Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-24

and thereby gain mutual benefit. and
this revision Of the By laws and con-
stitution adopted BY the Improved
Order has proved its humanitarian
fraternalism--an organization with q
soul.
Declaration Of Principles
We believe it is human to err; that
we all need the assistance of each
other. We believe there is more
good accomplished by praise than
censure. If we have a flower to give,
we give it today. One throb of glad
ness is worth more to the living man
than a wealth Of costly blossoms laid,
however tenderly, above the dead. We
make our kindly visit today, lest an
other step in and lay his quiet hand
upon the longing heart and still for
ever its fret and pain and power of
glad response. In the city Of the
dead, in the silence of the grave,
hearts are never any more. They
have no heed or need. We comfort
and assist the widows and orphans of
our deceased members. We endeav-
or to bring the sunshine and glad
ness to those in gloom; to protect the
peace and purity of the home of a
Brother or Sister; to aid those out of
employment to secure positions: to
alleviate the sufferings of Brother
or Sister, succor to the unfortunate,
soothe the dying and perform the last
sad rites at the grave Of a Brother
or Sister and to always keep in mind
the cardinal virtues of our Order,
which teach us to reverence right, to
assist each other in our various walks
of life, respect the laws under which
we live and which give us freedom.
Having these great principles in view,
and having brought sunshine and
gladness to hearts in gloom by reason
of their observance, we feel that our
organization is not in vain.
The spirit of fraternalism is the
common property of the world. Man
is prominently social being, his So
cial nature, is the result of the inter-
action of all his separate and dis
tinct natures. It consists in the bal
ance of faculties, the industrial ma
ture, the political nature, the intel
lectual nature, the religious nature,
are only the bricks and mortar out
of which the social nature is con-
structed. Hence the social relation
is the highest one possible. Man
and Women-hood, is the basic prin-
ciple, and loyalty the binding force
of fraternalism. 1t embedies all that
is best, all that is nobIest, in the ma
ture of man.
What is FraternaIism
Fraternalism owes its enduring
power to the fact that it developes
true friendship what is friend)
friend is person with whom you
dare be your real self-a friend asks
you to assume nothing, only to be
what you are. With a friend you do
not have to be on guard. You can re-
move your coat, loosen your collar.
express what you feel, reveal your
likes and dislikes and breathe freely,
and what you have said to this friend
is lost in the ocean of fraternal 10y
atty.
True Camel Spirit
The cardinal tenent of our order
is Loyalty to our Government. 10y
atty includes faithfulness and a de-
sire to promote every thing that
tends to secure the up-building and
betterment of the nation. The Cam
els cultivate the ground of all Fra
ternity, which is brotherly and sis
terly love. The heart that loves it's
fellow man and woman, is in tune
with nature and with all man and
woman-kind. Who believe as do the
Cameis, in a Supreme Being, the
fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of Man.
The Camels
Organization exercises its influence
in the upbuilding of the broken home.
Care for the aged Camels, widows
and orphans, assist in bearing the
burdens of brother or sister, aid
those out of employment to secure
positions, promote kindly feeling
between employer and employee, and
teach the Dignity of Labor. Does in
no manner interfere with a man or
womans' duty, to his or herself. his
or her, family, his or her religion or
political opinion, being absolutely
Non-Sectarian and Non-P Political. But
we do believe and declare, That Pat
riotism, the Love of Home and Coun-
try are among the highest virtues of
man and woman-hood.
Members of the Camels paw the
secretary of their local council the
sum of twelve dollars a year, one dol
lar month, payable quarterly.
Such payments (based upon Har-
vey's sick and disability tables) Is
ample to provide a liberal sick and
disability benefit fund as well as 4
funeral benefit in case of death.
The Camels pay. its members in case
OF sickness or disability, ten dollars
a week commencing from the first
day OF such sickness or disability. for
ten weeks, as provided in the by laws
and constitution of the order, and
further provide its members in case of
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