The diamond drill., 1902-04-26


in this state, there has been much
commotion among the members of the
order. many Of them becoming frighten-
ed because of the commissioners ac-
tion and jumping at the conclusion
that the order is fraud. Crystal Falls
is not alone in this uneasy. feeling. All
over the peninsula il is in evidence and
at Iron Mountain the members have
been considering ways Of getting their
money back. District Deputy Connors
wrote the Iron Mountain lodge in order
to dispel this fear and we reproduce
her letter herwith.
ST. Ignace Mich, lS, 1902. Yours of
the 18th just received. The little hitch
about the renewal of our license has
made stir with some 1t is the work
of old line agents who are jealous of
us, and of course they were the authors
Of the press Dispatches We still expect
to get the license and think it will be
settled this week IL does not in any
way concern those already mem bers,
and Legions already organized will go
surprise, for after being licensed in
this state for eight years and passed
on by four different Insurance lnspec-
tors, Mr.. Barry himself being one of
them, and just as he is going out of
Office, it is almost funny that he
should decide we are incorporated un-
der wrong statute. 1t will never
hold i'm law We shall have our license
sooner or later But as | said before
it does not effect old members, and
your Legion will go on holding meet
ings and doing business as hitherto.
Do not be influenced by reports. If
there are any instructions TO be given,
you will receive them from the proper
source. / will be pleased to come to
your legion if some other date will
be acceptable Meanwhile | send you
all my kindest regards and trust that
you will all stand together. My i'm
structions from headquarters just
reached me- Have your Legions
keep meeting and do business as in
the past auu we will protect them and
give them all the benefits promised
Your Fratenally,
G. N. Conner
The CRYSTAL Falls lodge was organic
cd about two years ago and has today
a membership of 100 Mrs. Erickson
is president
In order 70 get the sentiment of the
members Diamond Drill reporter
called upon several Of the most prom
inent members 10 find out their feeling
towards the organization Dr. f. w.
Brown was the first member approach
ed. The Doctor is the original Legion
man in Crystal Falls having joined the
order five years ago at Saranac and
already drawn $3.50 from the order.
What is your opinion of the outcome
of the Legion, DoctorG' we inquired.
! think the Legion will come out
ahead. Personally, / have such faith in
it that. should the authorities stop il
from doing BUSINESS here, l will remit
direct TO the headquarters of the order
at Waverly N. Y. | have been watch
ing the lower peninsula papers TO see
some mention of the order being stop
ped from doing business but haven [
seen word about it and there are ten
lodges down there where there is one
up here. According to the last bulletin
there has been gain in the reserve of
about $4,000 for March and | noticed
that S31, 762. II had been paid out in
the same time. also see that about
5000 additional members had been ad-
ded in the same time. The trouble il
that there is popular misconception
of the business methods of this concern.
1t is commonly supposed that the
Legion guarantees TO pay each policy
holder two dollars for every dollar paid
in. This is not so, All the order guar.
autees TO pay is what money you have
paid in with per cent interest added,
just about what any old line insurance
company guarantees to pay it's policy
holders However, the Legion does
promise to pay and does pay back tC
its policy holders, proportional am
cunt of the earnings derived from in
terest receipts and lapses and. so far,
these earnings have been sufficient tc
pay 100 per cent on the money paid N
but how long this earning will con
tinue we cannot tell
We hope and expect, that Ii will las
for all time. Again. II a member Il