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Show it ROCKY MOUNTAIN FISCAL YEAR 1891. WORKMAN. rea THE OF COMPARISON FOR Name or LopGzs. Supreme Recorder Sackett's Report for Last Year. PROGRESS AND ADVANCE MADE. Will, No is an Doubt, the Present Excellent be Improved Twelve One, Upon Months. But 2 Blas 20 4 |2| 2 |&% /a& » » He ae ray Pennsylvania G. L. | 15,891} 110)..... Ohio Bonen alesse OS2iec, 444 es OSta cans. s Kentucky < 1,649; Indiana ee 3,393) Iowa New Showing a o re York ut ‘Wisconsin Tennessee Michigan California Ga. Ala.. 149 “ | 90,366) Missouri Minnesota Se se eT CO ete... 151 5,673/1,025 Pol Tliinois The THE 21 BOO: 9.15 18.06 L2O I scce. a oere: OBO BO lalla ite. oe 6.73 7,863|2,176)..... 2.80 lees. 6,906)" 2200: Dello. POU e sek Se 15 AS OSL Ove. etna eee. SAB89 were Ets Dl eam 1.64 2,676] 145)... ead ee. THE SHOWING FOR ’91. LODGE The following, which appears in Supreme Recorder Sockett’s report to the Supreme Grand Lodge, at its last session, in Helena, Montana, shows a general summary for the year 1891. LODGES. Total number of Lodges January 1, 1892.....4,278 Total increase of Lodges for the year 1891.. 227 Total decrease of Lodges for the year 1891.. 2 Net increase in number of Lodges for the year 1891 Sie one 225 Average membership of Lodges for the year 1891 MEMBERSHIP. Total membership January 1, 1892........... 276,152 Total number of members admitted durAIRC WZOcui Sle sie ete nes ones cknot s «0s 42,438 Total number of members suspended and withdrawn during the year 1891. ......... 16,067 Total number who have died during 1891 2,570 Total number who have died since the organization of the Order to January TEAMS. A correspondent writing from White Sulphur Springs, Montana, says: In a recent number of the Workman, an item was published in regard to “working teams” in lodges, and I think the subject is well worthy the consideration of all members that have the best interest of our grand and noble Order at heart. I enclose you a clipping, taken from an eastern journal, that so thoroughly covers the ground in question, and places it in so clear a light, that if you deem it worthy, I would be pleased to have you insert it in your bright and sparkling publication. And further, I think the suggestions made in it of “working teams” to be excellent and should be adopted by the lodges of our Order. Yours, iG. Panes A. diy 9 eager, No, 12; The clipping referred to is as follows: The practice of “lodge teams” to do the work is becoming quite prevalent. It should become general. Lodge officers are not usually imbued with the importance of perfection in ritualistic and floor work, and they go through the routine of their official duties in a sort of humdrum, mechanical manner. They are simply seeking the eS 17 Al0)2 282 12703\0 2. Supreme Recorder Sackett, in his report Kansas Ontario « | 23,972|2,882 12.02 to the Supreme Lodge, at Helena, last Oregon es 5,983) 900 TSG ee 1, 1892. 19,430 Massachusetts ‘° | 23,458/4,932 DAO, se month, had the following in regard to the el. & Va. ‘ 7,598) 695 OMIA? Se, ates 23,801 perused be Texas be SA0s) Wohi Orono « will progress of the Order, which APPLICATIONS REJECTED. 2,453} 30)..... OD eee . The showing Nevada with interest by all readers. Col., N. M. & A. ‘€ 4,267).:... 250ir, an 5.85 By Subordinate Lodges for the year 1891... 905 e $5759) 1.608). 2 . /1e 89] By Grand Medical Examiners for the year for the current twelvemonth will undoubt- Nebraska The Dakotas * 2,621) 722 27.54 2,506 ie DE ee JOG e s aNBO Mal ci.) edly outdo the old in the matter of increase Montana BENEFICIARY FUND. NVastigmo toms Peres eae Gals Mcalen eer ae in membership, so great has been the INGW SICESCW i P Ne ie ee oe eter a eae oe aces lass Total amount received on Benea a eae, 14.28 ficiary Assessments for the fiscal activity throughout all the jurisdictions of sie ERB Bd ah ee ee Vi CAMO OHO er etre sec aea atestte: $ 5,325,174 29 * Included in Oregon. The Order is spreading, yet the country. Total amount paid on death losses + Included in Md., Del. and Va. exare during fiscal year 1891................. 5,307,588 54 Workmen the and wide is the field A comparison of the above table with Total amount of Beneficiary Fund of work good the in continue to pected on hand January 1, 1892.............. 61,133 14 similar ones given in my report in former honors of the office, and care little for good, proselyting until the A. O. U. W. shall years will give an accurate idea of the com- Total amount paid on death losses since the organization of the Of course parative advancement made by each of the stand numerically second to none, Order to January 1, 1892 ........... 38,555,928 29 impressive and effective work, there are exceptions to this rule, especially RELIEF FUND. Facts are stubborn things. The state- Grand Lodge Jurisdictions from year to in Orders where the ritual is not placed in year. : Total receipts for the years 1881 to ments below are refreshing reading for all the hands of the officers to readfrom. The 1891 inclusive, Calls No. 1 to No. 11 THE ORDER AT LARGE. Workmen. .Read, mark and inwardly inclusive $954,802 58 reading of the most beautiful lesson or It was our thought one year ago, in sum- Total disbursements for relief............ 948,801 94 lecture fails to impress the mind unless digest. amount of Relief Fund on hand ming up the work of the year, that proba- Total January 1, 1892 11,000 64 there is an expression of feeling which eloFrom the detailed reports, a net increase bly the Order had reached a point where it quence alone can impart; and even a good GENERAL FUND. is shown of 225 lodges and 23,801 mem- would be difficult, for coming years, to mainreading fails to bring forth the real effect bers. This is an increase compared with tain all of the necessary factors at a standard Total amount of General Fund reThe teachceived during the fiscal year 1891...$416,063 74 that a proper recital produces. last year of twenty-nine lodges, and an in- that would insure results equal to that Total amount of General Fund exings of all fraternities are sublime, and it is pended during the fiscal year 1891... 411,526 64 crease in net addition of membership of which had characterized the year 18g0. a criminal indifference to permit lectures Total amount of General Fund on That our fears were groundless, the record 44. hand) Janay 91 89252. 0 8ch. eo.ls 76,481 03 and charges to be given in a schoolboy The total number of new members ad- of the year 1891 sufficiently proves, for not Of the above amount of General Fund fashion,or in a manner which emphasizes Disbursed there was mitted to the Order was 42,438, which is only have we maintained the high standard Expended for Grand Lodge Sessions 76,826 50 the fact that the officer making the attempt an increase of 3607 from the record of last of 1890, but have, in no small degree, betExpended for salaries of officers..... 85,978 84 to do his duty is illiterate. Each lodge year. This surpasses the record of any tered the record. Expended for rent, postage and ‘The fears entertained, by should select its best material and form incidental expenses...............-...65 198,721 32 previous year in the history of the Order. some that the wholesale failure of shortteams foreach of the respective degrees. of supplies on hand January 1, The total number of deaths for last year term endowment schemes would work in- Cost 1892 my 22,723 97 For each office there should be “underhas been 2570, an increase of seventy-four jury to the legitimate fraternal societies have Total amount per capita tax paid Supreme Lodge 27,458 50 studies,” so to speak, to take the place of over last year. Settlement of death losses also proven groundless. A noticeable reabsentees, The members forming such SUBORDINATE LODGE GENERAL FUND. has been made in the average time of two sult of these failures has been to make teams should take the place of imperfect or months and twelve days, an increase of people more careful and circumspect in their *Amount of General Fund received during the year 1891 $696,586 74 indifferent officers when work is to be done, length of time compared with last year of investigation of the merits of a society be- *Amount of General Fund disbursed and thus aid in imparting to candidates the three days. for sick benefits and charity during fore they lend their influence and invest their lessons of the Order as intended by the WI ORV GAN GOM ae staras cdewesc stad sane met ets oe 89,706 01 The total disbursement of Beneficiary savings By this commendable conserva- *Amount authors of the work performed. Meetings of General Fund disbursed Fund for the year was $5,307,588.54, an tism, all well-conducted fraternal associafor salaries, supplies and incidental then will become interesting, intelligent men increase over last year of $545,431.45. The tions have been benefited, and as a natural expenses during the year 1891......... 593,279 25 will not become disgusted, and the result total number of death losses in the Order result, the A. O. U. W. holding, as it does, *Amount of General Fund on hand and invested January 1, 1892.......... 308,904 94 will be an increase of membership, besides a from its organization to the end of the fiscal the foremost and commanding position Number of Books in Lodge libraries... 9,789 clear and unmistakable understanding of year 1891 has been 19,430, and the total among societies of this kind, has been pro- Value of Books in Lodge libraries...... $ 9,768 43 the principles of the institution Montana amount paid upon the same has been $38,- portionately benefited. DEATH RATE, AVERAGE ASSESSMENTS, ETC., Workman, FOR THE ENTIRE ORDER. 555,928.29. : The fact of the more careful investigation My report shows a decrease in the death of people into the merits of an organization ‘Death rate per 1,000 members for the year 1891 PROMPT AND RELIABLE. 9.72 rate of the Order from 10.32 in 18g0, to before trusting its protection, intensifies the Average yearly death rate for thirteen 9.72 for the year 1891. years (1879 to 1891 inclusive)................ 8.76 demands upon us, if possible, to more careOur Order has a record for promptness My report shows a decrease in the aver- fully guard from the slightest impairment Average number of Assessments for the year 1891 19 17-26 in paying death claims unparalleled in any age assessments for the year from 20% in the good name and credit of our Order in Average yearly number of Assessments fraternal beneficiary organization in this or for thirteen years (1879 to1891inclusive) 17 5-6 1890, to 19% in 1891, being 1.22 + for the each of its departments. The Supreme Average any other state. On Friday, May 6, Grand cost per $1,000 protection (exyear. Lodge cannot have this fact too forcibly elusive of Lodge dues) forthe year1891 9.82 Recorder H. C. Yaeger received the proofs From the average age Statistics it will before it in all legislation connected with the Average yearly cost per $1,000 protection of the death of Homer L. Jennison, who (exclusive of Lodge dues) for thirteen be noted that the admissions to the Order relief fund. With this fund, ready in hand years, 1879 to 1891, inclusive................ 8.88 was a member of Capital Lodge, No. 2, A, show an increase of one year. This in- to meet any ordinary emergency, more O. U. W., of this city. On presentation of *Does not include the jurisdictions of New York, Missouri, crease represents only a fraction of a year, perfectly than ever before will this credit be California, Ga., Ala., etc ansas, Massachusetts, Texas the papers to the chairman of the grand and Colorado, New Mexico and arizona, Nebraska, and but sufficient to pass the age mark of 35 maintained. only includes partial report from Michigan and Ontario. lodge finance committee, Sol. Genzberger, years of last year. The average age of The great point of progress to be gained they were promptly approved. The Grand suspensions and withdrawals from the Or- and maintained in the various separate jurEH? Recorder then drew a warrant on the Grand der shows an increase of a part of a year, isdictions of the Order is that which has Receiver, Jas. Sullivan, for $2,000 in favor bringing it up to 36 years. been reached and held for years back by Does your lodge thrive, or is it decay- of Mrs. Grace L. Jennison, widow of Homer The average age of the entire mem- the Order at large. A study of the factors This was promptly approved If in decadence, upon whose LL. Jennison. bership remains the same as last year, that enter into the maintenance of this con- ing ? by John W. Eddy, Grand Master Workman, viz. 39-;. Lhe increase of the fraction is dition should be made by all those who shoulders lies the responsibility? Do you only one week after the death of the brother, but slight. have control in its separate parts. Such ask, “Am f my brother's keeper ?’”’’ Is not and the money would have been paid to the The death rate of the whole Order shows liberality should characterize appropriations the keeping of your individual welfare in lady at once but for the fact that the law Are you not a decrease of .60 from that of last year, to meet the necessary expense, and such the hands of your brothers? of the Order provides that the Master and the assessment rate also shows a cor- efforts be put forth, that in no case shall a responsible for the decay of your lodge Did you Workman of the lodge of which -the de- . responding decrease. ‘This decrease is no less standard be maintained in any separate with which you are identified? not take a solemn obligation to do all in ceased was a member shall appoint a comdoubt accounted for in great measure by part than that which exists as a whole. your power for the good of the Order? mittee of three from the lodge to call on the - the lessened fatality of la grippe, as comTrusting the foregoing reports will conHas widow and witness her signature on the pared with the previous year. This is vey to the Supreme Lodge and the mem- Have you fulfilled that obligation? beneficiary certificate and the warrant. evidenced by the fact that, with an average bership at large all necessary details as to any bad timber become a part of the strucIfso, were you known in the work ? Capital lodge meets every Monday evening, membership for the year 1890 of 241,833, the financial transactions and the gencral ture? and this committee was appointed as soon there were 2496 death losses, while in the growth and prosperity of the: Order, and By your own attitude to your lodge you year 1891, with an average membership of expressing my thanks to the Supreme Lodge must be regarded by your fellow members. as it was practicable and the money This 264,251, there were only 2570 death losses ; officers and committees, and the member- Let each one examine his attitude to his paid over to Mrs. Grace L. Jennison, the average exposure for the year being ship at large for the continued kindness and lodge, and strive to realize the necessity for is one of the promptest payments of a beneficiary claim in this Order and reflects great 22,418 in excess of the previous year, while courtesy extended to me, I submit this, my improved action in the direction of rebuildthe increase in number of death losses was Annual Report for the consideration of the ing the Order. Let him endeavor to create credit on the officers and members of the This Order enthusiasm among his brothers, and he grand jurisdiction of Montana. only 74. This verifies our conclusions of Supreme Lodge. will find himself the first to catch the in- has paid nearly $100,000 to widows and last year, and further shows the fact that the MeAW SACK ET, fection. The Order at large is made up of orphans in this state, since January, 1891, maintenance of conditions as now prevailSupreme Recorder. individuals, whose characters are impressed and about $300,000 since its existence in ing in the A. O. U. W. as a whole, possesses ah aa Present the excellences this state—Helena Independent. the requisite compound of nutriment and The late Bishop Hawks said : “Since manhood upon the Order. ee oe waste to sustain its vitality and render it ‘reached me, I have kept on my life a perpetual of the Order of which you are a worthy assurance, and I think my duty to those deTHE Knights of Honor this month will have member to the attention of the best men in healthful. i pendent upon me would be undischarged if it been in existence nineteen years, during which your community, in all walks of life, and For the purpose of more ready compari- were not so.”?’ And said Lord Lyndhurst, late time they have paid out to widows and orphans sons as to the advancement made by the Lord Chancellor, ‘‘A policy of life assurance is they can not fail to desire membership that upwards of $38,000,000. Ifthe Order should die an evidence of prudent forethought; no to-day the world would have been better for its different jurisdictions during the fiscal year always man with a dependent family is free from they also may embrace its protection and SEFIOnER and its memory would ever be cherishenjoy its benefits—A. O. U. W. Messenger. ed. reproach if not assured.”?— Ha. 1891, I append the following table: > aOR Rene ae 6 a rhe GOOD OFTHEORDER TABLE |