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and complete cnplr- rf Tho Pallr. Mornlnt.
Evening and Sunday Baca printed durina
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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
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DWTQHT WILLIAMS),
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ALBERT CALDWELL,
CHARLIES 8. W. PACKARD,
CHARLES D. BARNEY,
E. ELDRIDGE 1'HNNOCK,
J. EDWARD DURHAM,
CLEMENT B. NEWHOLD,
MORRIS, L. CLuTHIER,
ATWOOll SMITH,
KICHAKD H. HUOCK.
ItOHKKT DOKNAN,
NORA A. PLYMI'TON,
FRANK MARKOE.
HARRY HUG KRS,
SAMUEL H. KTINSON,
JOHN H. MORGAN.
JAMES F. HOPE.
GEORGE
C. Z. Gould, General Agent.
F. W. FOSTER,
II. K. KAHTOX,
Tele. Douglas 1H17.
Fifty Years of Record Breaking Piano Perfection
The delicate lines of the arcliitectuilil denials in the
Kranich & Uach Pianos, the beautiful voice-like tones, the
skilled workmanship of the interior of this high-class in
8trument puts it where it belongs, i. e., the piano for tho
artistic home.
Mignon Grand, in mahogany; price only $700
Upright $150 Up
A, IKIOSPE
P. S. Piano bargains, from $35 Up. K"y Payments.
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.
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