Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-25
COMMITTEE WILL
ARRANGE A RATE
PLAN FOR R. N. A
Idea of Scaling Certificates
Dropped When Shown to
Pc Only Makeshift.
QUESTION TO NEXT CAMP
Effort to Increase Period Between
Meetings Defeated at Closing
Session Saturday.

An adequate rate plan for the Royal
Neighbors Of America will be devised
by the executive council and a special
committee OF three after which ii will
be presented TO the local camps and
a referendum vote will be taken on it.
This was decided at the closing SEES
sion OF the supreme camp which came
to an end at O'Clock Saturday at
the Empire theater. after the down
scaling rate plan, advocated by the
supreme oracle. Mrs. Myra B. Enright,
and also by several other OF the SUI
preme officers had been defeated.
The down-scaling rate plan. as has
been before explained. involves the
scaling Of the certificates for the first
three years. Attorney Screechfield Of
Davenport, the society's legal advisor,
and A. d. Phillips, actuary from the
Modern Woodmen, explained in detail
the workings OF the down-scaling plan.
Mr.. Phillips made the statement that
had the certificates been scaled as
planned by Mrs. Enrfght for the past
year So. 1000 would have been saved
This. he further stated. represented a
saving of / cent per month for each
member.
Questions were asked in rapid sue
cession by the delegates, but the
favor with which the plan was looked
upon previously. changed to disfavor
when IL was explained that IL did not
provide for adequate rates and that
the question would have to be met at
some future time.
Left to Committee.
Dr. MorriIl of Chicago. member of
the supreme board of physicians, in
troduced an amendment to the reso-
luton for the down-scaling plan and
followed with a substitute motion to
name a committee of three to serve
with the executive council to devise
an adequate rate plan to submit the
matter 10 a referendum vote of the To-
cal camp, If such was deemed neces-
sary or at the next supreme camp.
The resolution of DR.. Morrill, was re-
ceived with great favor by the dele
gates and was unanimously adopted.
The closing session Saturday lasted
from O'Clock in the afternoon until
s o'clock in the evening. The last
The ceremony marking the
into Office. was a most i'm
pressive one and following this Mrs
Lima Collins of st. Paul, Mimi, past
supreme oracle, took the chair and
called each in turn of the past su-
preme oracles. the past supreme Off |
GERS who at that time left Office, and |
he editor of the Royal Neighbor, and |
presented them with bouquets
Four-Year Term Loses.
The matter of changing the SUI
oreme camp meeting from every three !
Tears TO every four years went to de-
eat at the closing session. The |
;hange in the bylaws TO make this ]
possible was advocated by the SUI
IRENE officers.
Mrs. Wynans. delegate from Ala
anna, presented a resolution to
hange the bylaws so that the su-
rene camp would be held every four
ears.
When it was seconded and put TO
ote il was almost unanimously de-
Gated.
Estimates place the cost OF the SUI
rene camp to the Royal Neighbors
t $4,000. The cost, however, Is con-
idered low, as the expenses of the ,
econd triennial camp at Denver ,
lree years ago was 100000.
The expenses of the supreme camp !
ONES out of a fund made up from ,
he per capital tax of the members, !
nd in which there is a snug balance.
ach OF the delegates received s120
IT attendance and 10 cents per mile
-aveled
Saturday night and early Sunday
corning most of the delegates left the
ty. The visitors, other than the
eiegates. who poured into Rock Is
md in large numbers until after
thursday had practically all left
With the exception of the supervis-
lg and district deputies, numbering .
5. practically all of the delegates to
ie supreme camp had departed to-
az Z
The deputies met in special session
o'clock this afternoon at the New
imbalI hotel. Davenport, with the
Cecutive council. The meetings will :
= held in secret.
At the sessions plans for a mem
srship campaign will be taken up.
Resolutions Adopted.
The following resolutions were
lopted during the closing session l
iturday:
Whereas. The Royal Neighbors ;