The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-17
The Comptroller.

amounted to $5777.7S.
Ii Superintendent Holland of The %,
e ored Deafan Dumb asylum denosite,
+ S4l.3O to the Confederate Home finn,
f as proceeds from the sale of a ,Jerse,
4 bull and beef hide.
: The following collectors made 20
ports to cover November collections
Bee, Edwards, Ellis, Ell Paso, Hood
La Sale, Milan and Starr.
The special collections made bv tht
comptroller's office during the month
OF November were as follows.
} organized counties-State tax 1888.
10; school tax $2650.S1; county tax
$1,21S3.26. '''N
Unorganized counties state tax
$SS7a,97; school tax $61O.46; county tax
S6lO.40, special tax S95.Ol.
Sales Of land, S2,376.O1: Redemn.
.tions, S6ll.OO; costs, SSH. Railroad
passenger tax, $9,557.97; Telegraph
TAX, ~, 027l0; Stage coach tax, 500. Sc;
once fees, Sl6.25; Sale of abstracts,
$500. Total, $2,52G.75.
Insurance Department
The following warning to the peo-
PIE OF Texas was issued yesterday by
commissioner Hollingsworth:
DEPT. A. |. s. d H.,
AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. II, 1891. I
To the People Of Texas:
Commissioner Foster, in his report
for 1850, in summing up his four years
work, stated that twenty-five insur-
ance companies had transacted bust
ness without authority, which were
reported to the encouragement, who
took the necessary steps to compel
them to comply with the laws. These
companies collected from the people
about 100000 annually, which was
almost q clear loss, as very little of the
money was ever returned. They could
not comply with our statutes, as they
had no assets, and hence were COM
PEELED under the vigorous action of
the encouragement and the active
cooperation of Commissioner Foster
to leave the state. Scarcely is the
state freed from one set Of Legitimate
companies until it is infested with an
other and more dangerous set, of
which | now desire to speak.
The following resolution was
adopted by the twenty secoAd
national conventional of insurance
commissioners of the United States,
at st. Louis, Sept. so, 1891:
Resolved, That the assessment, en-
dowment and bond associations are
founded upon delusive and danger
GUS assumption, full of peril to the
people, and certain to bring early and
irrevocable disaster; that legislation
should be sought to prevent their
further Incorporation, and to bring
those in existence to speedy termi-
nation.
1 deem it my duty to warn the peO-
pie against the endowment or So
called benevolent associations now
seeking to do business in this state.
These fascinating and deceptive orders
have been occupying the fruitful fields
of Canada, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Kentucky, as we'll as
most Of the states north and east OF
us, and enjoying golden harvest
much to the sorrow of the people, and
now they are feeling their way,
with the view of hum
bugging the people of Texas.
If there is anything in which the
"dear peoplen delight however, it is
being humbugged, and notwithstand-
inc this warning, | shall not be sur
prised to hear of some being persuaded
to part with their hard earned dollars
through the ensnarinG and seductive
efforts of these same orders. n NUM-
Der of the charters of these novel and
-, st,l, hnnn pnpnnT-
ly admitted to this department for IN
spection, and it has been amusing to
note that with remarkable unanimitY
they all claim to be purely "traternal"
and therefore expect exemption from
the usual burden and eXactions I'M
posed upon regular life companies.
They present prominently the ma
ternal and beneficial'' features Of their
orders and align themselves for APP
pearance and argument sake with the
ancient and worthy orderof knights
of Honor Royal Arcanum" ana
"Ancient Order of United WOrkmen."
Gam mot also man and brother
was the well known caption OF the
philanthropist's plea for the negro.
is not this also "fraternal and bene-
ficial, order demands the high chlei
wielder of the gavel Of the knights
of week before last?" The plea is
ridiculous to any one who compares
the promises of the new fraternity"
with tie performance Of the old ord
er, "guardian." o;o,,+
The constitutions Of the ancient
orders provide for death benefitS
alone, though the bylaws Of the To-
cal lodges usually provide for SICK
benefits. The new orders provide Tor
benefits in case Of death. dement's III
case of total or permanent disability;
benefits in case Of sickness, funeral
benefits. endowment benefits ana
guarantee benefits. They come WIN
fhe meekness of lambs, in the guls.e
If q fraternal order, while the busl-
ness they propose to do is all that 4
regular life company Transfers; anu
the privileges they desire are al In 10.
are GRANTED a genuine life company
They parade in the cloak of benev0,
lent organization (while witnina ;,s' az a.
the essential points of life lnsur'
ance) to avoid state supervision, pay
ment of taxes and fees, and o'her'
wise complying with the laws vs., ovid
The following are some OF the oru u
ers operating elsewhere anu SUN odn,it
them are endeavoring to gain aqm ia,,
fzlgl nNN 1 y