News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-06-18
COOPERATION is SUCCESSFUL
Manager of Patrons Fire and Tornado
Association of Kansas Gives
Out Figures.

ASSOCIATION " fNdHSdS SlNCS
Out Figures.
Ever since the grange was organized
various lines of business cooperation
have been carried out and some Of
then have been conspicuously success.
tnl, returning thousands of dollars Of
saving to the members who thus COM
bined
striking example Of such success
ful cooperation is furnished by the
PatrOns' Fire and Tornado association
Of Kansas, which is in every sense a
grange undertaking, and which has
Just closed its twenty-third consecu-
tive YEAR of successful operation. The
manager is George Black of Olathe.
who recently retired from the chair as
master of the Kansas state grange.
For the year ending December 81,
the company reports total of risks
amounting to $16,1S0,09S, net gain
Tor the year of $1,944,1 1853. The total
amount of fire insurance written dur
ing the year 1912 was $685. 67 and
OF tornado insurance $1,364,4 APO, max
ing a total of new business written
S6%6,lS7 The total premiums col
lec'ed during the year amounted to
$2S559,34 and the amount of losses
PAID was $23,3399S. One hundred
and ninety losses were paid during the
year and balance remained on hand
December 81 of $22O6.76, after pay
Ing all losses, running expenses and
all the bills of the year.
How the company has kept pace
viii the growth of the grange in Kan
sas during recent years is also appar-
ent rom the figures: In 1906 the
grange lhad IS subordinate oranges
and $50 members. The report to the
state grange in December of this year
Shows hat there is now 14S subordi-
nate oranges and over 1000 mem
beTs The grange has doubled it's
oranges. and membership in six years.
Durng the year 1906 this association
1ncTease6 its risks until in 1907 it was
carrying S6,O00,000 Of risks; in 1905
1t TaS carrying over 100000; in
100 theGncrease was over $2,000,0OO
In 10 the net gain was over $4,000
o. in 1911 the gain was $2,3S5,77O;
anu about the same gain last year,
bringingIt total of risks carried up
to S16,lSp O93.
In his annual report this year, Man
ager Bladk gives much information on
such grange cooperation as running
IRE insurance company, and says,
om"ng other thaings:
The grange occupies 21 counties in
kinSas Some of these counties have
all tbs subordinate oranges needed,
but the membership in each grange
might be increased and new blood in
Jeted into them. The Kansas state
grange will look after the extension
Of the grange in new counties, but the
policy holders in counties organized
might be of great aid in increasing
The membership of the grange they
belong TO- We have few policy hold. .
ers who to get the benefit of the in
iurance Joined the grange, took out
insurance for five years, paid their 7
Tues for hye years and never went u
lear the grange again. If all the
MEMBERS We're like that in the grange
would be dead today and their in. "
urance no good If we are going to u
york together for a certain purpose, u
nd expect to accomplish that purpose, W
ach must DO his share of the work. u
You must remember that insurance ~
; not all OF the grange, and that the U
reat question of cooperation is at u
ractlng the attention of all people. u
he manner OF the grange co-operat- '"
lg IN the purchase of supplies and in '"
he sale OF farm products has now w
cen taken up and in the next year
'ill be thoroughly on it's feet Or
ortuniJy is knocking at the door of
he agrculturlst now; the great body an
f the consumers are growing more in
numerous while that of the agrfcul. Gu
lrist is growing less, and the great no
roblem OF the future is not of a par tn
isan nature, but Of a hungry people
Iamoring 70 be fed within their cla
means. The grange, the greatest or.
anizahon ever offered to the Ameri: me
Bill farmer, realizes this fact and is ha
boxing after these important features,
nd those or our membership who rat
ave Joined the grange for insurance an.
lone, had better use their best en-. OF
eavors in building up the grange for Jot
That there is to come to them along
Their lines, and I can assure you that
be insurance vii take care of itself" n
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