The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-06-27
THIRD EDITION.
Ionic Tonpie.

Ionic Tompie.
Ionic Temple bids you come
And nll her favors share,
She offers now 10 old and young
Her treasures, rich and rare.
Her star of peace with luster shinee
This promise to declare;
Prosperity for all her sons
And all her daughters fair.
1t was with these ringing words that
Mr.. d. +. jackson, Supreme Secretary
of the Ionic Temple, greeted thereport-i
er of the REPUBLICAN. Mr.. Jackson is
well known in this city, where he has
lived for the past twelve years, and is
highly respected as a man of educa-l
tfon and ability. Some OF the other
officers are also known here. DIR. Chas.
A. Page, Supreme President and
Thompson Foster, Supreme Treasurer.
Hence the REPUBLICAN has taken q deep
Interest In tho Order. Well am here,
said the reporter, and intend to ac-
cept your invitation to come into your
Order, for have examined your plan
and principles, and Ionic Temple Is
certainly a great improvement over
other Orders.
Yes, we think so. We avoided their
errors and made many substantial i'm
provements.
Cooperative orders have had a ra-
pid growth In this country. Do you
think they will lastH / do, indeed.
Americans are quick to see a good
thing. 1t is estimated that at least
four million Americans are in Cos
operative orders to day, and their
number will he doubled / the next
three years. and they will stand. They
have stood 700 years In Europe. In
England one order has nearly a mil
lion members and is about 300 years
old. Others have stood $50 years.
] see no reason why Ionic Temple
should not stand 100 years or 500 years
for that matter.
Why did the bottom drop out of tho
short term orders so quicklyP
That was counterfeit cooperation
Every good thing has Its counterfeit.
Ia. people who Joined those short
term concerns knew they could not
stand, but each one hoped to get his
money aud that 1t would be the other
fellow who would get stuck. Every
one knew that it was gambling, and
no one who lost has any right to com
plain, or is entitled to any sympathy.
In true cooperation, time and pay
ments and membership must balance
to make an order profitable and per-
manent, III Ionic Temple all these
conditions are met.The time is years
the payments are one dollar week
and 40 cents a month on $1,000, and
the growth is steady aud healthful.
That makes it solid as n rock.
= How fast do you expect to grow
We expect to issue 1000 certificates
during he first yenr. Let us make q
comparison. Touti is six years old
and has issued nearly 80, 900 certificates
We have a much moro solid and ut
trsctive plan than Tontl, and will pro
badly issue moro certificates than TINT
order. But suppose We have at the
end of six years only 10000 members
we will make IL financial showing thai
will astonish the other orders and alsc
tho Insurance companies.
Have yon figured 1t outp SHOULD
., like TO hear what you can do with 20,
600 members.
You must not forget one great point
In our plan. That is member can gel
his money in less than six years by
bringing iii new members. Every
seven new members brought in takes
OF ono year; SO IL q member brings il
IS new members and they remain ii
the order six months, member gets
his money In one year.
Now with 10000 members we can pay
nlek benefits and matured certificates
as follows: the second year S30, 600; til,
third year S60, 900; tho fourth yeaI
ei20, 900; the fifth year S240, 000; thu
sixth year S4s0, 900, making total o
9e50, 600, and still have 81 400, 900 in thu
Relief Fund and over S7OO,0O0 In TIL,
Reserve Fund, making grand tota
of over 81, 600, 600 Oh hand with which
to begin our second series of six years
That Is certainly wonderful show
ing. Can you tell me what the various
Orders pay out yearly to their mem
bers?
Icannot exactly, butthe sum is Yer,
Large, sec it stated that the sicl
benefits and endowments paid to mem
bers in this country last year amount
ed TO over $40, 600, 600. No wonder tn
Orders are popular and that the pee
pie Join them. Every man and wUlnal
ought to join good Order.
How arc your funds secured?
lam glad you asked mo that ques
tion. OF course our officers are hcavil,
bonded, but that Is only part OF tn
precaution taken. Did you ever knoN
Gh3nk that did not receive and hGndl
Insurance Company or any other grea
corporation not to handle its ow
money! Well, the Ionic Temple is tn
one exception to this universal rule
Not one of our supreme officers ca
handle dollar OF the Relief Funds o
Ionic Temple. 1t comes to the of1ic
In checks made payable to tho common
wealth Title Insurance and Trust Con
pAny, and cannot be drawn therefor
only by resolution OF tho Executiv
Board on check signed by four ST
preme officers, and therefore only on
Of the five objects, namely. sick, dis
Ability or death benefits, to pay ina
tured certificates or to loan to men
bors ON first class security. So yo
soc our funds are doubly and tr6bl
guarded.
This is great feature the loanin
Of your money to members.
Yes, all the money is loaned to men
bars just as fast as 1t comes in, to a
: gist them to buy or build homes or to 6
Into business. II Is not our policy I
hoard up great sums OF moneyin banl
We will only keep enough on hand
pay, sick benefits and after awhile I
pay matured certificates.
/ zee everything is arranged for Il
Nbsolute security of the member
Now, II a member wishes to borro
money, how much can he get2
He or she can get the whole amour
Of his or her certificate. For.eKampl
II q member holds a certificate I,
$1,000, he can borrow the full amour
$1,000, to build or buy home.
In this We are more fair and liber
than the Building, Loan and Constru
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