Show BENEFITS I Notwithstanding the fact that labor j unions are not Insurance companies j j laud and aud never were Intended to be yet It In Inn Ina Ina a n small way wa they ther have hao become such That Is they ther have hao provided a fund from which they ther pay pa small amounts to sick and disabled members as well as Os a small amount upon the death of ofa a n member They The do Io not do this as asa asa asa a mutter mattel of Insurance as they the write no policies guaranteeing a n stipulated sum to each member but they the sim aIm simply I ply pl pI say sa that upon compliance with certain requirements they thuy the will pay to each member a certain amount each I week Weel In case of oC sickness or accident and a certain sum to his bis loved ones onesIn onesin In case of death This they the do from froma a humanitarian standpoint It ft l has ever e r been the determination of union labor to be he independent of charity for there IB la nothing so distasteful to the honest man as ns charity charily So out ant of the meager mengel remuneration l ho receives ree hes for his Ills ser services services vices ho lie provides as best he can enn for his hI own and In doing doln so he ho relieves the community of a great as well as a great burden We have hac I no figures from which to estimate the i j amount of oC benefits paid to members I Iby by hy the various unions but the total j I must be bo Immense The small union of barbers pay from four to six thotis thousand thousand I and dollars per month In benefits The street car men mens union pat pal I over In death and disability claims within the past six months So estimating the thetO total tO 11 paid bj In all nil unions by b what these two small ones have hac done it will ap approximate approximate I proximate te several millions yearly I Thin This In connection with what at the tho 10 lo loj j I als SITU are doing bv by b wa WO of f 1 tic thC j sick and distressed end and rendering 1 such assistance a nH as the thie they can carl locally It may well voll be suid ai an aR ono one expressed It IL The Tho great wonder Is how hoi can they the thedo do 10 It on the tie wages wa they re with It living expenses 05 5 3 high hish as ns the are aro They Th J do it all and nud they he are aro the happier and tt nl hotter bUor fur for or It Let all nil who are or have hae been disposed to else dec or stigmatize union labor ine Investigate inveStigate all sides of before I passing Judgment v |