Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-03
BIG PREMIUM ON BABIES.
Parents Benevolent Association
VIII Pay $500 Apiece II Birth.
GOES TO MOTHER AS TRUSTEE
Each Member is Assessed to Pay for
the New Acknowledgment to Make
Children Less Expensive-Promoters
are Confident,

NEW YORK. Nov. 2.-Somebody
trying by statistics to account for
race suicide has computed that II
costs 100000 to bring up child. Many
persons Will consider that an overes.
innate when the average child is un-
der consideration hut few will deny
that children are expensive iuxlirtsa
Now comes the North American
Parents Benevolent Association with
Il plan whereby children are to be
less expensive. On the front of the
neat little pink circular which the as
sociationissucs ia the legend.
Join the North American Parents
Benevolent Association and reap its
benefits. which are as certain as
DEATH
According to the associations liter
ature, these benefits are the payment
of $500 for every child born to every
member In good standing Charles
IL. George. vice-president and general
manager OF the association which has
offices In Broadway. gave details OF
the plan today.
This Is new association" said
Mr.. George. at was incorporated DC
tober IL by Judge Ford. of the Su-
prone Court. 1t is purely Il mutual
concern aud Is the successor of the
Parents Benevolent Association of the
United States. which mas been doing
business for five years That asso-
citation paid every claim against It,
but under its plan of doing business
the money was paid to the mother as
reward for the birth of her child
Some of the States brought the as
ISOLATION under the jurisdiction of the
Insurance departments, so We incor
porated this company in such way
that the money goes to the mothe,
MS trustee. to be hdld as n benefit
fund for the child. Why. $500 ut pei
cent. interest would amount to SLIGO
when the baby Is 21.''
we think it's very fine thing.
said Mrs. Bernard S. Austrian, whose
name appears as president OF the as
ISOLATION and who has desk close tc
that of Mr.. George. we believe WON
on all over the country will like it. Il
means 80 much to them"
I'm the old association there were
400 members" said Mr. George, con
tinuing his discourse. I'VE expect tC
have many more than that. Any mar
ried woman can join. and there are
l2,0OO,0O0 married couples in thr
United, Statos. 1ve shall, start n branch
In Canalla, too, and one in Boston.
1t costs IS for q married couple tc
join the association, and the annual
dues are 81. Then there are asscss
ments. Whenever child is born to
ytlnD,hn,t
assessed her pro-rata share of $500.
The assessment for the next nine
months. the ,association's circular
says. is fixed at 81 month. and 1t
is estimated that for the second year
1t will be about S1.5O month, ana af.
ter that not more than SO month.
1t is going to be composed of the
very best married persons in Amerl-
ca Mr.. George went on. who will
cooperate In mutual way to furnish
the sum of $500 as an endowment to
every child born alive to n sister mem.
ber"
He admitted that the time might
come when every one of the 10000.
900 married couples in the country
might be members, but even then. he
explained. a bab ywould not be as
expensive MS It is now. even though
there We're assessments every hour
or two. because the member that
didn't have children would be paying
the expenses Of those that did.
We don't expect TO get them all
INTO the association" he said, "but
they all ought to join"
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