The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-22
4 GOOD u0ve.
Let Less Money On Prem Anssg Pc.
aucOrs.

let Less Money q" Prem Among Pc.
On the % b, Of April, there 10 to
be held at Southern Pines, N"rtb
';arOlina, . "Southern Inter-S'at.
Insurance Conference" The m. m
bers of the Conference, are to b.
d. l-gstes appointed by the Govern
ors IF Sou,h-ru States. Prssident's
Of B 'ards Of T~ads and Goa m osrs OF
Commerce, Mayors OF cities ago
towns. and E iitOrs of leading new.
cape 8. The obj ct of the conf. renee,
to especially call the attention o,
the Southern people to the large
amount Of money that is annual,
going ont Of the South for life and
+cclde Mt insurance. 1t is said ths,
for every dollar paid to persons 10.
su-.d SDutb, two dollsrs 60 ont.
[About two and orc half Milo,
dollars 60 out Of North Caroline
Very year for insurance, Will.
about one and one-half million d D.
lars is rsce ived from insurance com
oanies, and this amount includes th.
commissions paid to sg.n.s.- Ed ]
II is certainly time 8 n horn met
eere investigating. There 10 NO
reason Why this business can not b.
conducted in the South; and We ar.
glad to see . movement under vsy
hat will at least cause people t.
think. and not only to think bu,
show thu m that they ought to pat
r0pizs and sustain the insurs nee
companies already established in the
Southern States. 1t is vii for n
TO say, that this conference il not
planned and WORKED up By the ,uth
I'm Insurance Companies to boom
themselves. but it u being promoted
by men who have the co. of the
South at heart. In conversation q
few days since With the represents
tive ct this paper, . gentle man said:
I'm North Carolina Ne send ont to
foreign Insurance compaui.s anu usl-
". about two million dollars and get
back just one million; and I for one
am going to work until l can see
the larger bulk If THE money going
into the treasures Of homo cOmpau.
les. l haven't . do lars interest in
Southern Company. and DONE ex
pect to have; but it is every South
ern mans duty to keep all the money
he can at home, and to sustain home
emit. rprises."
He said in referring to the confer
ence, ''lt Is to show how much money
can be saved to the South II We will
patron; homo Insurance, and take
such steps as will eonclusively show
our people, that the Insurance bus.
ioess of the Southern States can te
conducted by Southern Companies,
Who will loan . fair part Of their
surplus to Southern emit rprises."
Our reporter suggest d that b.
vas Olde,i ing on being . protec
ZIONIST and he said: You NAY
call me = professionals or what you
please. ! am . Southerner. heart and
all, and am going to do every.
thing can to lpromots the interes,
OF the Southern peopL; and II ANY
one wants orr patronage let bin
/ come down and DO one Of NJ. or il
be stay . in another section lot hin
help as prop"rti"nsbly to what y,
help him. What / d., 10 not in 90
! position to any ou,(ider, or foreig,
people or section. l feel it IL the
duty OF every man to do What 10 hes,
for the people he lives among, and
the section in which he il located
and b. lieving this l am going to d,
all l can for every S,uthe IN enter
prise. It the people from L,ndo,
" Ctnad*, or Hsrtf ,rd viii com,
d wn and live with us, and essan
tablish insurance compsnies, or in
vest their SURF lbs and profits in on,
section I will gladly say patron; :,
them; but a. long ~ they take t.,
dollars for every dollar they give m
| shall be in favor Of extendipe In
sitati0ns for them 20 como dow. in.
stead OF s,pdipg them our her,
earned d--llars. Toat's my view and
ON that line ! shall vcrk, let il pleas,
Or displeass whom il may"
The gentleman vas rieht.-Ou
Sunny Home.
To, day Is the b-st time 70 adver
tiss. To-morrow you may not ),
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