Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-15
J. <. .P|R|E
ELECTED
TREASURER

A very important meeting Of tht
Head Council of the Modern Wood
men Of America, was held last weeh
at Rock Island, III. A lo:al paper in
that city says that fully $50 Of the
leading officials Of the Woodmen, rep.
resenting every one Of the thirty
three states within the jurisdiction OF
the society were assembled In the Y.
n. G A. auditorium on Tuesday
morning, when the annual meeting OF
the otici als was called to order by
Head Council Northcott, who deli YER
ed brief address on "Fraiernal In
surance." The address was in the
nature Of q general Introductory Of
the topics On the program. The
speaker outlined the general princi pies
upon which the system Of fraternal
insurance 10 based. He referred to the
history Of the Modern Woodmen and
it's present preeminence among the
fraternal insurance societies Of the
age. He spoke Of the awakening,
apparent In all the societies, to the
necessity Of rate revision to insure
their perpetuity, and pointed out that
the Wo0dmen are aid should lead ia
this effort.
The meeting listened to an interest.
ing address by Webb Nc all Of Gay.
lord, Kas who is the Supreme Mas.
ter Workman Of the A. O. U. w., and
some years ago achieve1 national re.
pute Ia bis fight, as Insurance Com
missioner OF Kansas, to bring various
insurance companies to book. Mr..
AcNAll, prefacipg his remarks with
the statement that he was one of the
charter members o. the WoOdmsn
Camp 10 bis town and has been in|
good standing from that time to the,
present day, sp Ike Of bis dep interest
in the readjustment discussion now
going on within the Woodmep, and
eulogized the head officers for their
courage and unselhshne,s in tackling
this subject, ana seeking 80 4aducatee.
the membership to the necessity OF
action.
They might have drifted along until
double he ders and even triple. head
ers proved q more striking argument
b. that portion of the me mber> hip
which was against revision Of pri ci-
pie, doesn't study the 8 bject, will
listen % no arguments, but neverthe.
less knows SO much about life insur.
ance that no one can tell them any
thing about 1t. Continuing, Mr.. Nc
Nall gave an interesting account of
the movement for the readjustment
Of their rates by the Kans IS Workmen.
The assessments had climbed up to II
q year, at dollar per assessment, and
there was a great outcry when the
Grand Lodge adopted the step rate
plan.
That plan was adopted by the
votes of tine old men, who had studied
the situation and realized that If
was not done TO stop the
exodus Of Young men, who would not
continue In membership when double
headers were the regular thing
Nd three assessments we're in
sight, and that there WAS every pros.
pect that in the course OF a few years
tne society would be composed OF cd
men exclusively. The readjustment
has been followed by the happlest
SO far as the Kansas
Workmen are concerned. The society
IL growing and the cry Of "freeze
nut" IL not heard the older men,
bero like be had learned by exl erience
that they must pay for their insur-
amer OF eventually reach the point Of
having no insurance At all.
The officers elected at a meeting OF
the State Consuls Association Of the
NJ and W.of A we're: president AL
bert SEIZURE of Newark, N. J score
tary A R Merritt OF Douglas, wy
oming, treasurer j. K Pirie Of Gran.
'teviile, Vt.