Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-04
ENDOWMENT RANK
ASSESSMENT.
Action of the Board of Control
Thoroughly Justified by Ex-
isting Circumstances

The Board Of Control. Endowment
Rank, has ordered a special assess
ment on all members. Of an amount
equal to one regular assessment, which
must be paid by all Sections on or be-
fore June Is, 1901. This announce
ment will probably be received with
some surprise by the great majority Of
the members Of the Endowment Rank,
but the full and frank statement made
by the Board of Control in ordering
the assessment ought to be sufficient
to show the absolute business and
necessity as to why the special assess
ment is called,
The Advocate is in a position to
state that this action Of the Board Of
Control is thoroughly justified by ex-
isting conditions, and that no blame
can be attached to any officer or mem
Der Of the Board by reason Of the fact
that Endowment Rank conditions are
in such shape as to make this assess
ment necessary. What is now be-
ing done TO aid the Endowment Rank
should have been commenced at least
two or three years ago. and the pres
ent Board, since it came into power
and control, has given the insurance
branch more earnest, hard and con-
scientious attention than the Rank has
received for a long time. Evils dis
covered and remedied have been met
with care and intelligence, and while
few on the outside are in position to
to define in detail what these evils
were, the fact that this assessment has
been called and the reasons assigned
by the Board, will convince every
honest man that the Board is thus
working for the BEST interests and good
name Of the Endowment Rank, and
because they are practically forced to
take this horn Of the dilemma.
During the past few months the
Rank has increased in membership by
phenomenal strides, and while it re-
quires some little time before the new
members are profitable in a financial
way, the natural earnings Of the Rank
are correspondingly increasing. and
the Board has been able to meet all its
obligations and expenses, and have a
handsome balance left, based upon tn
actual receipts and liabilities Of the
given quarterly period. Not only did the
last quarter take care Of ITSELF" but
paid a number Of obligations that were
handed down to ii for unsettled claims
Of previous quarters-and just here is
where the shoe. pinches. With its
present increased earningicapacity and
the improved business methods en-
ployed, the Rank, in due time, can rid
itself Of the existing .embarassments,
and 1t most certainly will do so. even
though some loss in membership may
be temporarily experienced, or the
croakers and enemies persist in maxi
ing mischief. The voice of the people
is-the great-moying force IN all in
telilgent races, and in this instance the
voice Of the .Pythiad public. particularly
those who carry insurance in the En-
down,ent Rank, will prove the great
law that will sustain and maintain the
Insurance Branch Of the Knights Of
Pythias. We await the announce
ment Of their decree.-Advccate.
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