is beyond ques- .
ton, and independent OF the advan-
tages offered, its wonderful success
should bring a thrill OF honest pride
to every dWeller i'll the Lone Star.
Other States have protective laws,
/. l., ,,b - h., n
der5 are nurtured and all similar In
situations from other States excluded.
Texas has no such laws, and societies
whose name is Legion, have tor years
operated within her limits. But now
All Institution of Texan birth comes
forward, asking no favor beyond a
fair field, and, within seven months,
shows a larger growth by six hun
bred per cent than that achieved by
any organization in the world.
Not less wonderful than the astOund-
inc growth of the L. Il. A, is the
magnificent administration of affairs
winch has throughout marked the
career of this institution. Notwith-
standing the immense pressure of
work which must naturally come with
rapidly Increasing numbers, all has
gone as smoothly at the Home Office
Of this young Institution as at the
Head Quarters of SOME long-estab-
Iished organization, and we know
that without a master hand at the
helm Of this new venture, success
would have been impossible.
The Association came before the
people of Texas with such prestige rs
to sweep all before it, but without the
most careful guidance its almost iu-
Simultaneous growth could have re-
suited III nothing short of chaos. We
find, however, that Col. r b. Parrot
is " charge d. atfaires, and the admi-
rably systematic working of all things
no longer remains mystery.
Col. Parrot has long been recog-
nized as one Of our most efficient Life
Insurance men; thorough experience
as State gent of several leading COM
panies has rendered him fully con-
versaut with all poluts pertaining to
vital statistics, which, combined with
years spent in earnest study of each
system of protection, make him pre-
eminently fitted for the position he
holds, as Business Manager of the L.
b. A, q position the importance of
which we can only realize by think
ing of the thousands on thousands of
widows and orphans to be shielded
from cold and famine through the in
s!rumentality of this glorious Institu-
ton.
Your correspondent makes no pre-
tensions to knowledge Of life insu-
rance matters. lie recognizes, how
ever, the importance of experience in
every calling. lie knows that Benev-
client Associations differ widely from
old-line cerspanies i'll many respects,
though efficient management is as
much required in one as the other i'll
stance. The same care should be exer-
cised as regards risks, the sole differ
ence ON this point being that, in old
line companies only the interest of the
corporation Is consulted, while in Be