Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-26
TOBACCO COMPANY
GIVES SUCH NOTICE TO ITS
EMPLOYEES
Persons Whose Wages Have Been Un-
der Certain Limit Are the Benefi-
Charles of the New Order-Many Are
Affected.

"'tSSo company III luG WOFlu, Has Is
sued formal notice to it's great army
OF employees located in every state in
the union that hereafter it will pay a
death benefit to the beneficiary of any
person in its service who draws not
more than $50 week in wages. This
notice affects about 100000 men and
women. The notice, copy of which
has been mailed to each employe, pro-
vides as follows:
Upon proof of the death of any per-
son in the employment of this COM
pany who shall have been continuous
ly in it's service for at least one year
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 final
ly designated by such employee sum
of money equal to the wages paid
to such dead employe by this company
during the last year of his of her life,
not exceeding, however, in any case,
the sum of $500.
The American Tobacco Co. has
plants located in the following cities
and towns: New Yorw, Baltimore, Rich
lnond, Danville, Newport News, South
Boston, Durham, Greenville, Hender-
son, Oxford, Rocky Mountain, Wilson,
N. c., New Orleans, Louisville, Owens
boro, Lexington, Marysville, Ky; st.
Louis, Middletown, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Jersey City. Chicago, Philadelphia,
GAINESVILLE, Darlington, Timmonsville,
S. C.
Statesmen Cover States.
In addition to the foregoing the COM
pany has statesmen and other en-
playes in practically every important
city in the United States.
Factory managers throughout the
country have sent reports to the gen.
eral offices of the company at Ill
Fifth avenue, New York, since the no
tice was sent out saying that the new
proposition has been received with the
greatest enthusiasm among the en-
ployes. Those who will be benefited
by the company's offer include every
kind of employees; the travelling sales
men, of whom the company employs
several thousand, stenographers,
clerks, bookkeepers, office boys, me-
chanics, porters, truckmen, watchmen
and common laborers, as well as the
skilled workmen of various classes.
]. Fletcher, Jr., comptroller of
the American Tobacco Co., whose de-
apartment has charge of the new bene-
fit plan, Yesterday made the following
statement:
The directors of our company have
| been carefully considering this Npropo
sition for several months They have
learned that the employees of the COM
pany are paying thousands of dollars
every year for industrial insurance.
inv, 0,
type of insurance are paid in weekly
installment and make more or less
serious drain upon the resources Of en-
]ployes drawing small or moderate
wages. After due consideration the
company devised this plan to relieve its
employees from the expense of carry
ing any insurance of this kind. or
course we hope that those of our en-
pl9yes who can afford to do SO will
CARRY insurance additional to our
bounty.
Plan is Simple.
"The plan of the paying of the bene-
fit is made as simple as possible. There
is absolutely no red tape of any kind
connected with it. No employe will
be called upon to contribute directly or
indirectly. a single penny to the fund
out of which the benefit will be paid.
There will be no document to be drawn
up and signed All that the employe
will have to do will be to give to the
cashier of the branch or office at
or from which he is employed the
name of the beneficiary to whom the
bounty is to be paid. The bounty is
not attachable. nor will it be turned
over to his heirs or assigns of the bene-
ficiary. The reason for this is that the
bounty does not belong to the insured,
but to the company and can be deliver
ed only to such person, as the employe
designates by his own free will. In
other words, it will be impossible for
anyone other than the person named
by the employe to collect the money.
1--WE expect that the expense OF es-
tablishing this bounty OF, benefit sys-
TEN will be large, but we believe that
it will be money well invested. 1t will
certainly greatly benefit our employees
and we believe that it will have ten
dency to keep in our employ the very
best class of working people,