The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-03
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

the subject of discussion.
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
I'm these days when so-caled beneficial
societies are going to the wall at an alarming
rate IL Is gratifying TO note an occasional ex-
ceptiOD, which is quietly doing good work for
the human race" said T. w. Crawford of
Philadelphia yesterday. 81 recall an instance
OF this kind and mention 1t because its work
is somewhat out OF the ordinary line ana be-
cause IL possesses features such as no other
similar body within my knowledge has. refer
10 an organization in PHILADELPHIA called the
franklin Typographical Society. which is In no
sense trades union, although its membership
is confined 10 persons connected with the
printing business. II Is purely benevolent
society. and 1t is the only one am aware of
which does not limit the term for paying sick
benefits. The society named pays the stated
benefit Of So week so long as sickness con-
tinues and at death pays a funeral benefit Of
S75 besides. One member who joined the
society In 1S49 has received S2100, and in the
nine years lie has been on the sick-llst his dues,
according 10 the bylaws. have been remitted.
The whole amount he paid into the treasury OF
the society was $3.50. Another member who
was admitted In 1853 has been on the sick-list
for about eleven years and has drawn S2524.
Four others have been paid respectively S1235.
S946, $500 and S405. In the TWEEN y-four
years beginning with 1870 and ending January
1, 1894, this society has distributed in benefits
over SAC, 900. or about $1,000 more than was
received from assessments during that period.
The most surprising thing about the society is
thai 1t should be able TO do so much, for Its
source OF income is limited, the annual dues
being hut Sc. while the rates for admission
range between 81 and $12. And yet in its
seventy years. experience It has received but
little extraneous aid, although 10 has been re-
membered in the wills of a few men and women
who during their lives became acquainted with
its benefactions."
"a modified form OF Bellamy's cooperative
plan OF living Is soon to be tried as an expert
ment in Chicago" said 8. s. Sherman of that
city yesterday. at Is proposed TO buy an entire
block Of land in one Of the handsomest resi-
dence portions OF the city and erect there on a
common kitchen for group OF houses. When
selected there will be built on the plat forty
tour residences OF different sizes and cost, tak-
ing up nearly the entire circumference OF the
block and leaving large courtyard In the cen
ter of it. Al the center OF one OF the sides Of
the block will be large building extending
some distance into the courtyard. In this will
be the cooperative plant, including the Kitchen
laundry. cold storage. vegetable cellars, steam
boilers and electiic.ligbt plant Close TO the
rear OF the dwellings will be a light electric
railway for the transportation and delivery Of
cooked meats. The management Will be such
that each house can be served with each sepa-
rate course of the dinner with clock-like regu-
larity. The current expenses will be divided
into two classes. one of them turning on the
size of The house and the other on the number
in the family. Under the head OF living ex-
penses will be placed heat, light assurances.
taxes. water and service. and for all OF these.
Tor one or the smaller houses, the cost VIII only
be SIS month. With reference to the other
class Of expenses board will cost So per head
week and laundry % cents dozen. Every
family will order each day such articles as it
desires for each meal, and they will be cooked
in any style and served at any hour. The
scheme is peculiarly characteristic Of Chicago
in that 1t radically differs from the ever yday
methods OF mankind"
j. Fl. Hit. the owner OF a large paper-mill at
Milan, ILL.,. was at the Occidental Yesterday.
lie says that the industry 10 which he is en-
gagged has suffered in common with all others
from the business depression, but that the
paper.makers are hopeful for better times ere
long ait is a curious and rather startling
fact" said Mr. Hit, "that next to the articles
entering into food and clothing paper is the
most universally used commodity in the world.
Il
in any civilized community person or business
concern that does not to greater or less degree
make use OF paper 10 some of its various forms.
Perhaps no line OF business has had a more
remarkable growth in this country during the
past ten years than that OF paper.making.
The American people are nation OF readers
and the rapidly decreasing prices OF books aud
newspapers have greatly increased the con-
sumption OF paper In these two lines The
daily output Of newsprint paper In the I'm tied
States is about 1900 to 1900 TONS which means
that from 125 to $50 carloads or newspapers
are mentally devoured each day by readers In
this country. The greatest consumption of
printmg-paper Is in The Sunday editions OF the
great daiiies which often require from 30 to
100 tons for single issue. The enormous de.
crease In the cost of paper Is due especially to
the introduction of wood as paper stock. 1t is
now the principal article used In the manu-.
facture OF paper OF all but the highest grades
of book and writing. Newsprint and not only
ordinary but even very attractive qualities of
book. paper are now made entirely OF wood"
The death Of Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian
patriot, recalled 10 the mind OF General Thomas
Ewing OF New York. who was guest at the
Palace up 10 day or two ago, the fact that
there are living 10 New York and other cities of
this country number OF men wbe have gained
distinction here and yet who were exiles from
their native lands. or two OF the prime movers
in the German revolution OF 1848, General
Ewing made especial mention. They were
General SchurZ and General Franz Sige "Tne
latter" said the General "has had more re-
markabie career than any OF his compatriots,
and of all the men who have sought exile In our
midst none have won such fame as he. He was
student in Bonn when the revolution broke
out and he followed bis professor, Gottlieb Fl in-
kel, the poet. The latter was captured while
SchurZ and he were trying 10 take an armory
10 one Of the smaller Rhensh cities. Schurz
escaped to Switzerland. but Hinkel was cap
tured aud sentenced TO imprisonment for LIE In