Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-03
SESSION OF NATIONAL
FRATERNAL CONGRESS-
Reports and Legislation for 80
Organizations in the
United States

ternal Congress. just held in Chicago had
eighty out of the ninety-one fraternal bodies
enrolled represented by 320 members Allen
p. Cox, NJ. Il. recorder of the Artisans
Order of Mutual Protection. who is serving
on important committees Of the congress,
makes a comprehensive report of 'the
session.
vnrs m5s'idsnt ds,td L gosk Of the woOd%e1 Of the
The address of welcome was extended by Hon.
cstsSs ,osi 3rdsr iS e had been sS
Se freedom Of the City but fSSR his SGIs place e cSme
Usual ss peafH1SOTg shsf Of police TathsT ur
not ss fortu2sto as Philadep phia in having
The address Of the President was a very com.
the war situation and what the several societies
are doing in the matter Of var risks lie also
Ss wOT,n of hSsr! eCnGs The
lips toward fTStsrhai Societies occupied con
IN his @ddTess 9Ta r,r he yerg
reference, to THE Whole, Family Protection
socey h ssuns had n that amy amy
wqaS sgyO its IN Nsw y9
Grti,cism by George A. Scott OF the Nati1ns ,ar
w Called Gse and Mr. EsS ruled out
of order.
The president pointed Out that the NeT YORK
Of the societies and suggested that commits
Pponed sS udg %eSeTs the Present and need
OF the fratcrnal system and to submit TO the
sush ne"S to III the Pree code
ssr sGm0ped the mSsa Ssa dS1&i spprcach of
tho time when the Mobile and New York Confer ,bd-
feeling The PnsS Gs q these he Ss and an'icpSte
yor,us s. 1;SsSTsoq 6,ess5 an Of 6rssa sr
sSa@Ssa James oyF".Hfs SS$sSs
Of the A.; O. " VI enttIed vafo ,a Fyotsrnal
RRTsffmfs RsHsst $6esy Ct T'ySsl rssd SsaS
coganes in the rPitsd s,atss Tsss fTom
Gompanes wTTe @e viii qT Te rSsrued The Industrial de
partmonts Of the companies s are the K0Ssr I0iSad
TsG''1 n;o he Sest GSSP thst hat %
sSome of fTs qf ns% TO p
membership from the SUNDAY sShSo'gS S0 90 "hS ny
iEH,a inEor deSartmsrt9 sGs Ills own soce} hsd Writ
Snd pSH pSa oat ssSo in in cSm
NsrssT req % the the afGSr. t and 's G.
witch gave the fSTTinT dTins fnfrs le,o 900
ss% %Sos hs,9Ey o4 Of me So
insurance in f9EcS So o 800 400 s9 9G9 .,
TePenssa psr msmbsr. Sew business 600 or
asaas. TmSrS TongiTs MfTs
deaths we're % 5!5 asalnst thg expGStGSs or gr. 2
Tao & That tO'RS death rss sxsse%sa tH
table MI Marksy GoneSdea tba eces aHs, 'nf of
Of rates and Ssd S{enGn mae tho aS
a rSaSjus%sn's r. G %@S'a'ty table wOu'u Dear %
T. Hunter. entitled Hunting by a frSGtcal hdicrl
sns pnt r Gfm HHnteS is @ an adVsrtisnF srSalisi
Tnd skGG from G 81 ha erns GnH o6
hers in nifty Years and advocated that we spend
ten TGms pfT To yaags P fer pub
and %T 9SSss biz III
of"tS Of the United states circuit Court; Ills TAI,
Rs apa "con Of G the
ernmen''
On Wednesday a paper was read by
"a snha o Of sns MSa&'" Soed
under the FSsG Of tes 9ePS"s 1a s se Sf
Of one the fraternois and Twisting much of III,
ed EthSut living up to the s,rsssl sEa re
%T ors of wons for one
ptT%Sd 1S be nsS5sS SpSS
and PT%fSf mder % The ordinary rates. Many member,
sor this have
ntH in ast ss fFe GmtSy OF only that
pap partcniar ctG tirm or company they were without
'"H:%5Snss, ,o., ., ,Ds committee on ethics re,t
-, ~, ~ triaiv NIrs iuIia Ward CllnCman n
py the argaiy upon Unfair comparsons made
H"es IGS,rnaIg i'm The valuation reports Of
~, ~ omvara sn',araI sncist los " "
ing seNcrn Ncnm,nIttac an the observation Of a ma
Ihe Soitng Soitt.gSc1 AN Uu Vas r. pead Nv Miss Rover
.ohab a. iradIms' iTods Of The Maccabees The repor
Oh tne narS t.au,5' I" ' Rrotber 10 n Haag of III,
KE,pr Mns roG Mvstic circle OF Phadelphia A bill
traterna fdw,od NtSsuw I1 Wo tinted states CON
mas oetn et ,ha h., tnI'sa nv Hon l. Hampon Moore
gfeIs ma' ihia nannl, Ortober ~ AS a IeEa
holiday, he known as lraternaI pay, I
authorize the Iresidfnt 10 issue q ~. i
calling upon the rlliTehs 10 ppSen neenI1a, ' wdi wd
rather than 70 mhkn u Irsat Isncre. .U,.""S' ~ W"
! finally pass poth houSeS VI No"sre
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Another splendid paper was that OF VII
| liam Gale Curtis. president OF the insuranc
| Economic Society OF America, on social IN
| surance." There seems to be gIoWins Tea
| among our people that We are drifting towar'
| Insurance control and compelled oy the State at
| that the State will step into the insurance he' h
| and develop a monopoly 10 tne eNolusion o, N
4 oldline companies as Weli as tne ot III
and there are ample indicatohs 70 suIpoit n ,m,
belief. Bills for eompulsory neath mints
introduced In nIteeh Statps 'ast
Minnesota has It's state nsuI ~ 81
: it's State life insurance. lowe anu am eiss aozsn 70
their compensation ihsuranso aenra aa ca,,Disnion
| more states have soclal anoo nnnosa
at work. Compulsory insusnVp ro,err sIsn op'o nn