The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-25
RATE DEBATE
WAS INTERESTING
kahoka Woodmcn Stay Up Until
Midnight to Hear TWO Members
Argue.

KAHOKA, Mo-. April 25 Kahoka
Woodmen hall was the scene Of a i
merry debate Tuesday night. The
Jefferson City, Mo-, actuary in the
Missouri insurance. department and
Jerry Green of Iowa. The subject OF !
debate was the proposed increase in
rates. Mr.. Reeves was billed for an
address On this occasion by the state
deputy for this date. Mr.. Green was
a guest in the city, and was prevailed
upon to be present and give his side
OF the controversy. having been con-
nected with the "insurgent' cause IN
! his home state. Mr.. Reeves was not
aware Of the fact that hc was to en-
gage in Joint debate until his arrival
at the hall. however he was nothing
daunted and In his forceful and logical
way presented his side of the case in
clear and logical manner. AS one of
the members Of the new rate commit
tee appointed by the head camp IT.
was natural that he be well posted
For more than an hour he gave to his
hearers concise explanation of the
] new proposed rates, explaining each
table in a clear way that all could
understand. He went at length into
the mortuary records of the various
Insurance companies Of the country,
4 and while he did not insist that a
4 raise was absolutely necessary at this
time, he did contend that raise in
the near future was positively neces-
sary, and the disagreeable duty was
bound to come. From an insurance
standpoint, Mr.. Reeves address was
one of the best we have ever listened
to. He left off all of the frills and
!. confined his remarks to actual stats
tics as he found them by the close
study of a lifetime. He acknowledged
being the father Of the Mobile bill
as presented to and passed by the
. last session of the Missouri 1egisla
! ture. He defended his measure by
. saying that 1t was one of the best laws
! of the. kind ever passed and that time
: would prove his position to be correct
1t would take columns to give in de
tall the many points of Mr.. Reeves
splendid effort. At It's conclusion, hs
expressed willingness to try ant
: answer any and all question his hear
= ers might desire to ask. Many awaited
:. themselves of the opportunity. Mr.
: Reeves was greatly handicapped II
his speech by the fact that there wa,
probably not to exceed half dozen II
= his audience who were not "insur
4 gents and had their minds made up
), and as result the applause was yer.
A limited, if indeed, there was any. Thi
correspondent has known Mr.. Reeve
for many years, personally. and we ca
n and do youch for his sincerity and In
n tegrity, and we can assure all tina
= what he said on this occasion wa
a from sincere and honest man, q
r. influential member of the order, an
" one who has given his best efforts t
" what he sincerely and honestly b.
lieves to be for the society's bes
r. interest. Very few Of his audienc
O. agreed with him. Time will tell whetl
" er he or they have the correct idea.
ct Mr.. Green was then introduced an
ut for more than an hour explained b
It. side. He had his audience with hi
from the start and his address We
h. repeatedly applauded His contentio
or was that raise In rates was entirel
Id uncalIed for and said that it had bee
the history Of all fraternal societis
nd who imposed high rate of insurant
st. to eventually fall by the wayside. F
ay cited in evidence many failures.
E. prove his assertion that the Woodmt
did not need to raise rates he cited Il
eft long life of many insurance compani
to Of England. who were hundreds
years old and still doing business I
nd low rate. He advised all membe