Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
FORESTER LEADER
/ DFENDS SOCIETY
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State Deputy Bingham Says
Elizabeth "RevoIt" Over Rates
3 Will Have Little Effect.

10 ELIZABETH, Dec. Nv. II. Bing-
ham, of this city, state deputy for the
independent Order of Foresters, today
said that he believed the formation
i.here of the Fraternal Defense Society
aewould have little effect on the organ
lfzation which he represents. The
Fraternal Defense Society is composed
z of local members of the Independent
riOrder of Foresters who became DIS
szsatisfied because of an order that In
creased the insurance rates. They
Selected officers last week.
Mr.. Bingham asserted that II the
defense Society can make a success
with its venture, it will have the good
srvishes of the Order of Foresters. He
sadded that he had been informed the
lptomoters of the Defense Society had
agreed to accept the old members or
the 1. o. F. without a medical exam
anation. This, Mr.. Bingham thought,
lis a serious proposition to race, as Is
their reported intention to permit
these old members to pay the same
rates they are paying In the FOREST
iers, based upon their age of entry into
1.-The I. o. F., instead of rating thein at
their present age.
~. Mr.. Bingham added:
=, There are several statements in the
story of Organizer Dabb, of the De-
tense Society," that, in behalf OF the
600 loyal Foresters In Newark and
elizabeth, would like to correct.
His information that moneys sent by
our membership to the Supre Court at
= Toronto Is .-henceforth beyond the
reach of our civil courts is wrong.
our order Is as amenable to the laws
of tins country in case Of civil suit as
though our headquarters were In the
United States It also Is an error 10
saw the Canadian government forced
the I. o. F. to readjust its rates.
- "The only part the Canadian gov
eminent took in this matter was at
our request, to enact law permit
ting us to make certain changes, this
5sfct was passed by parliament with
the understanding that before 1t be-
came a law, 1t must have been &C
cepted by a two-third vote of the
members of the Supreme Court of the
L. %. F. 1t was so accepted by
vote of 200 to 4. The only legal re-
uuirement forced upon us was from
our own country through the proVi-
giBions of the Mobile bill, law in two
thirds of our States, but not law
in Canada. His claim that approx
mately half of the moneys sent to
4xhe Supreme Court from our courts
In this country Is retained there, Is
best answered by referring to the ex-
hperience of our order In this state In
1912. Our New Jersey courts in that
year RENTED to the Supreme Court
a total of $4,000 and received In
away of benefits from the Supreme
Court during the year, as follows,
for death claims 100000; for disable
ity benefits, $4,000; for old age bene-
ff53ts. $500; q total of $114,50O."
1.-The present unrest existing among
eeertain members of the l. o. FL" con-
6tinued Mr.. Bingham, lis consequent
or the legislation of the supreme court
of the order at Its session In August
rectifying errors made when the order
was reorganized In 1881, promising
certain benefits at approximately half
their actual vost, and the subsequent
deficiency that followed. An attempt
twas made at the session of the SUI
preme court in 1908 to rectify this
'error by reimbursement of the rates
of members who had for years been
paying far below the actual cost of
athe protection they were carrying.
Through sentiment this attempt was
partly defeated by the adoption Of a
seompromise measure. In consequence,
nthe readjustment of three months ago
was absolutely necessary In order to
ensure the future solvency of the
order"