Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 2 | National Fraternal Congress

National Fraternal Congress Chicago Aug23A division of sea tment In regard to the rate plan reported re-ported by the commitee was apparent today among the delegates to the National Na-tional Fraternal congress The delegates dele-gates are apparently united In favor or the adoption o the mortal statement of the committee but representatIves of the old societIes o1jCted to the mInimum rate of the rite plan Several Sev-eral paper on the subject were red today J E Sheppard past president of the congress read a paper on What of the Future In which he opposed the level premium plan of old line Insurance companies as I was Impossible for many of the fraternal orders to collect the amount needed for a proper reserve re-serve I Another paper whIch caused some discussion was read by Past PresidentS President-S A VI on Rates Proposed by the SpecIal CommiteeTheIr Results The application of tha Modern Brotherhood Broth-erhood of America for membership was rejected