| | | |$100 for four years' | | | | membership --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few of the unions require only that the deceased member shall have been in good standing. These unions ordinarily pay a small benefit, although the Glass Bottle Blowers pay five hundred dollars without requiring a preliminary period of membership. The term of necessary membership varies from thirty days in the case of the Barbers to two years in the Cigar Makers. The usual requirement is that the member shall have been in good standing for six months. A few of the unions restrict the benefit to members under a certain age at the time of admission. Where such an age limit is imposed it is ordinarily fifty years, but in a few unions it is sixty years. The following table shows the conditions imposed upon the payment of the death benefit in the more important unions: Preliminary Term of Name of Organization. Age Limit. Good Standing Required Bakers ........................... 50 years 3 months Barbers .......................... 50 years 30 days Boot and Shoe Workers ............ 6 months Glass Bottle Blowers ............. None Carpenters ....................... 50 years 6 months Cigar Makers ..................... 50 years 2 years Granite Cutters .................. 6 months Iron Molders ..................... 12 months Iron, Steel and Tin Workers ...... 3 months Leather Workers on Horse Goods ... 1 year Lithographers .................... 30 days Machinists ....................... 6 months Metal Polishers .................. 1 year Metal Workers .................... 12 months Painters ......................... 50 years 1 year Pattern Makers ................... 50 years 52 weeks Piano and Organ Workers .......... 1 year Plumbers ......................... 6 months Stone Cutters .................... 6 months Tailors .......................... 6 months Tobacco Workers .................. 60 years 1 year Typographical Union .............. None Weavers, Elastic Goring .......... 6 months Wood Workers ..................... 60 years 6 months