Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-04
|ONAL LFRATERNAL
'GONCRESS SECTIONS
1ianrsual Conference on
Welfare of Beneficial
> Organizations


esented by the presidents. actuaries
NV sections, convened In chicago
more than 100 delegates from fifty
T4ncc sick and death benefit organi-
)41m. which constitute about one-half
f(he societics composing the congress
~ afihual session OF the full congress
q I9Ae held last summer Allen 7. Cox, NJ.
& ~ recorder OF the Artisans order Of
utnal Protection. makes record Of this
sINeeresting session:
tZ4Jne convention was opened by an adlrca'
XIV The president Of the congress-, Or. r. u
oT Ess,sTnS G1S pSeliS,iS sn Sdio ssd ~ S aa
4 ~ lsfuented the fact that 1t was 80 limited
ssS g be- pr prefepTed t to straisht % %advcrtislns
n also much eheeper. 6nt the doctor t NV. wa
~ time was insdvlsahle. He believed that
q sIosan Of the times was not how much
E{fh good can we do for. The Country. 49,.
+ ~ 4{ne second address, on the topic. rs Fur
FSslaIoss o. tse Noble S and e %e1 S YORK COZ"
\ {srence Bilis1" was to have been delivered
the Hon. John j. I.cnts, president Of the
slni,sion e Ms rs Order o. MoGss YsiGn u
v E2rk among the soldier members q nat hi
IndEs Sees. the legal adviser OF Brother
{ Ientxs Organization, IN "a very able manner
n Ne stated that those bills should be amended
only after prsyerful consideration and, as
tit9 tneir main provisions, not az all hnt
b changed and clarified
50 4ecticn 3 OF the New York conference
otli provides that cash surrender values.
and maintained on the American experence
K silent as to what table shall be used for the
f WertsIity. The inference Is that II Is also
gtAted and made the National. Fraternal
:ssrnals should have the same rlsht as the
l2ommercisl companies TO separate their
t.!ned and current mortallty. provided Tor;
S sftcr which the remainder. if any, should
also convinced that The ''msrser % section
x would be entirely adequate " therr were
The legislative situation in the state of
New York was then taken up for considers
ATTORNEY General OF New York had approved
the ruling o. Insurance Commissioner PM,
sjFyvileges In other States they are per
X mittsd In she state OF New York new
sIesislature, which couples the whole fam,
, ny protection @ hill and ,he T forn@r NJ, Mich%si. %
license OF any socisty doing business in
the State of New. York, which accepted new
sn Ns 1ssF frarna F9nSaTS srs tess
should be cancelled This hill viii not AFFECT
At ali thanks TO our foresight some three
years ago, but It does AFFECT materially some
men, the wcodnsn OF Of the world and the
Knights and Ladies OF Security, all Of which
ron,ention Of these societies is that the
New York conference bill provldrs the way
ana that no additional legislation is needed.
This view is generally shared with tho
sssson why y ali societies should not not at least
berin at once to require new members to
! This subject provided a discussion which
lasted most OF tho day. and u was finally
,se,nmtaee Of Tho noneress thst il takc such
action as 1t thought best
<,.sii.
..r prof. walter Dill Scott. Of the Northwest.
Department bureau OF personnel of tho
erIny. talked on 'MobiIIzins the American
ns. sgsakT ,Ss pTose, Mae ;Sc
tiensl Frsternai consress Table Of Mortality
tery of this table. He had fortified himself
sDnDns Of ana smnt RSn
ssS his 10y. Sn S view GsI n1i that Of ths founders
16rder starting with fresh lives and careful
SELECTION with the elimination Of cash paid;
eenaed Sai1ss ana ierst wngh % tnhia
would be sufficient.
= 4 H6 nad also COfnnlled the mOrtalltN eN-
perience OF a numbcr OF orders. involving an
exposure of 1.118.000 lives for a period Of
ngurc). in which he found that while 1881
utaths were expected only 1909 were real
Hearty .demonstrating that tho y F. e
gable of mortality was sufficient for soci-
shairman OF the committees on sta,isiics. has
Ior fifteen or more years comn!led the NOR.
1he congress under the y. F, C. table. and
<fith one execution, that Of 1915, which re-
the actual deaths have been less than the
expected; another proof OF the sufhclency, Of
table Is a cheaper one than either the actu-
aries or American experlence tables. pnon
their premium rates .,, and which for many
forrsation was very gratifying.
!. The second day of the session had been
z set aside by the president to be devoted TO
msans BY which fraternsl societies can hello
~ ooyernment win the war, The first
sort Of the committse known as the wash
o the ape SoSr, Of which n
xnatm.ss s.cv This &c cspTm',se NM was appointed
Of al in Sy at of
4yport embodied the following recommends.
FIRST That fraternal societies bc urged
\ 70 .inyest all their available funds in Lib
second. That every organization adopt a
- rFleI pa,riotlc tl.usl ior use AT every meet
VI 5Third. That orRa anizat tion " Four MINI
Y rte men and women be established in all
X Fourth That each subordinate Iodro adont
fY' n oerrsce nag containing blue star for each
f 1lneInber In the service. That In the event
zge member being wounded q silver star
=. q ~ replaced with gold star with appro.
4, 4 f3fth That each subordinate lodge organ.
jzs within itself a wsr5saylnss society; ,his
kftted resources can loan their money to their
AZ me session was then addressed by IT, r.
Viiey Federal director OF the war-sayin.s
<onnittee. who stated that next In inn
B rortnnce 10 the fighting line came the insn.
Z fbrough faulty financing than through faulty
a .xeneralship that while manpower could be
4 ronscripted: wealth could not. only the income
3htreon. He appealed for a hxed and fiery
q 4e{ormination to push the war to success
came an an S.,Tsss, ssarsss f;Sm MGrrl
s4'ornittee. banker Of New York city who
,fHtd that the fraternal societies entei
1sartiIy into the scheme for the founds tior
y 4 1rraAf were the hns ncial needs Of the Govern
~ 1nont he made the surprising statemen
<|att from the year 791 to 1917 the entr'
~. 600 only 81 00O. 900 OGo more ths
appropristed during the year 1917
I.iherty Bonds had been bought by 10
occ psrssns ,Tsoos only aps ns there no wsr, st
I&rnment securities, The Governmen
Sfn the moral support OF this vast popula
81 and II believes the surest way to re
F11luent and that thrift and war-saving
1r3pa offer simple medium for this pur
(I3ague, presented some very logical rea
#X ~ why universal military training shoul,