Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-15
SPECULATION
rss Insurance in Juniata County.

HE Insurance in Juniata County.
On Saturday, number Of citizens
j..,ucea to meet on the pavement, anG
- c,uteYsaiioh turned on Life In
-,,ocs. The citizen who was dom,
!. ,,lsinr, said: at is . certain
ass that 9 life insurance compan,
:. Teen organized here in this town
,,d # it takes as In many other places
!. ,ill not be long till the business vii
!. rrd bot in our midst. "Why it i.
oolss few days age, that Is l meah twt
S,,. ago that neighbor told ms tba
nd, friend of his wanted him to help
,r 10 get an insurance on the life o
br mother, but my beighbor, eithel
-. 100 conscisrroSs Or be wes afraid
In do rot now propose to say whether it
"a. fear or conscience that kept him
f-om helping bis woman friend to an in
nrsuce, but if there bad been an
.,renr here of course the neighbor would
a hsve been spilled to. In adjoiuiue
.,uoues it is 8 most profitable buslnes,
!, directors and agents, though the
-eetors get the lions share. Repor,
thst is reliable report, says, that
he proportion of the divide be.
,neu the directors and agents, o.
!. proceeds OF every one insaIed, or
A. division of the inni.iatien, or policy
3. j, three fifth for the directors and
al two fifth for the agents. By way
.sillu.tration, it Is said the old com
,.pies, If they charge the Speculate,
eoe bun6red dollars to insure a subject
he ssent gets forty dollars THE sum
md the directors get sixty dollars OF
the sum.
The whole In. of old people in Milf
sntowu has been talked ovet. This
,ged man. and that aged woman has
teen subject to searching examination
Il, The mind of the speculator, as to
I,bsir fitness ss subjects who are not
likely to live so long as to es very ex-
rtnsive as subjects.
The real intelligent spec1lstor de-
Ire. that the civilization of the .l9tt
.zury is grand civilization compared
.. the manner of treatment Of ol6
,ssyle 10 the historic past. In the past
r1oug some of the triSes of people
rssn a man and woman reached a
,rt,iu age they killed them. There
as no uncertainty among such people
sto when q man and woman should
~ a~.y into the spirit land for th'
,.s Of the person fixed the period o.
.gsrrure. In those days they wanted
get rid of old people and forget them.
Z lhese days they want TO make use o
] people to secure means, money
rsi,h."
ar IL argued that men and women
1 zs., 6ie. such is the common lot, anc
lTinT one viii take specuisters risk IL
..s insurance, cn the aged and iufirm
! II Eill bslp the fnsucisl cireunstauce
] iihe speculator, aud that the aged
I4sple sill do inst that much mrrt
god in their OLD days "Thst Is tbe
rose side of The Question, sud the thor,
IL II, to the peace of mind Of such a
are Insured, is found 10 the reflection
syer such cases az that now 10 th,
Northumberland c-oafy court, Sher'
|. Young man is on trial, on the charg'
e having murdered bis father TO OBJ
'.in the money for which the father
lis was insured. 4 week from this
saturday,. the result CT the trial doubt
is.s viii be known"
There are three agents at work II
ise vicinity of Richfeld aud the busi
,sss Is booming out there. An sgen
as been to see the directors of com
sny Tor which he is operating, au'
ns told that it makes no difference !
be subject dies the next hour after in
9Tsace, the money must De paid.
ave Dot heard of them holding sub
sct up ID bed to get their signature
DON'T know how some Of The speculs
5rs keep up the assessments. 1t SOM
% Of the subjects fail to die soon
onsbOdy will lose by failure to pa,
easements levied"
There must be nearly, or quite
ali million of insurance on old peopl
'hO live within a circle of not man.
riles to Rlchfeld.n '.Let me see
here is old Mr. Hend-icks, eyed senu
y years. be is insured for $l35 600
Yrs Siders, about the same age insur
d for Sl30.000, Mr. Mcdonnell aged
Insured for $4,000. Old Mrs Med
I'd insured for 100000 Mrs. kar'
'stter aged about so, Insured for $50
100 Old Mr.. Keller insured Tor $50
AO, which swells the sum up to befwee
iour and FIVE hundred thousand dollars
Recently Mrs. Cluck died. She wa
iargely insured. / could mention 9th
~ but the list is large enough for thi
tine. Perhaps the next time We NEE
s1d talk about life insurance the liz
'sr be run up to a million.
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