St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-08-14
BENEFIT ~ ms URA NOE.

The press of the state have taken
up the decision of Justice Nichols in a
very satisfactory way, and every
paper that has commented upon the
matter strongly indorses the posi-
ton the Caledonian took at the
start We give below extracts from
the leading papers in the state, and
therefore the most influential, as well
as an Endorsement from two of the
strongest papers in Massachusetts.
They are interesting reading, and
show pretty clearly that the people
of Vermont do not take kindly to
this kind of insurance.
This decision will probably put a
stop to the bogus insurance business.
II Richford Gazette.
The press of the state has been out
spoken in its cautionings to go slow,
but St. .Johnsbury is the first town
to take decisive action in the matter
II Bellows Falls Times.
The decision is a righteous one,
and will have a tendency to protect
the public from some of the many
wildcat assessment sOmethlng-fOr-
nothing insurance companies in the
state Windsor Journal.
The decision is to be appreciated.
There are irresponsible in
surance companies innumerable, and
the law that undertakes to save the
people from being f1eeced by them is
a good one st. Adams Messenger.
How it is possible on sound princi-
pies to pay into concern $40 in
year and draw out $50 is as yet I'M
explained. When a concern promises
something for nothing you may
know it is a safe thing to let alone
Newport Express.
But it is not our purpose to discuss
the relative merits of these Organlza-
TONS However meritOriOus some
of them may be, and however unde-
serving others, Vermont has enough
of them, and the people should unite
in discouraging the forming of any
more Burlington Free Press.
We have frequently called attention
of late to the rapidly increasing num-
bers of so-called mutual benefit or
ganiza lions, and the dangers lurking
in any proposition made by any man
or company promising returns out
of all proportion to the investment
required Burlington Free Press.
The Caledonian of st. Johnsbury is
to be praised for its warfare on the
united benefit" insurance frauds
that while established by law in
Massachusetts do not get a foOthOld
in Vermont. The paper has caused
the arrest of an agent who was
soliciting membership contrary to
the law Greenfield, Mass, Gazette.
For years this town has been the
especial prey and hunting ground of
the agents of all sorts and sizes of
wildcat insurance companies under
the guise of mutual benefit" assocla-
tions of different brands, but our
citizens have come to their senses and
the days of these freebooters are
about over.-[St. Johnsbury Letter
in Hardwick' Gazette.
The unity benefit" frauds that
give $1,000 in seven years for $500,
etc, are having hard shedding up in
Vermont. The St. Johnsbury Gale
DOMAIN has opened up on them very
effectively, and one agent in conse-
quence has been held for trial for
soliciting insurance without a
license. 1t remains to be seen, how
ever, whether Vermont will follow
the almost criminal course of Massa
chusetts in allowing these orders the
freedom of the state If such papers
as the Californian, the Brattleboro
Phoenix, Burlington Free Press and
others can help it they probably will
not.-[Springfeld Republican.