Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

slant accretlons to it's membership. Once
they begin to diminish the company begins
to wane, The fraternal companies know
this and hence they are constantly can
vassing for new members.
The Woodmen of the World had the
largest growth during the month of March,
1910. of any month of it's history-1S,Os6. We
now have a reserve fund of S1O,OOOOOO and
in seven more years with our present ratio
of increase it will reach S25,OOOOOO.
THE trouble with the earlier fraternals
was that they started in with too small a
reserve fund, and overlooked the necessity
Of increasing that reserve fund as their
mortuary losses increased. But they have
learned the lesson, and now all the sue
cessful fraternals are paying the strictest
attention to the maintenance of a reserve
fund in order to meet emergencies
No Room for JeaIOusies.
"A fraternsl insurance company in order
to succeed must have constant inflow of
new members to meet the losses from NOR
tuary causes, lapses and suspensions. The
same rule applies equally TO the old line
companies.
There should be no antagonism or jeal-
ousies between the old line companies and
tho fraternals. The fraternals gather in
risks that the old liners could not get. The
physical requirements for membership in
the fraternals is fully as exactinS as in the
old line companies and even more so. The
further success of fraternals lies in the
fact that It is the object of the fraternal
societies 10 keep their members in good
health for both sentimental and business
reasons. Hence every lodge has one or
more surgeons or physicians whose duty it
is TO look after the health OF the members.
And here again is n strong argument in
favor OF the perpetuity of the fraternais.
They not only care for the widowed and
fatherless of their membership, but labor
for the continued health OF their members,
thus materially reducing the death ex-
pectaney,
Uniform Rank Popular.
Probably no one factor contributes more
directly 10 the growth OF fraternalism
than what is known as the degree teams,
the drill companies and the uniform rank
organizations of the orders, The world has
not changed much in the centuries. The
panoply OF war is just as attractive to the
average man today as II was in the time
OF the Pharaohs and Napoleon. The uni
form ranks give the orders semi-militant
character They are educative. II might
surprise you to know that even the ma
tional government is considering very fav-
orably the proposition to recognize the
semi-militant character OF the uniform
rank OF the Woodman OF the Word. and ]
dare say, of other orders. This is because
of the popularity of our Institutions as
relating to the militant branch OF the gov
eminent, The government is coming to
recognize the value Of the drill and discip-
! line that is created through the uniform
ranks OF the several frateTnal orders, and
its availability in case OF emergency. There
is no soldier in the world equal TO the well
disciplined volunteer soldier. and the uni
form ranks are doing much 10 assist in the
creation OF these disciplined volunteers
We shall have three encampments OF the
uniform rank of the 'Woodman of the
World this year in different parts OF the
country. One viii be at Gulfport. Miss
another at Michigan City. Ind. and an
other at Union City, Tenn The dates Of
the encampments have not yet been de-
termined."