The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

partment for its efforts to defeat the
Dodds bill. which aims to give fra
ternal publications better mailing
rates, c. c. Hollenback, of Columbus,
o.. representing the press section OF
the congress, Is scheduled to throw
more hot shot into the postoffice sys-
TEN Thursday afternoon or evening
His subject Is, Shall the Fraternal
Societies Of America be hamstrung by
postal officials?" In his paper he ham
dies the postal heads without gloves
and strikes right out from the shout
der In every sentence OF his arraign-
ment.
Hartigan Denounces Waste.
The address OF the Hon. John A.
Hartigan. commissioner of insurance
of Minnesota, and president of the
Insurance Commissioners convention,
on Expenses of Fraternal Societies"
was the feature of the Friday morn
ing session. He said in part:
I'm the year 1898, thirty-nine fra
ternal societies reported to the New
York insurance department Their
receipts were $22,77S,763, and the dis
bursements for expenses were $1,224,-
Eat, 5.37 per cent of the receipts. In
1908, fifteen years later, seventy so
cieties reporting to the same depart
ment had total receipts of $73 ,43S,636,
and expenses OF $7,S67 .999, 10 2-3 per
cent OF the receipts. You will note
that while the business was 3l1 times
larger, the expenses had increased
twice as fast as the business. In the
latter year there were paid to organ
izers alone by these societies s1,514,-
$50, an amount considerably In excess
of the total expenses In 1895.
During the year 1909 the receipts
of sixty-five fraternal societies report
ing to the Minnesota insurance depart
ment were $72,442,736. and the dis
bursements for expenses S,651,016,
practically IL per cent.
Deputies Come High.
THE increase of expenses in fra
ternal societies Is due principally to
two causes: First, the adoption of the
deputy system, and. secondly, the null
DUPLICATION of salaried officers; in
other words, commerclalizing OF the
fraternal system.
1.-The deputy system Is a serious
handicap to the ultimate success of
the fraternal society IL increases the
cost OF securing new business IL dis
.courages and effectively stops the eff
forts OF those who formerly secured
new members without any financial
reward. The high pressure. methods
used at times by the deputies bring
in q class who. being unfit for men,
bership, stay but short time and
produce nothing but a high lapse
ratio.
81 do not mean that deputies should
not be employed for the institution of
new lodges. This Is generally neces-
sary, but the lodge. once instituted,
should grow through the efforts and
work of its own members.
Gentlemen, | am no prophet, but |
see a time OF trial coming for these
associations, a time when every eff
fort must be put forth to preserve
them, a time for which preparation
must be made; every weakness must
be eliminated, there must be a return
to the economical methods of the past
by those who have deviated from
them"
Extracts from his paper follow:
"The members OF the National Fra.
ternal Press association who are sit
| ting In this body are well Informed
as to the action which has taken place
in the last year, and IL would be sur
. pIusaRe on my part to 20 over the en-
tire history OF the Dodds bill, which
has passed the lower house and is
now ready to be taken up by the sen
ate of the United States. Suffice II
| to say that the fraternities OF Amer
lea have secured the passage of this
| bill by the house against the bitter
and continued hypercritical .opposi-
ton Of the postal establishment al
| Washington. Had II not been for the
| sickness Of Senator Penrose at the
last moment We doubtless would