The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-11
Report Of the Modern Wood
men for Past Six Months
Shows Big Growth
ILLINOIS WOODMEN LEADERS
Head Clerk Shows That the Order is
in Better Condition Than at Any
Time in It's Long History Shows
a Big Gain.

In issuing a statement covering the
membership and insurance changes of
the Modern Woodmen society for the
first six months Of the current year,
Maj. G. W. Halves, head clerk, sug-
gests that, in common with life insur-
ance organizations Of every class, the
Modern Woodmen society's plans may
be defective, but states that, such as.
they are, they have been made by the
membership of the society acting
through the delegates they elect to the
society's supreme governing body. He
entertains the view that as long as the
Ansuring public demonstrates it's con
fidence ip the society the members
need have no fears as to the society
future, because they will have an OPP
portunity TO become fully informed
and to legislate intelligently for the
cure Of any defects that may be
found in the society IS rates or plans.
81 know of no insurance organiza-
ton of either class with better pros
pect than ours at the present time, -
says the head clerk. By reason Of
our phenomenal growth, we have,
generally speaking, a young member
ship. Our favorable mortality and
loss rates justify the view that we
not only have young membership,
but that the members have been care
fully selected. The loss rate per
$1,000 of insurance in force last year
was $6.51, meaning hat the costs of
insurance to our members last year
was $6.51 per $1,000. This was what
the insurance actually cost. Some mem
bers may have paid more than this am
QUIT and some less, due to the grading
of the rates.
THE members and management of
the society,<I think, have reason to be
satisfied with the progress we are MAX
ing, which is not equa.led so far this
year by the growth of any life insur-
ance organization in the United States,
barring none. =
The head clerk s statement referred
to above shows that the society has
surpassed all previous records for net
gains in membership and insurance
made during any similar period in it's
history The head clerk states that no
other insurance organization, fraternal
or old line, can show an equal record
of growth during the same period of
time.
On Jan. l, 1910, the society had
1,045,S69 beneficial members in GOOD
standing, and during the six months
ended June 30, 1910, the net gains in
beneficial membership totaled 5000.
During the same period of time the in
surance in force increased from 81
666,4S7,0 900 to $1746,755,000, net
gain Of insurance in force during the
first six months of 1910 of $8o.268. 600
Every state, territory and province
in which the society is doing business
shows net gains in membership and in
surance in force. Large net gains
were made by these states as follows:
Members Insurance
Illinois,. $1l Jos, $50
Iowa. .........,..........2,906 4,465, 900
There were 664 new local camp or
CARNATIONS chartered during the first
six months Of 1910, and on June 80
there were 14,4S2 local camps in good
standing The total number Of rev
benefit certificates issued to charter
applicants in new camps was 1o.38g.
There were 81 Al benefit certificates
issued to applicants in old camps, max
ing the grand total of certificates is
sued during the six months, e4.833.
On June SO, 1910, the insured mem
bers of the NJ W. A. were carving
a grand total insurance of $1,746.7 1861
000-nearly twice as much as that of
any other fraternal society doing bus
mess in the United States, and more
than any other insurance organization
fraternal or old line, with one excep-
ton.