Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-11-11

to deal squarely with his readers, Civ
ing them the best that is in him in the
way of brain and effort
His opinions are inevitably coloreu
by his environments, geographical To-
cation and friendships. He must nee
essarily depend upon his contemporaI
rises in other places for his informa-
ton regarding current history
OF late there has arisen a feeling
of distrust toward the possessors of
great fortunes which is finding relief
in political action more or less potent.
Storie of corruption in politics and in
trade, of injustice, oppression, greed
and crime in the attainment of wealth
and power have filled the papers and
magazines with sickening reiteration,
and it is no more than human nature
FLOR the uniformed minority of the
people to begin to distrust all great
accumulations of funds.
Perhaps it is because of the fact
that insurance companies of all class q
es are made of the contributions of the
thrifty poor-comparatively speaking
that they are so helpless under un-
just assault For, after all, the small
business man has no representative.
surance company of any class Wise
laws have been made by various state
Legislatures for his protection and the
insurance policy of today, of the COM
pany organized under these laws, is as
safe as a government bond. But the
corrupt legislator does not stop there.
He sees great accumulations of funds,
and his fingers itch for a grab at the
or less innocently is led to support the
corrupt politician through a lack of
comprehension of what insurance is,
what an insurance premium is, or how
such premiums are distributed.
Many honest square newspaper men
ere today attacking the institution OF
| life insurance, who, if they had some
knowledge of the real motives of the
men who instituted the present trou-
BILE, of the nasty politics involved, of
the conscienceless demagogery en-
ployed-of the hopeless chaos of baf-
| fled greed, disappointed personal ambi-
| lions, legislative wire-pulling and reck-
| less craving for notoriety-they would
pause and consider whether or not
they were being made the cat's-paw
| of system" far more baleful and
dangerous to the self-respect and san
| ity of American citizenship than any
organization for the absorbing of mere
material wealth could be.
point at this attack on life insurance.
Brother Editor. Study the subject OF
life insurance itself and consider what
a life insurance contract really prom
ises, and how those promises are full
filled. Read its history and regard its
growth. Follow the life stories of the
men who are at the head of the great
companies and ask yourself whether
men who have accomplished what they
have, whose efforts have been so eff
fective in the growth of life insurance,
| can be the liars and thieves they have
been called by the men who are now
attacking them. Consider the foes they
have had to face in guarding the funds
| of the policy-holders.
There is a concrete example in Ohio
today. Out there President John M.
Pattison of the Union Central Life of
| Cincinnati, is running on the Demo-
cratic ticket for Governor. No sooner
is Mr. Pattison's canvass well under
way than suit is commenced against
the Union Central, under some obscure
reading of the law, for back taxes to
the amount of about $2,500,00O. 1t is
openly charged that the Republican adj