Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-12-27

years premium, stipulated that the doc
tors examinations, etc, should be tree' Inc
policy for 81 900, therefore, which you re-
ceivc costs you absolutely nothing.
am not posted on the tables Of mortality
compiled by the life insurance companies
and by which they are guided in fixing the
premium which must be paid at different
ages but If | remember right, the average
yearly mortality in Chicago is about twenty
out of every 900 or 2 per cent. Admitting
that out of this number two-thirds are little
children and old people, who are not OF In
surable age, it would follow that out OF the
number of men-between 600 and TOO-in-
sured. three or four will die during the year
hope not, but these are the probabilities
At all events If such should be the case,
the families or estates of such insured VIII
receive from the New York Mutual Life In
surance company a check for $1,000 that
never cost them cent But the great ma
jority of you will see another Christmas.
we hope all of you, and it is to those who
will survive that l desire to address few
earnest words.
SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
Your policy is paid up for full year, but
remember there are other years coming
during which you are expected to pay the
premium yourself Some of you, no doubt,
will let the policy lapse, you will fail to
keep up the payments; you Will again be I'M
protected, as you were before we presented
you with this insurance, and In such cases,
of course, the money invested by us for
your. sake, and our labor of love, will be
lost But we trust that the great majority
of you, approaching the Importance to your
self or family, of providing something for
dark days to come, will be only too glad
to deny yourselves a little for so good a
purpose. Most of you are young men, and
in such cases the price Of a nickel cigar a
day will keep. your policy paid up.
Some of you may have said, or heard said,
corporations have no soul'-which, though
it may be true in some cases, | thank God
is not the truth here-may wonder II we
have not a selfish motive in making this
donation. We have. We wish to make you,
if we can, Industrious thrifty, saving. for
we know full well that a man endowed with
those principles will do his work better
than q man who don't care. We wish that
this Christmas present would inspire every
recipient with an added feeling of RESPONSE
bility toward himself and family, that II
would spur him on to renewed effort, to do
his work as well as it can be done to the
end that in after years he could date the
period of his success from this occasion.
Given two men in practically the same po-
sition, earning the same salary, that man
who saves something out of his earnings to
keep up this policy will be more successful
in life and will be better thought OF by the
lapse. Gentlemen, all it needs is determi-
nation to do right. Make up your mind
that, come what may, you will not alone
live within your income but lay by some
thing every week That is the foundation
of happiness, because it leads to independ-
ence.
CONSCIENTIOUS WORK.
Conscientious work benefits all. If we can
some way manage TO make our men more
conscientious, more painstaking. more care
full more Industrious we benefit at once the
house and all its workers Many a sale is
lost that should be made: many a customer
is driven away from the house by Indifferent
treatment; wrong addresses are taken,
which causes the house lots of trouble and
customers annoyance; packers are some
times careless in their work, so that arti-
ces are broken or delivered in bad order;
drivers do not always take the proper care
of packages given into their charge. There
Is destruction here leakage there, waste in
some other direction, which causes the house
a loss of thousands of dollars a year; and
let me tell you right here that all this leak
age and waste is finally paid for by you, for
the less it costs the house to do business
the more 1t can afford to pay you. The more
intelligent work you give the house, the
more you guard against waste and leakage
the more conscientious you are in the dis
charge of your duties; in one word, the more
you do for the house individually the more
the house can do for you collectively. All
of you have your own friends and relations.
Never forget that the interests of Siegel,
Cooper & Co. are your own. Therefore you
should further the interests of the house
whenever and wherever you can. There are
some men in the house who never, in the
store or out, tire of advancing the interests
of the house. If you were all like that we
might do it with one-half the newspaper adj
vertising we have to do today. If you do
your work, whatever ii may be, as well as
you know how, you are bound to get along.
You cant all become millionaires, but you
can earn independence.
CHANCES FOR ADVANCEMENT
The chances for advancement in life today
are Just as good as they were thirty years
age. Yes, | believe they are better 1t is
true that we are passing through time of
serious trial, but these disturbances will
occur every few years or so, and let us
hope that the present clouds may soon roll
by. Do your work faithfully and we'll and
when the proper opportunity presents itself
grasp 1t. To grasp the proper opportunity
requires judgment. Hear what ex-senator
John ]. ingalls, says of opportunity:
Master of human destinies am |;
Fame love, and fortune on my footsteps
wait.
Cities and fields l walk / penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and, passing by
Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late,
| knock, unbidden, once on every gate.
If. sleeping, wake II feasting, rise before
I turn away; ii is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hes
tate,
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and useessly implore;
answer not, and | return no more"
The policies will now be distributed. In
order to save time and trouble the policies
have been arranged alphabetically, begin
ming with A. When your name Is called
kindly rise, go to the desk and receive your
policy and go to the elevator to take you
downstairs. l wish you all merry Christ
mas and a happy New Year. Mr.. Brennan
will now please call the roll.
THANKS FOR MR.. COOPER.
Upon the conclusion OF Mr.. Cooper's adj
dress Mr.. l.. Lubrie, an employe of the Arm
arose in his place among the audience, and
in a few choice sentences extended the
thanks OF the employees In a body to Mr.
Cooper and the other members OF the firm
rounding out his expressions OF gratitude
with the compliments of the season.
1t was learned that the first years pre-
MUM on soms OF the policies donated by
the firm came as high as Sl45, and 1880
was the lowest payment. So II will readily
be seen what tidy sum was paid out by
the firm for it's 1896 Christmas gifts to Its
600 male employees.