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TITE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 20, 1011. R 1 WINDED HT EDWARD ROBEWATKK. VICTOR IIOSEWATER. EDITOR. EritfK'l nt OmIk postofflcs as second ers irattcr. TERMS OF 6VB8CRirTION. Funds y li. ono rar tt.to Saturday life, oni sr H.W Daily U (without Fundav), on year. M.w Dally lirm and Sunday, on yrar W DEUVEHKD HI CARRIER Pvmln Hrr (without Punrtay), per we'll Bn Even) i bee wlth Hunrtnyt. per .. .lc lf.lilv !( (tnrlii.lin AunriiLvV l)r werlclfto Lully Ilea (without Sunday), per wek..liioj AiK rcss all complaints of lrrR'Mriuss in di.lvny to City circulation Departrntnl, OFFICK3. . Omaha Ths r.m ImiMlnar. Boi th OmihtHkS N. Twenty-fourth St. Co inrli Bluffs lo Scntt Street. Ml dri-iS Llltle Building. Hiiraao 1M8 Marqtiatte Hullrtlrg. Kai.sas City Reliance Building. New fork 74 Wext Thirty-third atree'i Washington 720 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addraaaed On, aha Dee, Editorial Department REMITTANCES. 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Evening and Sunday Baca printed durina h month of December. 1910, was aa fol io uri: ... 43X70 11 ........ ..49,810 1 44,000 It 44,830 43.9CO lit i,.v.43.5fl0 4 48,(10 10 43.6S0 .. 43,679 tl 43,640 41,430 ... 44,900 " 4-,CSO .44,330 4343c tl 44.80 t 49,880 II 44,990 II 49,400 44,400 II 44,980 IT 44.980 It n...4s,BM II 48.950 II 40,400 It 43.990 14 C9.930 90 43,880 II 43,970 II 43.840 It. 49,880 Total 1,988.780 RsturnoJ Cop lea ... 1143 Ket Total .W44JU7 Daily attnn 43404 DWTQHT WILLIAMS), Circulation Mjmager. subscribed In my preaenca and aworn to before ma this Uat day of December. 1919. ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Puliilo, ftabsrrlkrra leTlH tat lr -rarlly sboald bite Tha walled to tbesa. Addre will ba rkaBed aa often aa requested. No one can very well say Vermillion county, IlllnoiB, la yellow, anyway; Now Danville's claim to fame la no longer only as tug home of the apcaker. There teems to he a good deal of dross about Governor Foss in the mat ter of politics. It It becoming more and more ap parent that vindications are not what they are cracked up to be. Another week should let us know whether San Francisco or New Or leans bears the official Panama expo sition label. "Boss" Murphy and bis favorite for senator seem to have a World of trou ble which even their Tiger strength is not equal to. "Is Texas to be gerrymandered?" asks the Houston Post. It should not require such roundabout methods to corner those five republicans. It la to be hoped that the suffra gettes will suffer the king to get his crown on straight without being knocked off at the coronation. What do we understand by this in sistent demand of the ' president for fortification of the canal? asks a' con temporary. Give It up. What? . Woodrow Wilson baa proved his ability to step from president to gov ernor. Now let him show if he can step from governor to president. It is really too bad that so ninny congressmen have to wait for their cues before taking a stand on this Canadian reciprocity proposition. For man who never served an ap prenticeship and never enjoyed a place on a railroad payroll, Louis I). liran deta knows a lot about railroading. Is a taxlcab elopement an automatic marrUge? Baltimore Sun. No, but if they elope far it will prove to bo a mighty expensive mar riage. In its treatment of anarchists Japan really seems to be about as far ad vanced in the arts of government as any of the other great civilized na tions. Parcels post is coming. It may be like other good things that come in small packages, but It Is only a ques-. tion of time when it will arrive In full panoply. - -- - I If it were not for occasional excite ment like that created by the gov ernor's tpeclal message, life In a Ne braska legislature might become alto gether humdrum. Wo do not notice any stampeding of the bachelors to get out of the state because Massachusetta has enacted a law taxing "all bachelors of good moral character $5 a year." It Is up to the Western Develop ment association to develop plans and specifications for centered effort to ward Jnduclug a faster westward flow of population and Investment capital. - - Zt the Commoner, may be relied on to express bio sentiments, Mr, Bryan taya Governor Fobs "is all right." . It must be up to the democratic rehablli tators to take the hint and drop both Harmon and Wilson. v. The Omaha Sunday Hee. Reciprocity with Canada. It Is apparent that the plan fori reciprocity with Canada recommended I by President Taft is going to meet j with vigorous. If not violent, opposl- j tion from different sources. When j The He exprt sk,,1 the hope that con- j greps would not reject the presidents j recommendation it did not mean that j this particular plan was the very best or that It was not. subject to Improve ment by modification in any particular that should be shown to demand It. j but that reciprocity in trade with ! Canada has long been desired, and now that It Is in sight, the effort to get reciprocity on satisfactory terms should not Te Jeopardized by arbitrary congressional action. The vital point in our trade rela tiona with Canada, as affected by our protective tariff, is, it seems to us, that Canada is our next-door neighbor, peopled more largely than any other country with our own former citizens and doing business more nearly ac cording to our own methods. The standard of living In Canada is almost as high as ours, and conditions of in dustry, capital and labor are more like ours in Canada, where the difference in wages paid is less than in other countries with which our productions compete. We need a protection tariff to equalize the coat of labor as be tween the United States and Canada less than as between the United States and any other country, and if the two countries were under one goyernment, with unimpeded traffic and travel, both would unquestionably be bene fited by the union. That may be, and doubtless is, still far off, but closer trade relations are possible and desira ble and can be obtained only by tho give-and-take plan of reciprocity. Self Help. "The world owes no man a living, but every man owes the world an hon est effort to get one." It Is hard to drum this into the heads of people who believe they are the creditors in stead of the debtors of society, but it would do them, as well as their neighbors, a vast amount of good if they would allow it to soak in. Nothing contributes quite as much to collective prosperity as individual Industry. When every fellow feela the same need for persistent personal effort on his part as he feels for his friend community of interest becomes something more than mere phraseol ogy. This is an end toward which so ciety' has to work to realise its best ideals. It would help vitally if all of our philanthropists and reformers would make the most of this principle. Indeed, they do a poor work whenever they fall to. No beneficence is worth while that does not recognize the necessity of helping others to help themselves. It is not simply charity that is so much needed. Eleemosy nary institutions that accomplish most proceed on this self-help theory. The chief peril with which our mod ern system of public aid is fraught la this very tendency to impart tho false notion to small brains and slothful persons that the world owes them something because it has taken pity on their misfortune. We must guard against such false notions or much of OjUr usefulness Is destroyed. Admin istering to present bodily ills and wants Is only a very small part of philanthropy. The larger part comes In arousing latent minds to a realiza tion of their duty to society and them selves and to their possibilities of do ing for themselves Instead of having themselves done for. Teach them that individual industy and self-help must be a part of every useful, life, wherever nature makes that possible. Rural Economy and the Church. The church has found a spiritual side to Intensive farming. One of the more aggressive denominations, in spired by the discovery, has formed a department of church and country life just as it formed a few years ago a department of church and labor, through which it has ' accomplished vast good to both. Its work in the new movement "is to arrest the de cline of country churehea and to guide churches In the service to the country population which ia required of .them under the present economic pressure from which the farmer la suffering." A writer who has made an exhaus tive study of conditions la eastern and middle states for two years, gathering the ideas of ministers, church officers, farmers, editors and business men, concludes that "the country church should promote scientific agriculture." He proceeds to show that farmers in these states are being loosed from ownership of land by "economic forces which the easy optimist overlooks." He admits the enormous rise in land values, but shows that the farmer's net Income has not kept pace; that In some cases it runs only from 1 to 3 per cent on his capital, which affords him no bright outlook to match the good offer he gets for his farm, so he sells out and moves away. Tenant farmers and absentee landlords step in to take his place. Borne such show ing as this waa made by the recent census figures for Iowa. The tenant farmer U not often a scientific farmer and the absentee landlord is averse to church and school improvement, so this writer contends. This process of selling the old homestead may remove an Inefficient farmer, but it is not bringing Into the community an effi cient farmer to take bis place. Five hundred country churehea, so we are told, have been closed in Illinois as a result of this combination of circum stances. This church is probably right in preceding on the theory, aa laid down by Sir Horace Plunkett in his book on "The Rural Life Problem la the United States," that economic reform here must precede religious, educa tional and social reform. "We can not build a good country church on an unsound rural economy." The propo sition Is pood. Therefore, this church is proceeding along sane lines in Its effort to get formers to fee that a fsrmer Is not a success until he suc ceeds as a farmer. Succeeding as a financier will not meet the Issue. It is the soil that needs his success. For I until he regards himself as a success- i ful tiller of the soil he Is not going to content himself to remain on his farm and work out these problems which mean so much to the vitality of our national life. The New Lyceum Spirit. More and more business and pro fessional men are being called from their private workshops and offices onto the public rostrum to talk shop with their fellow citizens, who have known comparatively little or nothing about the real character and problems of their work. Large and small men of affairs are thus sought by clubs, societies and even churches. The ef fect Is wholesome. It tends to a widen ing of educational lines. It stimulates the fellow-feeling, arouses new sym pathies, quickens latent Interests and leads to a better general knowledge and appreciation of mutual relations. There la ample room on the ros trum for this kind of public speaker. Indeed, any community needs him quite as much, if not far more, than it needs the professional orator whose business it is to "enlighten" the peo ple. It is not the box office, or the merely political enlightenment we so much require for the practical pur poses of every-day affairs. We have come to a time in our country's his tory when the problems of state are more Intimately than ever tied up with the problems of business. It is essential to the safe solution of many of the most Intricate problems that the masses have a better understand Jng and a kindlier sympathy for In dustrial, commercial and even profes sional interests. They can get this knowledge no better than by personal contact with the men who have ac quired It by practical labor. The moral effect of such an Inter mingling is good. It nurtures the spirit of democracy. It helps to break down barriers of prejudice and set up in stead standards of convictions. Bring ing Into such close association people from widely varied spheres of occu pation cannot help but deepen sym pathies. The departure might well be followed by schools for the benefit of the expanding mind even more than it is. Industrial Standardi in Education. Following up its report upon the condition of medtcal education in the United States comes another report, likewise instigated by the Carnegie Foundation, to show the misdirected energy in our colleges and universities as measured by Industrial standards. Our educational institutions have, for tho most part, been organized and managed by educators rather than by captains of industry. As a conse quence so-called business methods bare not been pursued under spur of increasing tho margin of profit. The gist of the present report la, as gath ered from a synopsis of It, that the unit of efficiency for the college Is in Its teaching, and that nothing should be allowed to distract tho attention of the teacher from this part of the work; that any diversion of time and effort to the keeping of records, the maintenance of discipline, clerical routine or service on administrative committees, is detrimental to teach ing efficiency. The inference ia that the teaching force in an educational institution should be required to do absolutely nothing but teach, and that thig would bring out the best results. The shortcoming of ouch a diag nosis is that it overlooks the all-important human element. No doubt our college professors and teachers are frequently called on to perform work that could be Just as well done by an office boy or a stenographer, and should bo more or less relieved of me chanical drudgery. But if they did nothing but teach, would they not soon fall into a rut that would seri ously impair their usefulness? The cry Just now ia for the service of ex perts and educated men In public af fairs. Tho college teacher la expected to mingle with the average run of pop ple, share in the activities of church, politics, civic organizations and uj-ilft societies, not only for the benefit of others, but for his own benefit as well. This activity outside of the class room Is supposed to react upon the activity within the class room, and certainly the teacher with the widest area of personal experience can be at no dis advantage with the teacher who never gets out of his own specialized subject and never tees the practical aspects of education. China'i Appeal for Help. The United States should be the first nation to respond to China's ap peal for aid in combatting what la re garded as the "most virulent epi demic In the world's history," the plague now spreading with such ap palling rapidity over the empire. The request ia for scientists from the nations who will go there and co operate in an investigation of the plague, its causes and methods of pre vention. China foots all bills. The entire country Is shaken with fear and native physicians are unwilling to risk their powers alone to cope with the problem. Measured even from the sordid mo tive of commercial gain, this coun try would be unwise not to respond readily to China's appeal. Put that will not be the guiding motive. Here is a chance to relieve, not only China, but other Oriental countries from a deadly menace that has hung like a pall over them for ages. Promptness on the part of all nations alike to seize the opportunity will have a tremendous influence for good in the far east, not alone for the physical cafety of human beings, but for th universal cause of peace and progress. Of'course the cause of humanity alone would be sufficient to Impel action by every nation, without the hope of reward, but so long as that reward Is common to the nations alike, bestow ing Its benefits first upon the af flicted empire, it is entirely laudable. It sometimes requires such crises to bring nations closer together and give vitality and meaning to the lightly-tipped expressions of world peace. Nothing this country ever did in the east bore richer fruit than Its refund ing of the Goxer indemnity. It was a crystallzatlon into deeds of the words of friendship we had been preaching to China and China under stood. But for all that, every leading na tion has citizens or subjects In China whose lives are Just as much en dangered by this plague as those of the natives. For their safety the powers should act. There is little doubt that any will hesitate, but the effort shculd be systematic and united enough to warrant every rea sonable hope of success. Science has a fight on its hands that must be won quickly. Over-Conservation. The 65,000 Americans who reside In Alaska may believe ever so firmly in the principles of conservation and yet not at fault for insisting on acces sibility of resources essential to their present needs. They are not to be blamed for urging development of Alaska coal which lies at their very doors in immeasurable quantities, while they are paying $18 a ton, with duty added, for an Inferior grade of British Columbia coal. Not only do Alaska-Americans clamor for development of these coal deposits, but they are beginning to send up rather voluminous appeals for a form of autonomy in government which will give them aa much freedom as territories within the union have enjoyed. They are objecting to the commission form of government sent out from Washington, as they have a right to object, though it should be noted that they are supported in thla by the president, who has gone to far as to urge upon the present congress the need of a more responsive eysteni of governing this great"uorthweBt do main. It seems fair to assume that the Alaskans will not have to. wait long for this concession, since the fed eral government la quite aa deeply im pressed with its need aa any resident of tho territory can poosibly be. The Alaska problem is a large one, though, and one that cannot be solved in a day. It should be remembered that whatever move is made toward a form of government more responsive to present needs in Alaska and its de velopment will benefit tho entire United States and not alone Alaska. The opening up of those vast coal tracts, themselves, comprising an area of 1,200 oquaro miles, must in time bring great advantages to the people living in the states, also. For us to assume that the federal government is not interested in Alaska's early de velopment would be a bad mistake un less we fall Into the extreme view that all the resources of the territory ex cept coal are already gobbled up and that, therefore, the government does not care to make a move. Beasiuring. .. In these days when we hare to many wild alarms about the decadence of the ago and tho certain disaster ahead of us if thia particular reform Is not adopted, or that patent remedy fpr social ills is not applied, it is re assuring to read an encouraging note contributed by tho editor of the World's Work In tho current number of that magazine summarizing our re cent census; Taken all In all, never have there been ninety millions of human beings In a con tiguous territory, under one group of in' atltullona, that were so well fed, so well elad, bq well housed, ao prosperous and so hopeful. . If all of these things can be truth fully said about the people of this en lightened country we cannot be In such a bad way, after all. It never before in the world's history have the people of any land been so well fed, clothed and housed as our 90,000,000, then the number of starving and half nourished must be growfng ratably less; the number of people who go about ragged and Insufficiently clothed must be decreasing; and tho propor tionate number of homeless wander era must be growing smaller. If our 90.000,000 are the most prosperous and the most hopeful tho wor' has ever seen, it must be bee is of their industry, productive power and fru gality, and because thoy enjoy life un der a form of government thai offers opportunities for individual develop ment and usefulness unequalled any where. The bandit who kidnaped Miss Ar nold of New York writes to her father for a ransom, stipulating that he can not afford to be annoyed by detectives. The father should take every precau tion to see that the gentleman's wishes are compiled with. A Kansas man has given out a rule for falling that may revolutionize the business of aviation and make it com paratively nonhasardoua. He says the way to fall to as to avoid injury ia to throw the head forward, and that will bring one to the ground In a sitting poRture. This applies especially to pedestrians, but there Is no reason why It should not work with airmen, also. Mr. Bryan's friends claim he Is as popular as ever down south. Hut they do not say how popular that is. The Atlanta Constitution, referring to a prediction that he will "come back," Indulges the hope that It will be for nothing more serious than the filling I or lecture dates, thus evincing the south's admiration for Mr. Bryan. The National Progressive Repub lican league failed to Insert the In come tax amendment In the list of legislation it stands for. We move to amend by adding this progressive fea ture. Mho ( arraf Chicago News. It docs not matter so much whether they are sending us pure champagne or Imita tions from France, a most persons In this country who buy the fizzy stuff Judge It solely by the price anyway. Wheela Will Move Somehow. Indianapolis News. The New York Central's order for over to,000,000 worth of new rails would make it appear that It has decided that If the worst comes to the worst In that frelpht rate buine8 everything will be all right anyhow. FItIdk Scouts Roost War. Rrooklyn Eagle. The wireless messages sent from the bi plane at the Kan Francisco aviation field open a new field to the bird man scout. Pretty soon It will be, necessary to get up some kind of a war to test man's dis coveries of the last decade a war every twenty-five years will no longer answer. Inspiration for tiood Will. Minneapolis Journal. The sultan of Pulu, who has been visit ing us, declares that the I'nited States is the greatest country In the world. The sultan's enthusiasm, both for us and for our tariff system, has solid grounds, for he draws a pension of S6.01X) a year from the United States government for doing nothing rash. What Would the People Do Then f Indianapolis News. The army thinks the Panama canal ought to be fortified, to be sure, but then It we fortified everything the army thinks ought to be fortified we shouldn't have any money left for the Agricultural de partment, aye, not even for those free garden seeds which are so dear to the hearts of the congressmen and to the purses of the plain people. GREATEST SKIPPER OK II IS DAY Fsnwn Defender nt A merlon's Cap Iilntera l.nat Port. Boston Transcript. Tty the death of Captain Charles Barr yachting loses Its most famous skipper a man without a peer In the handling of a racing boat. From his early youth he was Identified with yachts and yacht racing, although he had been apprenticed as a boy to become a grocer's clerk. , Ills rise In his profession was very rapid and he won his way by his undaunted courage, absolute fearlessness under any conditions. Intuitive knowledge of wind and wave, honest'and loyalty of purpose. He sailed In the' yachts of many owners from the llhea of famous designers and to each his test was given. He was rather small of stature and mod oat almost to shyness. On board his ship he was a strict disciplinarian, always holding the respect and confidence of his owners and crew. His greatest tame was gained by his successful defense of the America's cup at the wheel of Columbia, Constitution and Reliance. Bine then he has added to his reputation by winning the King's and Astor cups In the Avenger, ' Last season he was In command of the fleet Herreshoff schooner Westward, which cleaned up everything at Cowes and Kiel last summer, and he was preparing to bring that yacht to Its home waters at the opening of the coming season. American yachtsmen will always consider Captain Barr the greatest racing skipper that ever sailed a yacht. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. An Iowa woman who looked Into the barn and saw her husband hanging to a cross beam Is reported to have exclaimed: "Iand sakes! Mo that's where my clothes line went to!" Cleveland lialn Dealer. "The course ot true love doesn't always run smooth," sighed the young widow. "That's right," replied the old bachelor. "Sometimes It ends In marriage." Chicago News. "What do you really think of my daugh ter's marrying a broken down, impecunious man of title? "To be frank with you, I think It Is a rank proposition." Baltimore American. "Do you not believe that men and wo men are equal In intelligence?" "Yea; but don't tell my wife." "Why not? That ought to please her." "She might think that I was gutting egotistical." Houston Post. Mrs. Jawback I wonder what I saw in you to admire when I married you. Mr. Jawback My nerve, I suppose. Toledo Blade. "John di ar." said Mabel, as her lord and master enlured the house, "I've Just hud a letter from mother, and she is coming to visit us. It Is a pretty expensive trip for little Muddy, and I wondered If we couldn't help her out a little." "Of course we can," said John, giving bis wife a generous kiss. "Just you write and tell her that I'll be only too glad to ptt.v for hur railroad ticket back home aKaln as soon as she decides to go." Harper's Weekly. NECEOMAHCY. Ella Wheeler Wilcox In Cosmopolitan. What necromancy lies in little things A yellow rose, set In a yellow Jar, nmlled through the window ol a city shop. And lo! the hot street vanished, and th voice Of blatant oommerce suddenly was hushed; 1 sanned to walk along the corridors, Where fountains played, and priceless statues gleamed; Out from an alcove tiptoed tender notes Uf harp strings lightly touched; a wumau laughed; And silken garments, kissing marble floors, Exhaled a fragrance subtle as their sound, No discords marred the harmony of life; llwauty and mirth and music mads th world What necromancy lies In little things. What necromancy lies In vagrant airs, idle and happy, basking in the sun, Where art with nature held high carni val. One summer day, there fell upon mine ear A half forgotten melody. It flayed My heart out into strings, whereon the hand Of i'aln strummed mlkersras: and th light. PpUllhg upon the earth from flawless Skies, Waa changed, and chanted with dark ness, r'rom deep graves. Dead sorrows rose, with muld upon their shrouds: And In the eyeless sockets of their skulls Burned old despairs. Tho haggard pant stood forth. And hlil th radiant present from my Sight, What uscromancy lies la vagrant airs. 1, T 1 1 T-l , I I rnnn n n.nn Kirnnra New York Is about lo erect finothrr "hlKhest building In the world." The struggle for a few lungfuls of fresh air Is becoming acute In the metropolis. The funnv thing about that pile of money said to have been gon 1 Nat Ooodnin to number four Is thit Kilna did not rrcognlre stage money on sight. With a delicate appreciation of "the eternal fitness f things." nn Indiana Knoeh Ardi n was shown the door by the wife he deserted sixteen years before. For the benflt of those statesmen at Lincoln who assail the truthfulness of one anothtr. assurances are given tliat pilgrimages to the tomb of Ananias can be made conveniently, the inecca being only three day's ride b donkey from Bagdad the Beautiful. Illinois lawmakers are discussing the advisability of abolishing railroad passes. THE PENN MUTUAL ' LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF PHILADFLPHIA Office U-2t, 2:t anil DJ". Chestnut Street PHILADELPHIA, January Pursuant to the requirements of Its Charter, this Compan roiiowing statement, lulng the principal features of its ANNUAL HE PORT to Policy-holders: KKCK1ITS DIKING TIIK VKAH For Interest, etc For Premiums and Annuities Total Income DISHUKSKMKXTS Death Claims Matured Endowments and Annuities Surrender Values Premium Abatements Total Paid Policy-holders Installment payments under supplementary contracts Pennsylvania and other state taxes, licenses and Insurance deparment fees Rent and real estate taxes and expenses Commissions and agency expenses Salaries, medical fees, legal and administrative expenses Advertising, printing and supplies, postage, etc Bond premiums, reductions of bond and real estate valua tions, etc Total Disbursements For reserve, to meet policy In addition to the, above abatements the Company allotted to deferred distribu tion policies the sum of 1 1. 1 8U.07 o.M (which is carried in Liabilities', making tl total apportionment of surplus during 1910, (3,06,061.49. ASSETS State, Municipal and other Donds, at market value, Dec. 31, 1910 ' 141.012,803.30 Bank and other Stocks, at market value, Dec. 31, 1910 377,846.00 Mortgages and Oround Rents, first liens (Valuation, 1117,- 403.500) 47,061,800.33 Premium Notes secured by Reserve on Policies, etc. (Reserve Value, $3,660,000) 2, M 8,734.1 2 Policy Loana (Reserve Value, $19,640,000) 15,711,980.00 Loans on Bonds, Stocks, etc ' 2,320,394.60 Home Office, Boston Office and other Real Estate , 1,929,456.32 Cash on Deposit and in Company's Office 2,607,394.81 Net Deferred and Unreported Premiums 1,952,264.66 Interest and Rents Due and Accrued, etc 1,408,797.49 Gross Assets, Dec. SI, 1010 LIABILITIES Reserve at 3, and 4 per cent., as required by law Additional Policy Reserve, In excess of state requirements, .. Polioy Claims awaiting proof Premiums Paid in Advance and other Liabilities Accumulations upon Deferred Distribution Policies Divldenda Awarded for 1911 $2,876,000.00 Reserve for all other Contingencies.. 6,039,319.6 Gross Asaots, e above . .$117,230,050.02 '3 BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY DLIUXO 1810 New Business "paid for" in 1910, 19,842 Policies, insuring.. $67,747,384.00 Total Insurance in force, December 31. 1910, 191,465 Policies, insuring 499,663,062.00 Total Payments to Policy-holders since Organization 134,824,798.02 GAINH IN 1010 Increase In Premium, Income , $1,233,031.42 Increase in Gross Income 1,763,173.21 Increase in Gross Asset 8,044,424.09 Increase in Premium. Abatements and Deferred Surplus 427,235.35 Increase in Total Payments to Policy-holders 1,624,317.77 Increase in Legal Reserve 6,892,072.00 increase in New Pald-for Buslnees 6,615,866.00 Increase in Insurance Outstanding 27.779,949.01) TKUHTKKR KDWAKD 8. KTOTEHBimY. JAMES- BUTTER WORTH, J. 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In ancient times railroad passes were re garded with much public favor, but have ' fallen from their high estate, and are now to be found only In railroad museum and stamlpat states. j In the opinion of certain Tennsylvanl ! mini's peculiarly hinged the nude statue of Adam in the f union, ( graft cuptto! j should be clothed. These same minds re I fused to be shocked by the btonxe "mugs" I of plum tree shakers embossed en the doors of the building. I A tirrek poet In Chicago. Inspired by the srt tile beauties of the lake front, ex claims: "See the clouds of smoke! it Is labor worshiping Uod!" In the opinion of the smoke consuming critics of the city the poet deserves a life pension from the Illinois Central railroad. While poets warble expectantly and eagir eyes search the lawn for the early bird of spring, New York bent 'cut all with a captive Hobln, who Is conceded to be a bird. Though not esteemed as an evangel of spring, thousands of depos itors In his bank hanker to spring nt him. 26. 1911. y publishes the SIXTY-THIRD 8, 901. SCI. 60 lK,6y,M6.yu 92i, 431, 257. 8U IS, 469, 365. V4 2,073,318.97 2,329,493.19 2,079,984.65 111,952,162.65 I213.S75.8G 641, 591.1(1 205.474.88 2,150,091.99 C35.362.07 139.1C6.94 341.52C.34 116,178,661.89 obligations 8,252,606.01 124,431,267.60 m $1 17.SW0.059.52 96,155,361.01) 2,993,643.00 445,963.81 1,564,692.30 8.169,037.19 7, 914, 319. 1G ROBERT C. MPP1NCOTT, JOHN BANCROFT, WALTER A. BAILEY, WILLIAM M. COATE5. JOHN H. JENKH, Jr. J. HOWELL CUMMINtl. JAMES CROSBY BROWN. S. l'EMBERTON HUTCHINSON. H. DAW HON COLEMAN. K. JOHNSON, President SPECIAL AGENTS C. T. PLATT. U. KOHX, C. 1). JIHAL'X, A. E. BECKER, J. A. WILLIAMS. 616-18-liO lie Building, Omaha, Neb. ainios