Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-09

blank proxies -. ;. .... $4,000
Total number of persons en-
ployed at this task ;. ;. :. rs
Persons folding bulletins -. &c
& PERSONS addressing documents II
Persons tabulating filled out
proxies. -. -. ....... Ia
Persons opening mail -. 800. IL
Boston, Nov 1.-THE campaign
against the great insurance companies,
which was inaugurated by Thomas W.
Lawson some months ago and which
IS still being continued, is proving one
OF the most expensive undertakings
that Boston's best known millionaire
has ever attempted. Nearly 100000
has already been spent and the work is
scarcely more than half completed.
With seventy-nine persons employed
especially for this one. purpose, Mr..
Lawson has sent out, addressed to
people in every state in this country,
In the provinces and over large part
of Europe, 100000 pieces of mail con-
taining information of his project of in.
surance reformation This prodigious
task has been under the direct care
and supervision of G. A. Chandler, vice
president Of the H. B. Humphrey Ad-
vertising Agency, and warm personal
friend of Mr.. Lawson.
Mr.. Lawson set out upon this
task with the desire to get the voting
proxies of all the life insurance policy
holders, turn them over to committee
made up of representative men from
all of the leading professions, depend
ing upon this committee as representa-
ttves of the policy holders to demand
and secure the retirement Of those in
surance officials found guilty of NAL
feasance in Office.
The total number Of pieces Of mail
which have been sent out has cost $40,-
600 for postage. Of this amount $1,000
has been expended on 1-cent packages
and the rest on packages which have
been sealed.
Three different sets Of bulletins,
printed on heavy paper make up con-
siderable part of this matter. These
documents are about three feet square.
The first set of 100000 of the No. rs
cost $4,000 to print. To the thousands
of persons who have already sent in
proxies from five to 100 of the No. 2
proxies are delivered. The printing
on this lot amounted to $4,000.
The last set of bulletins, printed on
heavy paper and with two colors of
Ink, numbering 100000, cost Mr.. Law
son about $4,000. These figures show
that about $4,000 has been expended
On material printing and postage of
The bulletins alone.
10000 Coupons Returned.
These large sheets of paper must be
folded by hand, SO for this work thirty
civ r,oan1n ora on,n1ouod E0r oddroSc.
ing the wrappers seventeen employees
Mr.. Lawson magazine articles blank
coupons were printed. Up to yesterday
10000 of these filled out coupons had
been returned.
Every one Of these has to be tabu-
lated, showing the sender's name, his
address, the amount of his insurance
and the company with which he is con-
nected. For this work seventeen STEM
ographers are employed.
Each postal delivery brings in hun
dreds Of pounds of letters to Mr.. Law
son, and to open these he has force
of twelve girls. All of this extra work
has to be done in big offices on Wash
tngton street. Both of Mr.. lawson g
suits of rooms in Young's Hotel and
at 33 State street are already over
crowded.
His Own Printing Plant.
80 tremendous has the amount of
correspondence and manuscript mat
ter become that Mr.. Lawson has hired
printing establishment to do his
work exclusively. Three presses are
kept going twelve hours day and
still the work is not caught up. When
the No. 2 bulletins were sent out, Mr..
Lawson announced that if any per-
sons desired more blanks they were
to wire him at his expense. Hun.
dreds of kilograms have been receiv.
ed on this order and $4,000 blanks
have been returned to those asking
for them.
To the $4,000 publications in this
country, Mr.. Lawson has sent copies
Of his bulletins announcing that the
publications are at liberty to print the
matter. and Mr.. Lawson will stand
back of his utterances. All items of
expense considered, the total outlay
On Mr.. Lawson's part has now reached
nearly 100000.
GIRL STUDENT BROWNS.