The morning call., 1892-06-13
FRATERNAL INDEX.
limitations Of the Legitimate
Orders.
Psuperism in England From Failure Of So
Called Endowment Association Prom
ises Not Kept, Etc.
emOial Assessment Table.


It is the penalty of that which is good TO
be initiated by something inferior which de-
ponds for its success upon a resemblance to
the genuine. AS the counterfeit dollar
strives to present resemblance to the gen.
uine coin, so do the "mitators" in all lines
seek to approach the style and name OF that
which is good, to deceive the people One
can scarcely 60 into a store and ask for any
standard and well-knOwn article that has
made world wide reputation without hav-
ing something else. with similar name
and label resembling the simon pure,
foisted upon the purchaser. From Brown
trOches" to ''CiOsse & BlackwelPs pickles"
this substituting something else is observed.
1t is not surprising that the wonderful
success Of the great orders Of the A. 0. U.
W., K. of H., r. a.. a. l.. of H., Chosen
Friends, etc., aw0ke desire in the minds
of shreWd, INSCRIPTIONS men 10 benefit
their pockets by producing a counterfeit.
They plausibly said to the uniformed peo-
Pile, IF these orders can so easily pay $4,000
at death of Course il can be done in life
for the same amount Of money, and we
Will guarantee 10 pay you three or Jour
times as much as yOn pay IN, ETC., etc.
They did not inform their subscribers when
they promised TO pay they $500 at the end
difference between guaranteeing an amount
at death and during life, and that While
at the end Of four years in 1000 men on an
average per cent annually only would die,
requiring $4,000 to pay $1,000 each at the 40
deaths. on the system Of the legitimate fra
ternities-that 960 of them would be alive
claiming their $500 each, or S480, 600, six
times as much as under the other system.
People without reflection or examination
went in by thousands, with the result that
bankruptcy of the society or immense assess
ments caused the loss OF many members
and their money, and a number of the East
ern States were actually compelled by leglS-
latiOn to stop the dishonest business.
In a recent parliamentary investigation in
England the report shows sOrrOwful pic
turP, for among the items Is that there
were 1888 paupers there who had been
brought to that unfortunate condition by
bankrupt endowment societies through
which they had lost all the Accommodations
laid up for a rainy day"
Our status in America is not quite so bad.
vet there are hundreds OF tOllng men and
women who have been deceived by short
term and other kind Of societies, where they
have made sacrifices TO put in 50 or 81 per
month, thinking at the end of a year or so,
they would each and all receive three or
four times as much as they had paid.
Masonic.
The directors OF the Ohio Masonic Home
met in Cincinnati last month, and adopted
plans for the building at Springfield. The
building will have frontage Of about 100
feet. 1t will be three stories in height,
with a tower so feet high from the ground.
This will be the main or administration
building. Tie cost is estimated at $4,000.
The subscriptions so far received amount
TO 500, OO0 The largest individual dona-
ton was from General Asa Bushnell of
Springfield, $4,000; the largest lodge con-
tribution was that of Lafayette Lodge, Gin
cinnati. The cornerstone Will be laid Dc
tober 10, 1892.
TIE beautiful Masonic hall at Cane Town,
Africa, the pro- erty Of Lodge de GOede
H0Op. was totally destroyed by fire not long
ago. 1t was built in 1903 and cost $40, 600.
Its exterior was of massive stone in Orea-
tai style of architecture. The Lodge de
Goede Hoop was established in 1T72 by the
Grand Lodge of the Netherlands, and it is
the mother lodge of all the other lodges in
the Cape of Good Hope, aud in fact of
South Africa.
The home and school at Utica will, when
completed, crown the noble work OF Ma
sonic charity in New York State. The
building is erected upon plat of 40 acres
of land. Nothing equal to the building ex-
lists for a similar purpose in the United
States, and the Masonic School in LOnd on
is the only institution in the world which
approaches it. 1t will be four stories in
height, exclusive of the basement 10 feet
above the ground, baviDg frontage of $50
feet and 133 feet in depth. The general out
line Of the structure on the ground will be
like the letter i, with court In the center.
In the shape of the building special regard
is had to future addition should it be re-
quired, without destroying the harmony OF
the plan. The cost is limited to the sum OF
$4,000, for which the money is in hand.