After having received out-of-work benefit for six weeks, the member is not entitled to assistance for seven weeks thereafter.  From June 1 to September 23 and from December 16 to January 15 no out-of-work benefits are paid.  During these periods, however, any member out of work can obtain remission of dues by application to the financial secretary.  He must, however, pay such dues at the rate of ten per cent weekly when he secures employment.  The total out-of-work benefit which may be paid in any one fiscal year is fifty-four dollars.  Moreover, any member who has received fifty-four dollars in benefits is not entitled to any further sums until he shall have worked four weeks.  But members over fifty years of age are not required to secure employment for four weeks, but may continue to draw the fifty-four dollars yearly although not working.

The protective rules of the Typographia are similar to those of the Cigar Makers.  Members thrown out of employment through their own fault cannot be entered on the lists for thirty-six days.  If a member gives up his situation voluntarily, he is not entitled to a benefit for four weeks unless his action is approved by the executive committee of the local Typographia.  Unemployed members must report daily to an officer of the union.  If a member neglects to report he loses his benefit for that day.  If a member drawing the benefit refuses to take a situation he loses his right to the benefit for seven weeks.  If he refuses work as a substitute he loses his right to the benefit for two weeks.  If an unemployed member is unable to fill a situation and so cannot secure work, he is not entitled longer to a benefit, and it becomes the duty of the local executive to recommend that he be given a sum of money in lieu of his rights as a member.

The following table shows the cost of maintaining the out-of-work benefit in the Cigar Makers and in the Typographia: 

Cost of maintaining the out-of-work benefit.
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|          Typographia.      |         Cigar Makers. 
Year.   |---------------------------------------------------------
|               | Per Capita |                | Per Capita
| Total Cost.   |    Cost.   |   Total Cost.  |   Cost.
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1885    |  $ 1,118.90   |   $ 2.00   |                |
1886    |    1,453.08   |     1.52   |                |
1887    |    1,240.10   |     1.15   |                |
1888    |    1,315.13   |     1.16   |                |
1889    |    6,281.50   |     5.55   |                |
1890    |    4,315.00   |     3.47   |   $ 22,760.50  |  $ .92
1891    |    6,067.00   |     4.58   |     21,223.50  |    .87
1892    |    9,359.50   |     6.77   |     17,460.75  |    .65
1893    |    7,835.00   |     5.67   |     89,402.75  |   3.34
1894    |   17,262.50   |    14.33   |    174,517.25  |   6.27