Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-20
Is YEARS FOR
.JR. MECHANICS
State Secretary Miers Will Pre-.
sent Interesting Report to
State Council Next Week.

TRENTON, Oct. 20:-Much i'm
portant business is t. be transacted
at the t~hirty-seventh annual session
of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics of New Jersey, which will
convene in this city next Wednesday
and continue until Thursday evening.
But few changes will be made in the
board of officers. William H. Miers
of this city, state council secretary,
will retain that office. The Rev. Ed
ward Mount of Eureka Council, No.
ga, West Asbury Park, will succeed
William r. Conrad of Evening Star
Council, No. SO, Burlington, as state
councillor. DIR. James j. Reed of
Ashland Council, No. 2S, Sea Bright,
will again be made state treasurer.
Elections will take place for state
vice councillor, state council conduc-
tor, state council warden and a mem
Der of the finance committee. No
Trentonians are slated for any of
these offices.
Many interesting reports will be
received at the session. The mem
bership report will show great in
creases throughout the state, and the
financial report will prove a healthy
condition of the treasury.
State Secretary Miers has prepared
an interesting report of the order in
this stSte for the past 25 years which
will be presented at the session. Dur
ing these years the order has been
extremely successful. 1t has gained
in membership and wealth every
year, excepting 1881. During that
year the order lost in membership "a.
In the state, June so, 1905, 2S9
councils existed, with a total mem
bership of 40,902 and the total worth
of the order was $670,612.33.
During the past 25 years $40 coun-
ellis have been instituted in this
state. OF this number II have dis
banded, six have consolidated with
other councils and two have. had
their charters revoked for insubor-
dination, namely, Enterprise Coun-
Gil, No. g., of Trenton, and Hollywood
Council, No. 20, of Long Branch.
BY initiation, reinstatement and
card 77,1S2 persons have been adj
mitted to membership during the
past 25 years. The loss by suspen-
sion, expulsion, death and withdraw
al was 1858. The total receipts
from all sources during this same
period were $4,7S9,757.54.
Record of % Years.
A table compiled by Mr.. Miers,
giving the losses and gains during
the past 25 years shows that the
number of councils June 80, 1880,
was 2S, and the councils instituted
from June 80, 1880 to June 80, 1905
were $40. The councils disbanded
from June 80, 1880 to last June we're
II. The total loss during the past
25 years was 10 councils. Last June
2S9 councils were reported.
At the end of June, 1880, the
membership was Lab and the mem
bers initiated from that date to last
June were 67,S32; members reinsta-
ted during hat period, 6.422; mem
bers admitted by card, 2,9OS. The
total loss during those years was 81
500, leaving a membership last June
of 40,902.
The total receipts during the %
years we're $4,7S9, 1884 and the
total disbursements $4,579,016.55.
The total worth of the councils last
June showed a net gain of $657,l1O.-
SO since 1880.
Past Years Growth.
Mr.. Miers will also make a full re-
port of the work done by the order
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1906. The councils instituted dur
ing that time we're: November %,
1904, Newland Council, No. 2S9, To-
Gated at New ~Foundland, Passaic
county, 80 charter members; March
81, 1905, Martinsville Council, No.
800, Martinsville, Somerset county,
26 charter members; May 20, 1905,
Westville Council, No. POI, Westville,
Gloucester county, so charter mem
bers; July 25, 1905, Watts Cooke
Council, No. 292, Paterson, As char
ter members. Mr.. Miers assisted at
the institution of these councils.