The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-24
A Physioian,s Novel idea.

At the recent meeting of the American
| Medical Association, at Milwaukee, a
| novel proposition was presented by DR..
| Dennison, of Denver, and discussed by the
| convention, 1t was that the physicians
and the life insurance companies should
! join hands and add five to ten years to the
| life Of every insured person afflicted with
consumption or Bright's disease, and fur
nish free attendance to policy holders
with other serious ailments He says the
prolonging of life among policy holders
would result in so many more annuities
to the companies that for every person
treated or sent to a health resort the
companies would be more than repaid.
The proposition was so attractive to the
medical association that a committee
was appointed to investigate it, see the
insurance companies and report
The insurance companies, however, do
not appear inclined to accept the innova-
ton; at least not without considerable
change from the original proposition. An
agent of mutual benefit company said
recently on the subject that if the mana
gers of such a company desired to accept
the plan they could not, as every member
of mutual benefit association has voice
in its management, and every member
not afflicted with disease would object
THE idea is so new to the insurance
companies that they have not yet thor
oughly comprehended it, said New
York insurance man. But he was not in
clined to think it would be profitable.
ST ifn irc N, 10
given upon physicians examination and
the understanding that most people will
live as long as they can. Men do not take
insurance to prolong their lives, because
they must present a clean bill when they
take out policy, and the insurance com
panies could never go into tho business of
taking members of nsound health.n
1t is hardly likely, therefore, that the
next meeting of the medical association
will receive a favorable report from its
special committee. The scheme in prac-
| tice would be good thing for the doctors.
and good thing for the ailing policy
| holder. But would it be good thing for
the companies2 1t must be borne in mind
that insurance companies are not charita-
| BILE institutions, but business enterprises
managed by level headed men.
Viceroy Ii Hung Chang, of China, who
is not pleased with our Geary exclusion
act, will have to find another way to
| strike US than through our petroleum. A
month or so ago it was reported that he
would prohibit, or had prohibited, the
/ Importation of American petroleum into
! his country in retaliation for our prohibi-
| ton of the importation of Cinnamon
into this country. But now comes France
and says that she will want something
! like 100000 barrels of our oil in the
next twelve months, which is more than
Lis subjects would have used in dozen
years. Hence, the withdrawal of the ce-
| lcstials' trade in kerosene will not drive
| anybody into bankruptcy
Philadelphia counts among her assets
| several hundred chairs that were pur-
/ chased last fan for use in the polling
booths 1t will be borne in mind that the
/ loisurely Australian ballot system does
not admit OF rushing, so the easy-going
! Quakers sit while they wait to vote. In
| making preparations for the Fourth of
! July celebration the other day contrac-
/ tor was required to provide number of
seats. Being shrewd fellow with a
pull, he invaded the citys store room,
/ hauled out the city's chairs and later
| sent in TO the city big bill for their use.
And the bill came very near being paid,
too. Yet Philadelphians are accused of
! being behind the times.
A number of wealthy young New York
ers, men and women, aremakiug a UNIQUE
! holiday trip. They have leased two canal
! boats, regular old coal scows, and are
! doing a three weeks tour of the canals
of the state. The young women take turns
| at driving the mules along the tow path
and cooking for the company. It's
all very enjoyable, of course, as
long as the work is only play; but if one
Of those young people should suddenly be-
! come poor and be forced to cook or drive
a mule for living, one hour OF it would
make him or her feel like committing
/ suicide.