Middletown transcript., 1888-11-01
EvADING THE HENDICTMENT.
THE following letter has been receiy-

THE MUTUAL RELIEF SOCIETY OF
ROCHESTER,, N. Y,
HOME OFFICE, 10 and IA DURAND
BUILDING, ROCHESTER,, N. z, Oct.
9th, 1888.
EDITOR oE The INDEPENDENT:
Dear SIR: We desire to call your
personal attention to the publication
in the last two issues of your paper
derogatory to the management OF this
Society, and to ask if such publications
have your sanction, or if that portion
of your paper devoted weekly to in
surance matters is intrusted wholly to.
another person
We cannot resist the conviction that
you are being imposed upon by certain
methods of deception by which your
paper is being degraded and your I'm
surancen writer is reaping fat pecu-
MARY reward from those who consti-
tute the sssources'' Of his ''informa-
| tion."
Regarding the defamatory character
of the articles in question, we believe
every reader will see the motive which
has prompted the attack.
The fact that the Society has been
conducted for more than nine years to
the satisfaction of its members, has
paid over eight hundred death claims
| (aggregating almost two million dol .
lars) to the satisfaction of its claim
ants; that it is operated under the IN
surance laws of the state, makes It's
reports to the insurance department.
and holds an honorable place among
the insurance societies of the state and
country ought to exempt it from such
baseless and uncalled for attacks as
these to which we refer.
We call your attention to this mat
ter in the belief that this will be suf-
ficient to cause a correction to be
made.
Respectfully,
FL. J.. MCCORMICK, Secretary.
Whenever it becomes relevant and
proper to examine into the personal re-
sponsibility which is behind the seVerai
pages of this journal, or into the pecu-
mary reward, fat or lean, connected
with the preparation of any matter
therefore. the occasion will find re-
sponse /; until then. the continual in
situations that somebody receives
large bribe for the matter which trou-
bles assessment societies will be dis
missed as impertinent in all senses OF
| that word.
The charge is that the Union Bank
of Rochester, in collusion with some
officer or officers of this society, Dy a
circular letter composed with wicked
cunning, defrauded Mrs. Lima Gid
zinsky, of Scranton, PENN, OF q per
cent on a claim of 81, $40, the robbery
amounting to s46 (; moreover. that the
society successfully attempted to col
lect of her two more assessments on
deaths occurring not only after her
husband died but after her claim had
been settled. An opinion of a possibly
'sdefamatory character" if you please,
has been expressed regarding this trans
action, which is presumably only one
of many in which these parties are en-
gagged. We are willing to withdraw
that expression of opinion and leave
the public to form their own.
'sThe satisfaction of its members"
ssthe satisfaction of its claimants. "
Possibly-but we should prefer to hear
from Mrs. Gidzinsky first, as to wheth-
er she really enjoys being satisfied in
Just that way. Mr.. Mccormick, the
Union Bank discreetly says nothing,
while you send us some irrelevant stuff
about what is of no consequence at
present and nobody has denied. Is the
charge brought against you true-or
not ? This is the only question. If
you have anything direct to say about
that, send it on. If you say we have
been Imposed upon'' in the sources of
our information, you have only to es-
tablish this and an apology and retrac-
tion will become due your society, and
will be paid as squarely as any other
debt wonld be. But if you deny this
charge-and SO far you talk about
everything else and dodge tive shall
take our own ways of finding out
whether you tell the truth, and all the
truth will certainly come out. Unless
the facts are on your side, your bank
ing associates are shrewder than you,
and we suspect that you did not con-
suit them before writing your letter.
You would like us to ''cause cor
rection to be made" What sort of
correction ? How do you plead, Mr..
Mccormick, guilty or not guilty as to
Mrs. Gidzinsky 4? Make straightfor-
ward answer about this-or keep still.
It is true that your society sis op-
Grated under the insurance laws of the
state,'' and also true that this fact
alone practically guarantees nothing.
A society can devour widows house
and still be ''operated' under the de-
ceitful protection of the Empire State.
The Independent.
To change sallow complexion into
fair one, and to regulate all the
functions of nature, we would advise
our readers to use Laxador, the cele-
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everywhere for only 25 cents a pack
age.
Absolutely free from opium and
other dangerous agents. DR.. Bulls
Baby Syrup is valued most highly as
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