Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-03-19

No benefit will be paid to a woman |
for confinement within twelve months
after the date of this policy and no
benefits will be allowed if sickness &C.
cur from premature child birth.
This Association pays 50 90 cash,
Birth Benefits, provided no benefits
have been paid during nine months OF
pregnancy. Any Medical Adviser OF
this Association shall be allowed a.
often as he acquires to examine tht
person or body of the af0re said men,
Der in respect to alleged sickness in
iury or cause of death. If the afore
said member shall be four weeks in ar
rears of dues all claims on the Assoc
iation are by such arrears forfeited and
this policy rendered null and void.
No provision is made in this policy
for agents to collect dues, and 8 fail
ure on the part of the agents to collect
dues will be paid at no excuse
for non-pAyments. since all dues can be
paid at the Office OF the Assertions.
There is q superscription at the
head of this document as follows /;
Read Your Policy" And l would
add, Look, read and understand be-
fore you agree to comply with such
hard cruel and unfair laws. You will
see q group to the left of theis policy
and in this group there are three little
children, a colored woman standing
with an apron on and white man
landing in front of her paying sick
claims and poor sick brother stretch
ed out In his bed apparently in dy-
ing condition, so as to get his money.
To the right you will see another
poor colorec voElan and white man
sitting paying death benefits.
I wonder why did they put the cuts
OF white men to represent the pay
masters, of colored institutions.
Surely this can not be the old Peo-
ple's Relief Association that was or
ganized in 1898 You can not get any
pay if accidents occur on bridge or bed
Of railroads, when there are more thar
twenty odd car tracks raining through
our city, 1t is utterly impossible fo1
any one to get to and from their place
of business or distinction, without
crossing or walking up and dowT
these numerous car tracks
You will get nothing for vertigo
which disease is very prevalent.
Nothing for medical treatment; this
must necessarily debar you from EN-
ploYing q physician. If you should
have an operation performed. which
thing thousands are subjected to every
day, you get nothing. Woe unto the
poor women. don't know what will
become of them If the birth is pre-
mature, they get nothing; they ar,
promised SO 90 if the birth natures
but If they should be sick during theil
pregnancy, which is most invariably
the case. and should get some sicl
benefits-say one week-they will mis-
their nine dollars. Ipity them.
Here comes the worst of all tina
when a man, his wife or daughter,
sick though they have family ply
stefan, a medical examiner OF the com
pany, matters not how ignorant, o
how repulsive, he must enter the sic
chamber of this man and even of hi
wife and daughter and examine thei
person and their bodies to satisfy hin
self as to whether they are really sic
as they claim or playing the opossum
Before the sick benefit can be paid
the word of this medical examiner @
the company will be taken and you
family physician will be entirely igDoT
ed.
Will the husbands, brothers, and tn
citizens of Richmond allow this.2 Wi
the ladies submit to this indecent in
dignity? / think not. A scheme, tina
is being worked upon the people,
First, think they would like to re
call all OF the old policies, which poll
cies give the holder fairer opportuni
" to get their money at court as Jun
ius White did.
Next. they will purposely allow
vOOdly number Of you to get four week