Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-02
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY
Pays a Death Benefit to Its En-.
ployes.

lhC hAti lNuh AOoaCCb 1u.g HllSi
Is the largest tobacco compaD; in th,
world, has issued a formal notice h
its great army of employees located IL
ever state In the union that hereafte.
1t will pay a death benefit to thu
beneficiary Of any person in its service
who draws not more than $50 a weeh
in wages. This notice affects aboui
$50, 900 men and women. The notice
a copy Of which has been mailed tC
each employe, provides as follows:
Upon the proof OF death of any per
son in the employment of this com.
pany who shall have been continuous.
ly in its service for at least one yeal
preceding his or her death, and whose
wages do not at that date exceed $50
per week, the American Tobacco Co.
will donate in cash to the person fin.
ally designated by such employe a sum
Of money equal to the wages paid to
such dead employe by this co mpany
during the last year of bis or her life,
not exceeding, however, 10 any case,
the sum of $500.
The American Tobacco Company
has plants located 10 the following
cities and towns: New York, Balti.
more, Richmond, Danville, Newport
News, South Boston, Va, Durham,
G~reenville, Henderson, oxford, Rocky
Mountain, Wilson, N. c., New Orleans
Louisville, Greensboro, Lexington,
Maysville, KY, st. Louis, Middletown,
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jersey City, Chica.
90, Philadelphia, GAINESVILLE, Darling
ton, Timmonsvllle, S. c.
In addition to the foregoing the
company has statesmen and 9th err en-
ployes in practically every important
city In the United States, so that
there is hardly a town OF any size
In the entire country that does not
contain a number OF families who will
be benefited by this action.
Factory managers throughout the
country have sent reports to the gen.
eral offices Of the co mpany at Ill
Fifth avenue, New York, since the
notice was sent out, saying that the
new proposition has been received
with the greatest enthusiasm among
the employees. Those who will be ben
Gifted by the company's offer include
every kind Of employe, the travelling
statesmen, OF whom the company en-
ploys several thousand, stenographers,
clerks, b~ook-keepers, Office boys, me-
chanics, porters, truckmen, watchmen
and common laborers, as we'll as the
workmen of various classes.
j. Fletcher, Jr., Comptroller OF the
American Tobacco Co, whose depart
ment has charge Of the benefit plan,
Yesterday made the following state
nent:
THE directors Of our company have
Teen carefully considering this propo-
iition for several months. They have
earned that the employees of the com.
'any are paying thousands of dollars
very year for industrial insurance.
rhe premiums or assessments of this
'ype of insurance are paid in weekly
and make a more or less
erious drain upon the resources OF
employees drawing small or moderate
wages. After due consideration the
ompany devised this plan to relieve
Is employees from the expense of car.
ylng any insurance Of this kind, OF
curse we hope that those of our en-
loyes who can afford to do so will
AIRY insurance additional to our
The plan Of the paying OF the bene.
I is made as simple as possible. There
absolutely no red tape OF any kind
onnected with it. No employees will
e called upon to contribute, directly
T indirectly, a single penny to the
nnd out Of which the benefit will be
aid. There will be no document TO
, drawn up and signed. All that the
nployes will have to do will be to
we to cashier Of the branch or Office
or from which he is employed, the
Of the beneficiary To whom tbe