The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-05

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Smelling and Refining company an
nounces a new and comprehensive in
surance plan for all its employees. Two
circulars, Nos. 344 and S45, dated
March Z, give all details; the former
is given herewith in full and that
portion of the latter which is not dup
Heated in the former.
The American Smelling a. Refining
company (the American Shelters Sc
curities company likewise), in further
development of its policy in matters
relating Ito labor and welfare, has
adopted the following plan of group
life indemnity for the benefit. of its
workmen and their families or de-
pendents:
Circular No. 344.
Effective as of January /, 1917, the
company at it's own expense will issue
to each wage Garner employed at any
Of it's plants, mines or mills in the
United States, who has been in the
service of the company for one year
or more, a certificate of indemnity
paying, in the event of death for any
cause while in the employ of the COM
pany, $1,000 to the families or depend
ents of married men and $500 to the
dependents of single men. On the
marriage of single man, the amount
of his indemnity will at once be in
creased to that of a married man.
Persons in the employ of the company
for less than year win receive Il
certificate upon the completion of one
years service. Certificates will be
issued without discrimination as to
language or nationality, color or
creed, irrespective of age, and with
out medical examination or other
proof of physical condition. Payment
will be made to the beneficiary desig-
mated by the employe, but If there be
no designated beneficiary surviving
at the death of the employee, payment
will be made 10 Cd the widow; CD If
no widow, the children, equally; CD
If no child, the parents, equally; (D
il no parent, the brothers and sisters,
equally; 90 if no brother or sister,
the estate, in the order named; pay
ment to a beneficiary first in order
excluding beneficiaries later in order
The indemnity will be paid in whole
or part as soon as possible and not
more than 80 days after satisfactory
proof of death and identification of
beneficiary. 1t will be paid in lump
sum or in not more than five Install
ments, as in the judgment of the
plant manager will prove the more
advantageous to the beneficiary; but
all installments shall be fully paid
within II months after death. The
term of the certificate will be one
year, but at the end of each year, for
the five years next ensuing, the in
tention of the company is to issue
new certificate, increasing the amount
800 in the case of married men and
$50 in the case of single men, to the
end that the indemnity of married
men will eventually be $500 and the
indemnity of single men $3.50. This
indemnity is for employees of the COM
pany only, and will therefore cease in
the case of any person leaving its en-
ploy for any cause.
The motives which actuated the
company in taking the action an
nounced may be summarized as fol-
lows:
The company regards itself as I'M
der an obligation to its faithful and
regular employees, who do it's work
and keep its operations going, in the
same way that it Is under an obliga-
| ton to the stockholders whose saw
ings and investments furnish the cap
ital for it's business. With regard to
employees, the company is concerned
with the welfare, not only of it's men.
but Of their families. It's aim Is,
therefore, in addition to paying them
fair living wage, las high as pre-
vailing conditions and the competitive
nature of the industry will allow, to
provide safe and suitable conditions
for their employment, to promote
their general health and well being,
to furnish aid and relief in the case
of sickness and accident, and to make
provision for those growing old in the
service. In furtherance of this aim.
the company employs safety experts
and engineers, installs safety devices,
provides hospital care and medical
service, administers workmen's bene-
fit funds, and maintains an old age
pension system, all under the direc-
ton of permanent labor and welfare
department. In this way, while sup
plying the emans of livelihood for
them and their families, the company
hopes also to spread feeling Of con-
tentment among its workmen, to give
them a sense of security in their EN-
ployment, to earn their loyalty and
confidence, and to give them sound
reasons for believing that the COM
pany's interest Is their interest, and
thus promote a relation of mutua