The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-05-06
BOOST CLUB RECORD
IT is NOW HELD IN CHICAGO;
MARK is 1000 STRONG.
'Man Should Not Lose Himself in His
Own Thrift Declared George E.
Roberts, President of the CONNER
cial National Bank; Fraternal So
cieties Are Making Fight Against
Action of Association of Commits.
isOners.
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Chicago, May An the line of
boosters clubs Chicago now holds
record membership, 1000, which is sig.
nifcant of the growth of altrIism in
business these days. Time was when
the Chicago rule approximated "every-
body for himself and the devil take.
the hindmost." The banquet speeches
in celebration of reaching the 1000
mark in the membership of the Chi
cago association of Commerce showed
that new spirit prevails, theoretical
to a degree but growing more practical.
''rhe good of the many is the good
of the individual" was a sentiment ex-
pressed which a few years ago would
have been regarded as pretty but not
business
Results Of Organization.
Tine results which organization is
securing is convincing skeptics that it
is business. One of the speakers.
George L. Roberts, president of the
Commercial National bank and for
merly director of the mint declared:
"A man should not lose himself i'm his
own thrift. He must consistently be
watchful for opportunities to benefit
the community and therein lies the
great possibility which is the legacy
of such an organization as this. You
and ! are not responsible, in the sense
OF having caused them, for the waste
spots in society, but that is not the
point.
Develop the Peoples Capabilities.
1--WE are not responsible i'm that
sense for the deserts we are prepar-
ing to irrigate, or the swamps we are
preparing to drain, in order to increase
the productiveness of our country. Sir
Edgar Speyer touched the point when
he said: England must increase the
efficiency OF her people We must de-
velop the capacities Of orr people, not
only as a means to an end, but as the
end itself, to which commerce and in
! dustry and institutions and govern
ment are all at last directed"
~ ]u Opposition Is Aroused.
! H. The regulation OF, fraternal insur-
anee societies proposed by the Ma
| tional Association OF Insurance Com
missiOnerS at its recent conference in
Chicago already has aroused symp-
toms of opposition from those fraternal
! societies which have not endorsed the
views of the insurance commissioners
as societies of the National Fraternal
! Congress have done. In many states
/ there are state ''fratcrnal congresses"
which are not however component parts
OF the national congress.
Attitude of Societies.
In many states the attitude of the
state societies, owing TO control by
current COST societies, is at variance
from that of the national organization,
which has declared consistently for ade-
! quatc rates to safeguard fraternal in
surancc. For instance, in Texas there
are indications that the regulation
proposed will be fought by the Texas
/ Fraternal congress, which led in fight
ing measure urged by Commissioner
Love of the Texas department, one
endorsed both by the National con-
grcss and the Associated Fraternities
/ of America.
Texas Has Raised Rates.
The Texas state congress" has here
tofOre raised the cry that regulation
was ''in the interest of the old line
insurance companies" Notwithstanding
ha Il MT cal I>rr
adequate rate societies over the old
line companies. The efforts to put
fraternal insurance on n mnassailable
footing, intrenched with proper regu
lations, has been DISTRACTED for years
in this way until the insurance COM
missioners, forseeing disaster to some
societies. decided to take hand.
Smallest Assessment on Record.
A bill for l cent satisfying the
smallest special assessment ever levied
on Chicago real estate, was paid in
the office of the county treasurer to-
day by Edward M. Dunn, 6l39 st.
Lawrence avenue. The actual assess
ment was one One-sixth of cent, but
Mr.. Dunn permitted the county to-
keep the change. Two cents in stamps
and much clerical work were spent in
collecting the money. The assessment,
amounting to | cent, was made against
, a parcel of six lots in the Washington
Park Club addition to Chicago. Mr..
Dunn owned one of the lots. According
to the law he should have paid inter-
: est at the rate of per cent from
Jan 2, 1908, but he decided to give
: the county the whole cent rather than
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