THE ODDFELLOWS AND THEIR FUNDS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.)
Sra,—By way of extolling the Holloway Societies, your corre- spondent "W. S." in your last issue attacks the Friendly Societies of which the Manchester Unity is a type. The same method was adopted by an anonymous correspondent on behalf of the same Societies in Chambers 's Journal for January, 1903, but the editor of that journal refused to publish the reply sent by Mr. A. W. Watson, Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, and one of the- actuaries to the Manchester Unity. I now invite your corre- spondent "W. S." to answer Mr. Watson's criticisms of the Holloway Societies, which he will find published in the Gcldfellows' Magazine for April, 1906.
Until this is done, I ask your readers not to attach any import- ance to anonymous criticism of the Manchester Unity seeking to. breed distrust in the public mind, even though the writer states that it is "not from any antagonism to the older Friendly Societies." We are prepared to reply to such critics on any platform and in any paper or magazine that will give us the space
Secretary North London District, 11.13. 34 Red Lion Square, Holborn, W.C.
[We cannot continue this correspondence.—Eh. Spectator.]
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