The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-10

would be foolish enough to stop 10
ask whether Standard Oil manipula
ton OF his funds would not produce
tainted money! Would not we ordin
airy fellows of common sense jump AT
the chance II II. II Rogers came along
and said to us: Just turn your saw
lngs over to me and LII see what
can do with them. You cant lose,
and you may win.
For the truth Is that in this Ameri'
ca 1t is NOT so hard for an industrious
man to make living and little more.
There Is little trouble about that, The
rub comes when he has his small \
savings in his hand and the question I
occurgi
Now what in the name Of good
ness am going TO do. with my
money!"
Millions in Savings Banks.
TO be sure he or you or ! can stick
t in a savings bank and let it lie and
wax fat at the lean rate of per cent !
year. Millions do that And the
easons the millions do do that, &C
rording to SO eminent authority as
Indge Peter S. Grosscup Of the fed
raj bench, is because millions fear to
invest their yearly hundreds in rail
way and industrial stock, since they
| listrust corporation management and
| ear they will lose dividends which are
not declared, and ultimately may lose
| ,.,.o',,oI op,nttntu tbpupcaIV4G
But-and here is where public en-
ightenment comes in-the average
itizen Of sense Is learning to believe
| hat every man Is a novice outside
MS own game. Every man, however
hrewd in his particular calling Or life
york is at an immense sadyantage
when he monkeys with the other fell
low in the other fellows speciality
This is an age Of specialties-that
commonplace Life is so complex
affairs are 50 involved business is so
intricate. intel SIS are SO vast that
even the man who thinks he has OBJ
a'ned a pretty wide blrdseye view
lnows in his Aeart unless he be a
'ooi that what lie knows Of every
hing is for This age upericiaI
Now. what is life Insurance? That
what have been lead ny mp to. Is
L a speculative investment? Is II a
gamble? Is it Il possible swindle? Is IL
lnythiug lees Than tirstclas5 Sc
urity for The potcy-holder a profit
haring at a rate unob'ainable else
where? And il is a specialty--a bust
less wuich is thoroughly understood
BY the men at les head, men who have
pecial abilities along their own spe-
al lines
What fact above all others about
lie insurance has been impressed
pon the public consciousness within
he last few months? What truth
lands out now markedly and amaze
he American people? II is not the
magnitude Of life insurance companies
heir enormous resources, their stu
)endous holdings, their vast reserve
Was il known to people generally
hat as money power life In
urance compan e5 exceeded STANDARD
iii. the steel trust, J p Morgan, The
lothschilds? The public did not dream
# il.
Today they realize the fact ant
18th the realization must believe IN
he wonderful imprguability of the in
iituton of life insurance, an inst IN
ion the like of which was never
/ ireamed of even half a century ago
} n other words. life insurance stands
revealed as the greatest financial sue
,ess of modern times The companies
ave piled up millions of dollars-n
zeal estate in mort cages, in bonds
a money to loan. IN surplusage.
General Proposition Not Affected
Reports of mismanagement and eN
,ravagance in a few companies. per
nitted seemingly under the laws il
, vogue in one state out of forty-iive. dt
not affect in the least the genera
! proposition of life insurance
While il ia remarkable that par In
b md acromon ous as the inNc.ticaiioi
II one states companies app afs Is
a 1a. yet ir 10 no suggestion of iaa1l
cncv has been raised, no qUos ~ %
! ne ample abllllF 81 the con pdlitro u
, meet their every obligation. Which
. indisputed truth contribute strikinl
evidence to the assert on of the gen
.ral strength of life insurance.
! Ny purpose al this writing Is e
lirect your attention to the revelation
0 now before The public of the strength
.he wealth. the money making sue
b cess Of life insuranca. And tha
0 strength. that wealth. the power O
G hat money making machinery. is a
@ YOUR disposal Mr.. Reader. Il will d,
r Tor YOU what II. II. Rogers did for h.
y friend. Mark Twain. To the extent o
J. your trust in 1t il will invest your do.
lars. 30 will guarantee you a definite
J. and fixed profit