Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-25
BELIEVES IT SOUND.
A Chicago Iron Hall Man Sup
ports Somerby.
DECLARES THE ORDER ALL RIGHT,

And Has Implicit Confidence in the Man
agement-A Sketch of the Institution
When 1t Was Organized and Its OBJ
jects-what 1t Does for It's Members
Number of Assessments Levied-Inter-
esting Point from Judge Taylor's De-
cree.
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-William r. Delano,
deputy supreme justice for Illinois for the
Order of the Iron Hall, has returned to
Chicago from the east, where he has been
the last two weeks attending to business
pertaining to the organization. Mr.. Delano
is at the head of the Illinois branches, and
has done more, perhaps, toward building
up the order in this state than any other
one man. He said yesterday that he hon
estly believed that the management of the
order was all right He knew Somerby
well, and had the most implicit confidence
in him. He favors an assessment to cover
the alleged shortage.
Something About the Order.
The Order of the Iron Hall has been in
existence eleven years. The first branch
was organized in Marion county, Ind,
March IS, 1881, and was incorpo. ted I'M
der the laws of that state. Today it en-
braces !, 40 branches, with $1,000 mem
bers, living in every state in the union
and every province in Canada. During its
career it has paid in benefits to members
81, 223, 900, and its chief officers boast an
accumulated reserve fund of $500. 600.
The main offices of the order are located at
indianapolis in building belonging to
the organization.
Seventeen Branches at Chicago.
Chicago has seventeen branches, four OF
which are sisterhood branches. The
branches in each state are in charge of a
deputy supreme justice, who is accounta-
bic to the supreme sitting. All the
branches, in fact, collectively and indi-
vidually are under the control of the SUI
preme sitting, which is representative
body composed of delegates elected from
the various districts.
Objects of the Organization.
The motto of the Iron Hall is "Union,
Protection, Forbearance." The objects of
the organization are to aid and protect its
mem bers in TIMES of misfortune, and give
them an opportunity to make profitable
investments of small amounts that they
ordinarily would squander. That is the
way their prospectus puts it. Memb
are paid sick benefits ranging from So to
SIS week. At the end of seven years, If
the mem Der has kept up his assessments
and drawn nothing out In the way Oh Den-
fits, he gets 81 600
Sick BENEFITS Are Deducted.
All sums paid him for sick benefits dur
ing the seven years are deducted from the
sum total, 81 coo. During its eleven years
existence the Iron Hall has levied $50 as
sessments The assessment on the $1,000
certificate is $3.50. That insures 81 5 a
week in case of sickness. If a member
should be totally disabled from further
work he is allowed then and there half the
sum that would be due him at the eXpira-
ton of the seven years. The same regu-
lation applies in case of death.
Collection of Assessments.
The assessments are collected by the
various branches which forward 80 per
cent. of the money to the supre NE treas
ury at indianapolis. The balance remains
in the hands of the branch officers. They
loan it ut interest and each year draw one
seventh of the amount to pay maturing
certificates, leaving six-sevenths of the re-
serve fund in control OF the branch