St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-16
ORDER OF ROUND ROBINS.
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Life, Accident. Sick, sDisac
bility and Old Age Insuranca
w hat May Ee Done to Av voPd
Distress. ~,
One of the causes, and many times a
chief cause, of differences occurring
among employers and the employ ydd IS
to.be found in the fact that mutual La1d
fraternal understanding is not estab-.
lished, and two parties having in fact
common interest are ranged upon
opposite sides of dead-line, TO use that
figure.
There has come into existence within q
few months a new fraternal order which
adopted the name of Round Robins.
The name, perhaps. has no great sig
niticance. Webster defines Round
Robin" as "a written petition. memorial,
remOnstraDce or instrument, signed by
names in ring or circle so as not to
show who signed it first" Undoubtedly
the adoption OF this name was for the
purpose of signifyIng the equality
among those affiliated, as that is the
principle upon which the order is found,
ed. 1t came into existence in New York
last winter through the agency of Col.
Jacob E. Bloom, manager OF the Baron
de Hirsch trade school in that city, the
association being formed from among
the ranks of employers and employed,
both sexes being eligible to member
ship, the objects being mutual benefit.
benevolent, economic. fraternal, literary
and patriotic pursuits. Neither race,
religion, nor politics is considered in
the admission of members, the idea
being that in mingling IN social equal
ity and harmonious relations differences
may be discussed and adjusted in fra.
ternal fashion. A prospectus of the
order sets forth its aims i'll the following
terms: /.
The "Order of Round Robins" is
mutual benefit and social order, strictly
non-sectarian and non political, having
its main Office in New York city. AIS
Postal Telegraph building.
The objects of the order are:
l. To unite fraternally persons of
either sex, Of good, moral character. be-,
tween sixteen and seventy years of age,
and 10 create. foster or provide tund.
males, for death, sick, funeral, accident
and disability benefits to those between
the ages ut eighteen and fiftytive years.
OF sound bodily health, and to create,
foster or provide a savings, building and
loan fund.
2. To cultivate, among its members,
the principles of ''self-help" toward
thrift, education and association. To
give all moral and material aid in, itsa
power to Its members and those depdnd-,
enI upon them. To aid and direct its
unemployed members in obtaining
work, either temporary or permanent,
and also to enable employers TO readiiyQ
and speedily obtain competent en-
ployes of good character, who are con-
tributor5 to an insurance or savings
fund, OF both, thus insuring some pro-
vision against old age. disability, sick2s
ness or death. To create and maintaiHD
cordial cooperation Of employees and
employers in matters pertaining to the
welfare of either.
8. To establish a benefit fund or
funds from which, on satisfactory evil
dence Of the death of beneficial mem.
beI of the order, who has complied with
all its lawful requirements, a sum mot
exceeding $1,000 shall be paid to the
behenciary of such member, as ne shall
provide, and upon the total and pernla--
nent disability of beneficial member,
either as the result of disease, accident
or old age, who may be in good fnan--
cial standing with the order at the time
OF the incurrence of such permanent
or total disability, such sum of money
and in such manner as may be fixed by
the laws of the order.
4. TO establish subordinate councils
termed '.Rouna Robins" under its
Jurisdiction with like functions. and
where joint committees can be ap-,
pointed for the presentation of pro-.
posed improvements to whomsoever it
may concern, and which councils could,
further adopt such social or other feat
nreS as each may see fit-not contrary
10 the laws of the order.
Members - There are too distinct;
classes of members:
/. Beneficiary Members = That is,
those who are physically insurable.
Ii. Social Members - Comprising
such who cannot pass the requisite ex-
animation Of the medical examiners foF'
life Insurance. and yet who are ac-
cepted as members In social sense.
Prominence is given to the council of
conciliation and arbitration, while the
general objects of the order provide
much of the distress which society wit
messed In the winter of 1884. 1t is
strange that after the many years of
great prosperity in this country, one
bad" year should have produced so
much suffering.
BY way of argument upon the merits
of the order it is said that it is manifest
to the most ordinary observer that the
divergence between the employer and
employe classes is becoming broader
day by day, and is practically dividing
society into two hostile elements,
neither of which Is interested in the
material prosperity of the other Both
or these defects and dangers can be
materially diminished and guarded
against through the Order of Round
Robins. In can do more to check the
spirit Of anarchism than any other
movement in this direction which is
now eXtant.
There is no candid person who will
fail to understand and admit that if the
aims OF this association may be attained
there would be no strikes, Workingmen
would be In certain sense capitalists,
and their families would be protected
against want in hard times, old age and
death.
There can be no wiser philanthropy
than the wholesome promotion of such
objects. The entire scheme contemplates'
the elevation of the wage-earner, the
promotion of thoughtfulness. trugality,
and good will. Surely no man vino As
interested, and practically all must be-
as members of the eligible classes, tile
employer and employed. eau do less
thau to investigate and promote an
association which assures so much OF
heipfulness. -gi
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