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WEEKLY COMMENTS.

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WEEKLY COMMENTS. Tiir members of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows are this week (through their representatives) in their annual parliament assembled at Bradford, Yorkshire, for the Annual Movable Conference is being held in the seat; indeed, we mighl call it the metropolis of the worsted and similar tex- tile industries. The Llanelly District is represented by Mr. John Harries, the ex- hrand Master, and Mr. W. B. Jones, the Prov. C.S. The Manchester Unity of to- day, with its 1,033,701 members, and its united capital of over fourteen millions of pounds, stands out unrivalled in the Friendly Society world. The present proud position which the Society enjoys is due to careful engineering by those who have been placed by the members themselves at the head of affairs. In recent years, the Society has accomplished some wonderful work, in spite of the unprecedented competition which it has been subjected to by unsound societies— indeed, by societies which are but apologies for thrift institutions, but which have been heralded to the world as the most suitable to meet the needs and requirements of the working classes. They are known to the world as famous deposit or dividing societies, but, as a rule, they have a right merry but very short-lived existence, and when the time arrives in the history of the members, when they -8tand in oi need of assistance, the societies are as extinct as the dodo. We have stated before, and we feel sure no possible harm can be done if j the statement is repeated, namely, that IJery person who is desirous of joining a friendly Society should make sure that he fully acquainted with the financial sta- bility of the Society he intends joining before he takes the final step. He ought to be above listening to the promises of liberal treatment until he is satisfied that tlle liberal treatment is equitably based on "beral contributions. He ought to make sui'e that he will be allowed to have a direct Voice in the administration of the affairs of jtae Society, and not trust all to men whom knows nothing of. The average man 3Sj somehow or other, too ready to believe that strangers have a greater interest in his welfare than he has himself, and that they can manage his affairs better than he can himself. We should like to find everyone who is desirous of obtaining Membership in a Friendly Society making a full and complete investigation into the financial stability of the Society before he loins. It is wonderful how manydnpes the canvassers of the One and All" found amongst us in this district. + —

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