, 1881-01-08
A ChApter ON Life Insurance.
4 s.eramenss insti,u,.an.

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ably nothing shows the progress ct
| ,,i.S..a., .-ience daring the last
century mere cnnclusivels thar co... '
developments cf the prineiiles and prscties
OF life insurance. ;lefor. the regular mor-
tahty at different ages had been accurately
rsc,rtained, and in connection with Interest
t.bles male i;se iusrr.nce almost one OF the
axaet sciences, the crude st;cIpi;s III tat
direction were mere Speculative gaInhlss, OF
what was hardly bette-, Contribution box
scheme where the most generous ami oei sV-
o,.nt were The losers and the soriid Al d sell
fish tie gamers; tLose who pad longest he-
INC those who suffered at the inevitable COL
ause. II is impossible TO over estimate me
good done by life insurance dar'ng the last
century. The hundreds nPon hundreds oi
millious tlisbursed have sared countless lam
lies from separa, iou-w;dows from st'rva-
mon and orphsrs from lives OF Hfss''n'i IN
ne, and been i.az,ins hoaor 20 t'S
dad, who shower theireare r"r ',si' .-ss
ones by the fruealty ana sel;-ne. 'ai INA, e.:
its rich legacy. Of them 1t en- be sad, Iheif
works live after them"
Prominent among the institutions OF Sac-
ramento. and one that has most excesie"t
reputation for responsibility aid conseiF2'i',
arspCnt ut oaiy 1t bone, but N Al
th,. P,cife Stats ant Terri OF res Is " Ias
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Cgru?Ary q
C.;iforf.ra-7 IL WAS organized III !ShI- ~
,bar time the Pacific Colst VAS Iio"ded Nth
life INSURANCE, agencies, reyreseatin. almost
r,e-,- ennnany IL America, most oi 'iein
strong and Trustworthy, nv s'H'e =, -, -.
speculative and spner.cra,, as Pc y
subsequent events. For many years la.'-
fn;nia hsd been Stunned 6y hfe companies
I. ~as git in early DAYS that the P~eni'
ar COM, ATS Il hiec tins ega't we're IN
,,. loag g,ivG'r. tGat the rrivatio,'s
ln,Y.a~'e lna "nnsr, The I..sr of sp,sis'ie"' .ae
fluctuations Of fortune, the asse'-eo VI NO.
tbs scarcity of the elevatinS element. ~o'n.-'
.ll a,,ulin.i tn make tenure OF hfe more
Drs ,ar;ous than ei.ewhere 10 America IL Is
mil about fifteen years sihcs Tic managers
If Eastern companies realized thar s'.e"''-
stances had char sed; and that California was
the natural ZONE Of health and most H.
WANG feld ior life insurance, but when sheY
AID they came asa tidal wave. II was tAe !
sloIic, ace Tor solicitors, for to ask man to
;ns,,r, wss To receive his application. 1t Is
a.t;,,,t,l th.t for several years The sum oi
,,...,I,, Il no, ocit-. two millions Of dollars
WAS annually Withdrawn thr"ngh aSehT,eS
from t,,;s eoas'. 10 be invested ana eohtio.ieu
IN the Eastern States. Ii Was ~ liils 'iii-e
that some of the business men ct Sacramen,
To saw that this dram from the state Sh"hu
and coui,. Re prevented; that IN TINS S;a'e'
where epidemlcs are Grsuown ahd Mhere
ca,ital could be investsd as safely ann mort
nrnttsbly than In any other STATE IN the
trnion was al opening for sound, conser'-
a,iyc. prudently managed l'ie insurance as
scciatlon.
VITA the.a to think was to act; and the
PACIFIC Natua' entered upol ITS career OF
usefulness.
Prominent anong It's founders we're the
.-crcn.if. and far seeing men who inaugural
eJ and, N spite Of Indifference and opposi-
non. successfully coi.pleted the trans conil'
-, r,,,,-. The Pacific Mrsnn' has gone
quietly on It's way. attaen.-oo no o'"eF eg!'r ,
nauies and indifferent to assaults, ke.rihs
II Obligations AID paying its losses. It has
nail u, srIy one million OF dollars in death
io,ses. aad aru,her million to policy holders
In end,fe ments. dividends. etc. in many m !
sraue.s Ii,e-r pasmen.s represertlns irdirld-
usl accun,aistiyns sdet otherwise never /
r,s,ll have existed. iss venture to say
tha. in the bot distant future. tie raa.ac
Wntual viii be as Intimately associated with
the city of Sacramento as are the hIe and
life life insurance companies Of Connecticut with
the pleasant city Of Hartford, and we can
assure our readers that the company is con.
rolled by tn. most reliable busintss men OF
the State, and its affairs conducted with
eronorny, alik.y and integrity. y.-SG're'nfnfo
Bee